HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 33E
Additional requirements for obtaining endorsed contractor licenses and supervisor and tradesperson certificates relating to mechanical services and medical gas work
HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 33E
Additional requirements for obtaining endorsed contractor licenses and supervisor and tradesperson certificates relating to mechanical services and medical gas work
33E Additional requirements for obtaining endorsed contractor licenses and
supervisor and tradesperson certificates relating to mechanical services and
medical gas work
(1) A tradesperson certificate must not be issued that authorises its holder
to do mechanical services and medical gas work unless the Secretary is
satisfied that the applicant--
(a) has successfully completed one of the
following VET qualifications--
(i) Certificate III in Plumbing (Mechanical
Services),
(ii) Certificate III in Plumbing, and
(b) has successfully
completed the following units of competency in the Construction, Plumbing and
Services Training Package--
(i) Install medical gas pipeline systems,
(ii)
Carry out WHS requirements, and
(c) has not less than 2 years of experience
in mechanical services and medical gas work.
(1A) A supervisor certificate
must not be issued, and a contractor licence must not be endorsed to show that
it is the equivalent to a supervisor certificate, that authorises its holder
to do (and to supervise) mechanical services and medical gas work unless the
Secretary is satisfied that the applicant--
(a) has successfully completed the
VET qualification Certificate IV in Plumbing, and
(b) has successfully
completed the following units of competency in the Construction, Plumbing and
Services Training Package--
(i) Install medical gas pipeline systems,
(ii)
Carry out WHS requirements, and
(c) has not less than 2 years of experience
in mechanical services and medical gas work.
(1B) However, if the Secretary
is satisfied of either of the following in relation to an applicant for an
authority referred to in subsection (1) or (1A), the Secretary may issue the
authority subject to a condition that the holder must not do medical
gasfitting work--
(a) the applicant has not successfully completed--
(i) for a
tradesperson certificate--the units of competency referred to in subsection
(1)(b), or
(ii) for a supervisor certificate or endorsed contractor
licence--the units of competency referred to in subsection (1A)(b),
(b) the
applicant has less than 2 years of experience in medical gasfitting work.
Note--: The authority conferred by a supervisor or tradesperson certificate or
an endorsed contractor licence is subject to the conditions applicable to the
authority. See sections 27 and 28.
(1C) The holder of an authority subject to
a condition under subsection (1B) must comply with the condition.
(2) A
reference in this section to a VET qualification or a unit of competency
includes a reference to a qualification or unit that replaces that
qualification or unit.