Edition 58, July 2008

High risk work licensing units of competency

The units of competency that underpin the implementation of the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work (April 2006) will soon be submitted to the National Quality Council for endorsement and will then be incorporated into national industry Training Packages.

These units of competency describe the minimum safety outcomes that an individual will need to demonstrate to be eligible to apply for a licence to perform high risk work. They will be adopted equally across Australia and have been recognised as forming the basis for licensing in all jurisdictions.

The development of these licensing units supports the Australian Safety and Compensation Council's commitment to remove unnecessary duplication in training and assessment for licensing purposes, and to facilitate the transfer of all training and assessment to the vocational education and training system through the Australian Quality Training Framework 2007 and registered training organisations.

It is expected that the following units will be endorsed by the National Quality Council as part of the Construction Training Package (CPC08) in the next couple of months:

  • Licence to perform dogging
  • Licence to perform rigging (basic)
  • Licence to perform rigging (intermediate)
  • Licence to perform rigging (advanced)
  • Licence to perform scaffolding (basic)
  • Licence to perform scaffolding (intermediate)
  • Licence to perform scaffolding (advanced)
  • Licence to operate a tower crane
  • Licence to operate a self erecting tower crane
  • Licence to operate a concrete placing boom
  • Licence to operate a materials platform hoist
  • Licence to operate a personnel and materials platform hoist.

The following units of competency will be submitted to the National Quality Council for endorsement through continuous improvement of the Transport and Logistics Training Package (TLI07) in the latter half of 2008:

  • Licence to operate a vehicle loading crane
  • Licence to operate a derrick crane
  • Licence to operate a portal boom crane
  • Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane up to 20 tonnes
  • Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane up to 60 tonnes
  • Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane up to 100 tonnes
  • Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane over 100 tonnes
  • Licence to operate a bridge and gantry crane
  • Licence to operate a non-slewing mobile crane
  • Licence to operate a boom type elevated work platform
  • Licence to operate a forklift
  • Licence to operate a order picking forklift.

The following units of competency will be submitted to the National Quality Council for endorsement through continuous improvement of the Electricity Supply Industry - Generation Training Package (UEP06) in the latter half of 2008:

  • Turbine operation
  • Reciprocating steam engine.

The boiler units of competency require additional consultation to meet contemporary industry licensing requirements.

All the licensing units will not replace Industry units of competency that are already currently endorsed in Training Packages and that are used to assess workplace competence by employers. The units will be used for licensing purposes.

For more information visit www.ascc.gov.au/ascc/healthsafety/trainingskillslicensing/licensing/licensing.htm

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