********************************************************************************************************
The Long and the Short of Licencing
Here are the long and the short answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding licencing:
Q. How long do I have to lodge my paperwork with Workplace Services?
The Short: 60 days.
The Long: You have 60 days from the date of the assessment to get the paperwork to Workplace Services. You need to take the white copy of the assessment notice together with the yellow form, (both issued by the assessor), to Workplace Services. While you are waiting for Workplace Services to issue your license, you can use the pink copy as evidence of a successful assessment. This pink copy is only valid for 60 days from the date of assessment.
Q. What if I don't get the paperwork to Workplace Services within 60 days?
The Short: You must be reassessed.
The Long: If you do not take the paperwork to Workplace Services within 60 days, you will have to be reassessed as Workplace Services will not accept late lodgement. If you have to be reassessed, you will generally need a minimum of 4 hours at $75 per hour ($300 + GST if applicable).
Q. What happens if I fail my assessment?
The Short: You will have to be reassessed after a minimum of 21 days.
The Long: If you have the required evidence of on site experience but fail the written and/or practical assessment, you can not be reassessed for 21 days.
If you have no evidence of on site experience and you
also fail the written and/or practical assessment, you will be advised to get on site experience before
being reassessed.
If you have no evidence of on site experience and you pass the written exam and the practical assessment, you have 60 days to get some on site experience and have this signed by a licenced operator. Once you have this, the assessor can give you the paperwork to go to Workplace Services and get the licence.
Q. What counts as evidence of on site experience?
The Short: See below!
The Long: Written and signed evidence, either a letter on company letterhead, a Statutory Declaration or a log book with hours signed off by a ticketed supervisor. The supervisor must hold the relevant ticket, i.e. if the log book is for dogging it must be signed off by a ticketed dogger.
Q. What if I am unable to get the experience in 60 days?
The Short: You may have to resit the written exam.
The Long: If you are unable to get on site experience within the 60 day time frame, you may have to resit the written exam. There is no charge for re sitting as long as it is done within 12 months of the original course.
If you take longer than 12 months to get the evidence you will need to resit the exam and there will be a charge of $100 + GST (if applicable).
Q. How many hours experience do I need?
The Short: It varies
The Long: Some courses, including Dogging, CV Crane, Rigging and Scaffolding, do not have a set minimum number of hours as achieving competency will vary from person to person. Tractor Crane will require a minimum of 65 hours. All Slewing Mobile Cranes will require a minimum of 100 hours.
For more information please check our website
or Workplace Services' site
If you would like any more information, or if you would like to book on to a course, please contact our office on (08) 8443 6633 or email: info@citc.com.au. Alternatively click here for a full schedule of our public courses.
**************************************************************************************************
New Terminal for the Adelaide Airport
November
will see the opening of the new state-of-the-art terminal at Adelaide Airport. The days when you had to run across the tarmac in the rain to get into the terminal are over!
The $260 million project started in December 2003 and has provided direct employment for more than 800 people since then. The upgrade is expected to enable South Australian businesses in the tourism and commercial sector to break into lucrative national and international markets, not to mention expanding Adelaide's attractiveness as a business centre for national and multi-national companies.
The new facility will have:
- 14 glass-sided aerobridges - the most advanced of any Australian airport
- Capacity to accommodate 27 aircraft simultaneously
- 40 common use check-in counters
- 9 automated baggage carousels
- 38 retail outlets
- Approximately 2000 car parks
- And will be able to handle in excess of 3000 passengers per hour
Over the 23 month building schedule, the
CITC has provided training for contractors working on the site ranging from Greencard II courses to Safe Working at Heights. The building contractor for the project is Hansen and Yuncken who were recently awarded as South Australia's 2005 Commercial Builder of the Year.
For more information on the new terminal, and to look at some pictures of the current site, click here
************************************************************************************************
New Small Business Management Courses
On October 10 the first of the CITC's business courses will commence. Going by the number of queries our office has had regarding these courses, we are expecting them to book out very quickly!
The individual modules are Establish Business & Legal Requirements and Undertake Financial Planning,
which will be run on a Monday and Wednesday evening respectively and participants must attend both courses during the same time period. For a full schedule of times and dates for the first courses please click here
These courses form part of the necessary qualification to obtain a Restricted Builder's Licence. Please note that successful completion of these courses will only provide part of what is required for a participant to obtain their Restricted Builder's Licence. For more information about
obtaining the Restricted Builder's Licence, please contact The Office of Consumer and Business Affairs http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/
Skills that participants will acquire and improve on, include researching and developing a business plan, market analysis and financial planning, pricing policies and profit projection, and an introduction to the Australian legal and tax systems for small business. Please click here for information on the Establish Business & Legal Requirements course and here for the Undertake Financial Planning course (these are pdf files that require Adobe Acrobat to view. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat).
These courses will qualify for the CITB Eligible Worker Subsidy for participants with a valid CITB ID number.
Please contact the CITB directly to check on numbers (08)
8172 9500
or their website.
To facilitate the course we are welcoming Terry Reeves, a former
CEO of the Master Plumbers Association,
a one time electrician with qualifications in management, marketing and business administration. The class sizes will be kept to a maximum of 15 participants to ensure the best quality of training.
To make a booking, or for further information, please contact our office on (08) 8443 6633 or email
Kylie or Nicole at kylie@citc.com.au or nicole@citc.com.au.
****************************************************************************************************
Asbestos Update
Following the Australia-wide
ban on new uses of asbestos in the workplace, which took effect on 31 December 2003, the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission has declared two new Codes of Practice and Guidance Notes for dealing with asbestos.
Some of the changes include:
- To be a qualified Asbestos Removal Supervisor an individual must have both industry experience and have successfully completed all of the appropriate training.
- If a building or site
does not have an up to date
asbestos registry it must be assumed that all materials on that site
contain asbestos (this includes furniture etc.)
- All recycled materials must be decontaminated on site and quarantined according to strict guidelines
- There are now 2 work boundaries for asbestos, the asbestos removal site and the asbestos work site.
Please read the full document for details. The document is available free online here
Workplace Services have two short guides to the current regulations and laws pertaining to asbestos you can access them for free here and here
For any enquiries about CITC's
many asbestos courses,
please contact Nicole or Kylie on 8443 6633, alternatively you can email them at kylie@citc.com.au or nicole@citc.com.au
********************************************************************************************************
Trainer Profile - Sasha Reinbrecht
Sasha Reinbrecht joined the ranks of CITC trainers in mid 2004 after a career in the military, telecommunications and the construction industry.
Sasha's work background has provided him with the experience necessary to communicate with many different types of people. From apprentices to experienced workers, everybody can appreciate Sasha's evident understanding of how a real workplace operates and his friendly approach to conducting his training.
For a full schedule of public courses that Sasha will be facilitating, please look at the Dogging, Rigging and assorted Crane courses here . If you would like to make a booking please contact Nicole or Kylie on (08) 8443 6633, alternatively you can email them at kylie@citc.com.au or nicole@citc.com.au
If you would like to enquire about Sasha running a private company course, either on your site or at one of our training facilities, please contact our Office Manager Chris Chevalier on 8443 6633 or email chris@citc.com.au. Please note that private courses do require minimum numbers, these vary from course to course.
*************************************************************************************************
Upcoming Courses
Our regular courses such as Greencard II, Forklift, Scissorlift and Elevated Work Platform will be run regularly throughout the next couple of months. Aside from these we also have:
Scissorlift (Yellowcard) October 4
Dogging (Full Time) 10 - 15 October & 17 - 22 October
Dogging (Part Time) October 24 - November 29
Basic Scaffolding
(Full Time) 14 - 18 November
Basic Scaffolding (Part Time) October 7 - November 11
Basic Rigging (Full Time) September 9 - October 7
Establish Business October 10 - December 12
Financial Planning October 12 - December 14
Please check our website for more available courses
If you would like any more information, or if you would like to book on to a course, please contact our office on (08) 8443 6633 or email: info@citc.com.au. Alternatively click here for a full schedule of our public courses.
The next edition of the CITC Inc eZine will be emailed on November 7.
