Australian Capital Territory
Building (Prescribed Occupation and Relevant Asbestos Qualification) Declaration 2006
Notifiable Instrument NI2006-420
made under the
Building Regulation 2004, section 7A (2)

1	Prescribed occupation

(1)	Under the Building Regulation 2004, section 7A (2) (a) I declare each of the following occupations to be a prescribed occupation—

(a)	an occupation listed in the schedule, in so far as the occupation relates to providing adjustment, addition, alteration, construction, demolition, enhancement, maintenance, removal, renovation, repair, or upgrading services in respect of any part of a building’s structure, fabric, integral fixtures, mechanical services, electrical services or piped services; or

(b)	an occupation at the level of apprentice, assistant, associate, cadet, co‑worker, instructor, labourer, leader, manager, superintendent, supervisor, trainee, trainer, or understudy in an occupation under paragraph (a); or

(c)	an occupation however described that involves doing or assisting with the primary tasks of any of the occupations under paragraph (a) or (b), on a permanent, temporary or incidental basis.

(2)	In this section:

primary tasks means the tasks listed as ‘primary tasks’ of the relevant occupations in the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, second edition, (“ASCO”) published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and available at www.abs.gov.au.

2	Relevant asbestos qualification

(1)	Under the Building Regulation 2004, section 7A (2) (b) I declare the qualification gained from successful completion of any 1 of the following courses, to be a relevant asbestos qualification—
(a)	the Course in Identification and Safe Handling of Asbestos with national accreditation number ‘80803ACT’; or

(b)	the Course in Asbestos Removal and Supervision with the national accreditation number ‘80804ACT’.

(2)	A course fails to comply with this section if it is not—
(a)	listed as an accredited course on the National Training Information Service’s National register of information on courses at www.ntis.gov.au; and

(b)	delivered by an organisation, registered as a training organisation (RTO) by an Australian State, Territory or Commonwealth Government, when the RTO was authorised by such a Government to deliver the course.

Note:	information about RTOs, accredited courses and which RTOs are authorised to deliver which accredited courses is available at National Training Information Service’s web site at www.ntis.gov.au.

Craig Simmons
Australian Capital Territory Construction Occupations Registrar
23  November 2006

Schedule

1.	The numbers in column 1 below are occupation code numbers under the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, second edition, (“ASCO”) published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and available at www.abs.gov.au.

2.	The titles in column 2 below are occupation titles under ASCO that correspond to the column 1 code.

Column 1	Column 2	
2121 	Architects and Landscape Architects	
3121-13 	Architectural Associate	
7111-15 	Backhoe Operator	
4414 	Bricklayers	
3121-11 	Building Associate	
3121-17 	Building Inspector	
7111-13 	Bulldozer Operator	
4411-13 	Carpenter	
4411-11 	Carpenter and Joiner	
4316	Communications Tradespersons	
3122-11 	Civil Engineering Associate	
3122-13 	Civil Engineering Technician	
2124 	Civil Engineers	
9111-11 	Commercial Cleaner	
9917 	Concreters	
9916 	Construction and Plumber’s Assistants	
1191-11 	Construction Project Manager	
4431-15 	Drainer	
2125 	Electrical and Electronics Engineers	
2128 	Engineering Technologists	
7111-21 	Excavator Operator	
9919-15 	Fence Erector	
4412 	Fibrous Plasterers	
4982-11 	Flat Glass Tradesperson	
4423 	Floor Finishers	
4431-13 	Gasfitter	
7111-11 	General Construction Plant Operator	
4431-11 	General Plumber	
9993 	Handypersons	
7914 	Insulation And Home Improvements Installers	
3999-11 	Interior Decorator	
4411-15 	Joiner	
9919-11 	Lagger	
7111-17 	Loader Operator	
4115-15 	Locksmith	

Column 1	Column 2	
4431-19 	Mechanical Services and Airconditioning Plumber	
2126 	Mechanical, Production and Plant Engineers	
4122-11 	Metal Fabricator	
4421 	Painters and Decorators	
9913 	Paving and Surfacing Labourers	
3121-21 	Plumbing Engineering Associate	
3121-19 	Plumbing Inspector	
4122-13 	Pressure Welder	
1191-13 	Project Builder	
4431-17 	Roof Plumber	
4413 	Roof Slaters and Tilers	
9999-13 	Sign Erector	
4422 	Signwriters	
4415 	Solid Plasterers	
7913 	Structural Steel Construction Workers	
4411-01 	Supervisor, Carpentry and Joinery Tradespersons	
4431-01 	Supervisor, Plumbers	
4122-01 	Supervisor, Structural Steel And Welding Tradespersons	
4416 	Wall And Floor Tilers And Stonemasons	
4122-15 	Welder (First Class)