Australian Capital Territory
Building (General) (Asbestos Handling Occupation and Qualification) Declaration 2008 (No 1)*
Notifiable Instrument NI2008-117
made under the
Building (General) Regulation 2008, section 48

1	Asbestos handling occupation—regulation s 48 (1)

(1)	Under the Building (General) Regulation 2008, section 48 (1), I declare each of the following occupations for that regulation, schedule 1, part 1.3, item 25 (which is about handling small amounts of bonded asbestos)—

(a)	an occupation listed in the attached 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, fire services, access services, egress 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 the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (“ANZSCO”), first edition, 2006 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and available at www.abs.gov.au.

2	Asbestos qualification—regulation s 48 (2)

(1)	Under the Building (General) Regulation 2008, section 48 (2), I declare the qualification gained from successful completion of any 1 of the following courses for that regulation, schedule 1, part 1.3, item 25 (which is about handling small amounts of bonded asbestos)—
(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.

3	Commencement

This instrument commences at the start of the day after it is notified on the ACT Legislation register.

Craig Simmons
ACT Construction Occupations Registrar
24 April 2008

Schedule

1.	The numbers in column 1 below are occupation code numbers under the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (“ANZSCO”), first edition, 2006 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 ANZCO occupation code number	Column 2
ANZCO occupation title	
334112	Airconditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber	
342111	Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic	
232111	Architect	
721212	Backhoe Operator	
331111	Bricklayer and Stonemasons	
821111	Builder’s Labourer	
312112 	Building Associate	
312113 	Building Inspector	
821411 	Building Insulation Installer	
721213 	Bulldozer Operator	
342411	Cabler (Data and Telecommunication)	
331212	Carpenter	
331211	Carpenter and Joiner	
233211	Civil Engineer	
312212 	Civil Engineering Technician	
811211 	Commercial Cleaner	
821211 	Concreter	
133111	Construction Project Manager	
821711	Construction Rigger	
821112	Drainage, Sewerage and Stormwater Labourer	
334113	Drainer	
821113	Earthmoving Labourer	
721211	Earthmoving Plant Operator (General)	
233311	Electrical Engineer	
312312 	Electrical Engineering Technician	
899914 	Electrical or Telecommunications Trades Assistant	
341111	Electrician (General)	
341112	Electrician (Special Class)	
233411 	Electronics Engineer	
133211 	Engineering Manager	
721214	Excavator Operator	
821311 	Fencer	
333211	Fibrous Plasterer	
332111	Floor Finisher	
334114	Gasfitter	
233212	Geotechnical Engineer	
333111	Glazier	
899311 	Handyperson	
821412 	Home Improvement Installer	
399912 	Interior Decorator	
331213	Joiner	
821913 	Lagger	
232112	Landscape Architect	
341113	Lift Mechanic	
721216	Loader Operator	
323313	Locksmith	
312512 	Mechanical Engineering Technician	
332211	Painting Trades Worker	
334111	Plumber (General)	
821114	Plumber’s Assistant	
312115 	Plumbing Inspector	
133112	Project Builder	
334115	Roof Plumber	
333311	Roof Tiler	
312611 	Safety Inspector	
821712	Scaffolder	
899918 	Sign Erector	
333212	Solid Plasterer	
821713	Steel Fixer	
331112	Stonemason	
233214 	Structural Engineer	
821714	Structural Steel Erector	
333411	Wall and Floor Tiler	
322313	Welder (First Class)