Queensland Consolidated Regulations

EXPLOSIVES REGULATION 2017 - REG 39

39 Fireworks operator licence

(1) A person is an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks operator licence if the chief inspector is reasonably satisfied the person—

(a) is an adult; and

(b) is physically able to use fireworks in a fireworks display; and

(c) either—

(i) has, within the 3-year period ending on the day the application for the licence is made, been assessed by a registered training organisation as having attained the specific competencies, approved by the chief inspector and published on a Queensland Government website, in the use of fireworks in fireworks displays contained in an industry training package; or

(ii) otherwise demonstrates the skill, knowledge and experience required to use fireworks to a standard considered by the chief inspector to be necessary for the safety and health of persons; and

(d) has satisfactory knowledge of the following matters—

(i) the requirements under the Act about the storage, transport, manufacture, sale and use of fireworks;

(ii) the hazards associated with each type of firework stated in the licence, and the procedures and methods for safely and securely handling the firework;

(iii) the requirements under the Queensland fireworks code; and

(e) is, in all the circumstances, an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks operator licence.

(2) For subsection (1) (c) (ii) and (d), the chief inspector may require the person to take a written, oral or practical examination.