Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 755

755 Training requirement for worker under section 460(1) satisfied by alternative to certification

(1) This section applies to the requirement under section 460(1) of this regulation that a licensed asbestos removalist be satisfied for the purposes of the subsection that a particular worker holds a particular certification in relation to a specified VET course.

(2) The requirement does not apply to—

(a) class A asbestos removal work carried out under a transitional class A asbestos removal licence held by the licensed asbestos removalist; or

(b) class B asbestos removal work carried out under a transitional class B asbestos removal licence held by the licensed asbestos removalist.

(3) The requirement in relation to the worker is taken to be satisfied if the work is class B asbestos removal work and—

(a) the worker holds a transitional class B asbestos removal licence; or

(b) the worker holds an assessment summary of the type described in the repealed WHS regulation, section 52(4) about the worker’s competence to perform work to remove bonded asbestos containing material that was issued within 60 days before the day on which the work is to be performed; or

(c) the worker—

(i) has applied under the repealed WHS regulation, section 53, for a bonded asbestos removal certificate; and

(ii) has not yet been granted the certificate or been given notice of the refusal of the application; or

(d) the worker has been assessed before 31 December 2013 by an RTO, under the approved criteria, as competent to perform work to remove non-friable asbestos containing material.

(4) For subsection (3)(b), it does not matter whether the assessment summary is issued before or after the commencement.

(5) Also, the requirement in relation to the worker is taken to be satisfied if—

(a) the work is class B asbestos removal work; and

(b) the licensed asbestos removalist holds a transitional class A asbestos removal licence that allows the worker to perform the work.

(6) In this section—

"approved criteria" mean the criteria stated in Information Paper AR3 (Approved criteria for a certificate to perform work to remove bonded asbestos containing material) issued under the repealed WHS regulation.