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Attachment G

Skills maintenance recognised by the chief executive

Skills maintenance is considered to have a two year currency, so only skills maintenance undertaken during the previous two years will be recognised by the chief executive as confirmation of continued competence in the relevant trade work.

Skills maintenance assessments are in three parts. These are typically: legislation, risk management and live work, and electrical installation testing.

There are a number of options for providing evidence of skills maintenance. The two main options are a statement of attainment of skills maintenance issued by a registered training organisation approved by the Electrical Licensing Committee, or completing the online skills maintenance assessment.

Not all of the three parts need to be completed in the same way. For example, a person may decide to complete two parts online and go to an approved registered training organisation to complete the third.

Skills maintenance via an approved registered training organisation

Skills maintenance courses for each class of electrical work licence are available through approved registered training organisations. A list of approved registered training organisations that provide skills maintenance courses is available on the ESO website at www.deir.qld.gov.au in the skills maintenance section.

Skills maintenance via online assessment

Alternatively, the ESO provides a free online self-paced skills maintenance assessment package (including a statutory declaration) which addresses all licence types. The online skills maintenance assessment is also available on the ESO website at www.deir.qld.gov.au.

The applicable skills maintenance assessment topics (relative to the licence type) are automatically displayed by the online package when the licence holder selects their licence type.

Information for registered training organisations

Registered training organisations wishing to submit skills maintenance programs for approval by the Electrical Licensing Committee should direct their correspondence to the Senior Industry Liaison Officer, GPO Box 69, Brisbane 4001. Their correspondence should include evidence of how the program delivers learning outcomes relative to legislation, risk management and live work, and testing.

Last updated 22 July 2009