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Pressure equipment operation

Pressure equipment operation licences, units of competency, and Registered Training Organisations who can deliver training and assessment.

Licence Unit of competency Find an RTO

Boiler operator - basic (BB)
Boilers with a single fixed combustion air supply and a non-modulating single heat source and a fixed firing rate

Operate a boiler (basic) (PDF, 201 KB) Find a Registered Training Organisation
Boiler operations - intermediate (BI)
Boilers with a modulating combustion air supply or modulating heat source or a superheater or economiser 		Operate a boiler (intermediate) (PDF, 182 KB) Find a Registered Training Organisation
Boiler operations - advanced (BA)
Multiple fuel type boilers which may be fired simultaneously
Operate a boiler (advanced) with multiple fuels simultaneously fired (PDF, 199 KB) Find a Registered Training Organisation
Turbine (TO)
Turbines with power output of 500kw or more 		Operate a turbine (PDF, 204 KB) Find a Registered Training Organisation
Reciprocating steam engines (ES)
Steam engines with a piston diameter of more than 250mm		 Operate a reciprocating steam engine (PDF, 194 KB) Find a Registered Training Organisation

The BA certificate encompasses the BB and BI certificates.
The BI certificate encompasses the BB certificate.

The Australian Standard AS 2593, Boilers - Unattended and limited attendance, in Table 1.1 details conditions under which certain classes of boilers may be operated either unattended, or with limited attendance.