Practical skills performance assessment
The practical skills performance assessment is one of three assessments which applicants must pass to qualify for an intermediate rigging licence (certificate of competency). The other components are a knowledge assessment and a written assignment.
What does the test cover?
How am I assessed?
How the assessor may conduct the test
Where does the test take place?
What does the test cover?
The practical skills performance assessment for intermediate rigging is a ¿closed book¿ practical exercise involving the rigging of cranes.
A full assessment should be completed within one hour.
Further details of the knowledge and skills required to complete assessment are available in the unit of competency to Perform intermediate rigging operations (PDF, 187 KB) .
How am I assessed?
In practical skills performance assessment the assessor evaluates the applicant¿s applied knowledge and understanding and the applicant¿s familiarity with rigging equipment and recommended work procedures and rigging techniques.
On completion of the assessment, the assessor will determine whether the applicant can safely undertake, without direct supervision, the tasks encompassed within units of competence 1.0 and 2.0 comprising Intermediate Rigging prescribed by Schedule A of the National Occupational Health and Safety Certification Standard for Users and Operators of Industrial Equipment (NOHSC:1006, 2001) (non-Queensland Government link) .
Any other waiver of assessment should only be permitted in compliance with guidelines, determinations or advice given to certificate assessors by the certifying authority.
How the assessor may conduct the test
An assessor may arrange for tests to be conducted where there are groups of two or three applicants. Where a single applicant is to be assessed, the assessor will arrange for another person to assist (or the assessor may assist).
Where two or more applicants are assessed simultaneously, the assessor must ensure that the various tasks are evenly shared so that a full assessment of each applicant can be made. This may involve some repetition of tasks.
An applicant passes a practical skills performance assessment when each relevant item on the check list is marked as either ¿competent¿ or ¿not applicable¿ as appropriate.
The assessor has the right to cease the test at any time, if an applicant is working dangerously, recklessly or without the necessary co-ordination and balance.
Where does the test take place?
The practical skills assessment can be conducted at any location which has:
- sufficient clear space for the exercises to be carried out and
- a firm supporting surface for the crane(s)
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