14Skill assessment of individuals

14 Skill assessment of individuals (1) This section applies if— (a) the registrar is not satisfied that an applicant has a qualification required to be eligible for the licence or endorsement applied for; or (b) the registrar— (i) is satisfied that an applicant has a qualification required to be eligible for the licence or endorsement applied for; and (ii) is not satisfied on reasonable grounds that the applicant has a skill reasonably necessary to satisfactorily exercise the functions of a construction occupation or class of construction occupation under the licence or endorsement applied for; or (c) the registrar requires an applicant to undertake an assessment under section 18B. (2) The registrar may require the applicant to undertake an assessment to find out whether the applicant has the skills and knowledge reasonably necessary to satisfactorily exercise the functions of a construction occupation or class of construction occupation under the licence or endorsement applied for. (3) An assessment may consist of 1 or more of the following: (a) an assessment by a person who the registrar is satisfied is competent to make the assessment; (b) an examination, which may have practical, written and oral aspects, by a registered training organisation that the registrar is satisfied is competent to set and assess the examination; (c) an examination of a record of the applicant’s experience provided by the applicant;

(d) the undertaking of a test, or a series of tests, approved by the registrar. (4) The applicant must pay to the Territory the reasonable costs incurred by the Territory in arranging or carrying out an assessment. (5) An applicant is not eligible to be licensed, or to have a licence endorsed, if the applicant has not complied with subsection (4). (6) In this section: registered training organisation—see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth), section 3.