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Construction Occupations (Licensing) Regulation 2004
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35 Services that may be provided without licence
(1) The following construction services may be provided by an individual
without a licence if done under the supervision of a licensed
individual, or the nominee of a licensed corporation or partnership,
authorised by the licence to provide the service:
(a) building services;
(b) if the individual providing the service is a trainee—
(i) electrical wiring services; or
(ii) gasfitting services; or
(iii) plumbing services; or
(iv) sanitary drainage services.
(2) Also, subsection (1) (b) applies only if—
(a) there is a training arrangement (however described) between the
trainee’s relevant person and the trainee; and
Example—training arrangement
an approved training contract under the Training and Tertiary Education
Act 2003
(b) the construction service provided by the trainee is covered by
the training arrangement; and
(c) the trainee’s relevant person gives the registrar the following
information:
(i) if the relevant person is the trainee’s employer who is an
individual—
(A) the employer’s name, business address and email
address; and
(B) the employer’s landline telephone number or mobile
telephone number; and
(C) the employer’s fax number (if any);
(ii) if the relevant person is the trainee’s employer who is not
an individual—
(A) the name of the employer and the trainee’s manager;
and
(B) the business address and email address of the
employer and manager; and
(C) the landline telephone number or mobile telephone
number of the employer and manager; and
(D) the fax number (if any) of the employer and manager;
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(iii) if the relevant person is the provider of the VET course that
the trainee is undertaking—
(A) the provider’s name, business address and email
address; and
(B) the name of the person nominated by the provider for
the trainee (the nominated person); and
(C) the nominated person’s email address; and
(D) the nominated person’s landline telephone number or
mobile telephone number;
(iv) the trainee’s name and date of birth;
(v) the name of the VET course that the trainee is undertaking
and its unique identifying number (however described);
(vi) when the training arrangement begins and ends.
building service—see the Act, section 8 (2).
electrical wiring service—see the Act, section 11 (2).
gasfitting service—see the Act, section 12 (2).
plumbing service—see the Act, section 13 (2).
relevant person, of a trainee, means—
(a) the trainee’s employer; or
(b) if the trainee does not have an employer—the provider of the
VET course that the trainee is undertaking.
sanitary draining service—see the Act, section 10 (2).
trainee, for a service, means an individual who—
(a) provides the service to gain experience in providing the service
and training from the person supervising the provision of the
service; and
(b) is undertaking a VET course that provides instruction in relation
to providing the service.
VET course—see the National Vocational Education and Training
Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth), section 3.