sec.155Training requirements

sec.155 Training requirements

The regulator must be satisfied the applicant has been trained in, and is competent to carry out, resuscitation on an individual who has stopped breathing or is unconscious because of electric shock. Also, if the licence applied for is an electrical linesperson licence, the regulator must be satisfied the applicant has been trained in, and is competent to carry out, the rescue of an individual from a pole top or transmission tower. However, subsection (1) or (2) does not prevent the issue of the electrical work licence if the regulator is satisfied— the applicant has a medical condition that— prevents the applicant carrying out the relevant activity for the subsection; but does not otherwise affect the applicant’s ability to perform electrical work under the licence; and in the particular circumstances, it is reasonable to allow the applicant to carry out electrical work subject to a condition that the applicant must not act in a role for which it is a requirement that the applicant be competent in the relevant activity. a safety observer In this section— relevant activity means— in relation to subsection (1) —resuscitation; or in relation to subsection (2) —the rescue of an individual from a pole top or transmission tower. (sec.155-ssec.1) The regulator must be satisfied the applicant has been trained in, and is competent to carry out, resuscitation on an individual who has stopped breathing or is unconscious because of electric shock. (sec.155-ssec.2) Also, if the licence applied for is an electrical linesperson licence, the regulator must be satisfied the applicant has been trained in, and is competent to carry out, the rescue of an individual from a pole top or transmission tower. (sec.155-ssec.3) However, subsection (1) or (2) does not prevent the issue of the electrical work licence if the regulator is satisfied— the applicant has a medical condition that— prevents the applicant carrying out the relevant activity for the subsection; but does not otherwise affect the applicant’s ability to perform electrical work under the licence; and in the particular circumstances, it is reasonable to allow the applicant to carry out electrical work subject to a condition that the applicant must not act in a role for which it is a requirement that the applicant be competent in the relevant activity. a safety observer (sec.155-ssec.4) In this section— relevant activity means— in relation to subsection (1) —resuscitation; or in relation to subsection (2) —the rescue of an individual from a pole top or transmission tower.

• (a) the applicant has a medical condition that— (i) prevents the applicant carrying out the relevant activity for the subsection; but (ii) does not otherwise affect the applicant’s ability to perform electrical work under the licence; and
• (i) prevents the applicant carrying out the relevant activity for the subsection; but