Home Building Act 1989
15CUnqualified medical gas technician work
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15C Unqualified medical gas technician work
15C Unqualified medical gas technician work
(1) An individual must not do any medical gas technician work (whether or not it is also residential building work) except—
(a) as a qualified supervisor in respect of that work, or
(b) as the holder of a tradesperson certificate authorising its holder to do that work under supervision, but only if the work is done under the supervision and in accordance with the directions, if any, of a qualified supervisor.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.
(2) Despite subsection (1), an apprentice or trainee may do medical gas technician work even though the apprentice or trainee is not a qualified supervisor or holder, but only if a qualified supervisor—
(a) is present at all times where the work is being done by the apprentice or trainee, and
(b) is available to be consulted by, and to give directions relating to how the work is to be done to, the apprentice or trainee.
(3) A qualified supervisor who is supervising medical gas technician work being done by an apprentice or trainee as referred to in subsection (1)(b) must—
(a) give directions that are adequate to enable the work to be done correctly by the apprentice or trainee performing it, and
(b) personally ensure that the work is correctly done.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.
(4) A qualified supervisor who is supervising medical gas technician work being done by an apprentice or trainee as referred to in subsection (2) must—
(a) give directions that are adequate to enable the work to be done correctly by the apprentice or trainee performing it (which, unless the qualified supervisor considers it unnecessary, must include directions requiring the apprentice or trainee to advise in detail on progress with the work), and
(b) be present when the work is being done and be available to be consulted by, and to give directions relating to how the work is to be done to, the apprentice or trainee, and
(c) personally ensure that the work is correctly done.