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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995
322Extinguishing agent handling licences—qualified persons
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#### 322 Extinguishing agent handling licences—qualified persons
(1) A relevant authority may, on application, grant to a person an extinguishing agent handling licence mentioned in column 1 of an item in Table 322, entitling the person to engage in the work described in column 2 of the item.
> Note 1: Regulation 313 also applies to an application.
> Note 2: A person is entitled to apply for any number of licences.
(2) The relevant authority may grant the licence only if the relevant authority is satisfied that:
(a) the person has satisfied the requirements of all of the units of competency determined by the Minister under subregulation (3) for the licence; and
(b) at the time the requirements of each unit of competency are first satisfied by the person, both:
(i) the unit of competency is entered on the National Register (within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011); and
(ii) the registration of the unit of competency on the National Register has not been cancelled.
(3) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, determine units of competency required for a licence mentioned in column 1 of an item in Table 322.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Table 322—Licences and entitlements</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Entitlement of licensee</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>Portable Fire Extinguisher Maintenance Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>To charge and recharge a portable fire extinguisher, and repair the extinguisher valve</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>Fixed System Installation and Decommissioning Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt">(1) To install and decommission a gaseous fire extinguishing system (fire protection equipment) including:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) to install and disconnect actuation devices (mechanisms) to and from container valves; and</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) to install and disconnect gaseous agent containers; and</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) to install and disconnect any interconnections to other gaseous system containers; and</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) to install and disconnect ancillary equipment connections to manifold and pipework; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) to attach and remove transport equipment, such as valve outlet and actuator port caps, plugs and locking devices installed to prevent accidental discharge</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>(2) Commission actuation control devices set to operate and engage safety devices as needed and decommission these devices</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>Fixed System Testing and Maintenance Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>To test and maintain a gaseous fire extinguishing system (fire protection equipment), including:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) to test actuation release systems; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) to disconnect and reconnect actuation devices (mechanisms); and</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) to disconnect and reconnect any interconnections to other gaseous systems containers; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) to disconnect and reconnect ancillary equipment connections from containers to manifold and pipework; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) to test actuation devices (mechanisms); and</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) to perform any tests and maintenance on any Fire Detection and Alarm System, including any remote operation panel and actuation and control system that interfaces with or forms part of a gaseous fire extinguishing system; and</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableText"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(g) to perform any tests and maintenance on gaseous agent containers and ancillary equipment connections from containers to manifold and pipework</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>Recovery, Reclamation, Fill and Recycling Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>To recover, reclaim, fill and recycle an extinguishing agent into and from a fire extinguisher and gaseous fire extinguishing system container from and to a bulk agent container</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>Warehouse Maintenance Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>To monitor for leakage stocks of extinguishing agent bulk agent containers in a warehouse and, as needed, to transfer the extinguishing agent from a leaking storage container</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:31.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>Control Systems Installation, Commissioning and Decommissioning Licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.5%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>To install, commission and decommission a fire detection and alarm system, including any remote operation panel and actuation and control system that interfaces with or forms part of a gaseous fire extinguishing system</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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