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Pesticides Regulation 2017
16Obligations of supervisor of trainee
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#### 16 Obligations of supervisor of trainee
16 Obligations of supervisor of trainee
> > (1) The supervisor of a trainee carrying out fumigation work, pest management technician work or timber pest management technician work must directly supervise the trainee while the trainee is carrying out the work, unless the supervisor or person responsible for the trainee has established—
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> > > (a) that the trainee’s competency makes direct supervision unnecessary, and
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> > > (b) that a lesser degree of supervision would not endanger the health or safety of the trainee or any other person.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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> > (2) A supervisor of a trainee carrying out fumigation work, pest management technician work or timber pest management technician work—
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> > > (a) must ensure that the trainee keeps and maintains a record in relation to the carrying out of that work in accordance with this Subdivision, and
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> > > (b) must check the record on each date on which the work is carried out by the trainee and must sign the record on that date and include a note stating whether the supervisor is satisfied that the record is correct in respect of that date.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> **cl 16:** Am 2021 (694), Sch 2\[10\].