sec.14Assessing alternative qualification

sec.14 Assessing alternative qualification

This section applies if— a person applies, or tells the commissioner the person intends to apply, to the commissioner for a licence; and the person intends to rely on a qualification (an alternative qualification ) for the application that is not 1 of the qualifications (the existing qualifications ) for the licence decided by the commissioner under section 14 (a) of the Act ; and the commissioner considers it is, or will be, necessary to assess whether the alternative qualification is equivalent to any of the existing qualifications to decide whether the person has the qualifications required for the licence; and the person asks the commissioner to assess the equivalence of the alternative qualification and pays QBCC the fee stated in schedule 8 for the assessment. The commissioner must assess whether the alternative qualification is equivalent to any of the existing qualifications. Subsection (4) applies if the commissioner considers the only practicable way to assess the equivalence of the alternative qualification under subsection (2) is to have the person’s competencies for the alternative qualification assessed by a registered training organisation. The commissioner may refer the person to a registered training organisation to— carry out an assessment of the competencies for the alternative qualification; and advise the commissioner of the results of its assessment. To remove any doubt, it is declared that the requirement for the person to pay the prescribed fee under subsection (1) (d) for the commissioner’s assessment under subsection (2) does not prevent or restrict a registered training organisation from charging the person an additional fee for supplying a service under subsection (4) . In this section— competencies , for a qualification, means the units of competency (however called) that satisfied the requirements of the qualification. s 14 amd 2020 SL No. 119 s 11 (sec.14-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person applies, or tells the commissioner the person intends to apply, to the commissioner for a licence; and the person intends to rely on a qualification (an alternative qualification ) for the application that is not 1 of the qualifications (the existing qualifications ) for the licence decided by the commissioner under section 14 (a) of the Act ; and the commissioner considers it is, or will be, necessary to assess whether the alternative qualification is equivalent to any of the existing qualifications to decide whether the person has the qualifications required for the licence; and the person asks the commissioner to assess the equivalence of the alternative qualification and pays QBCC the fee stated in schedule 8 for the assessment. (sec.14-ssec.2) The commissioner must assess whether the alternative qualification is equivalent to any of the existing qualifications. (sec.14-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if the commissioner considers the only practicable way to assess the equivalence of the alternative qualification under subsection (2) is to have the person’s competencies for the alternative qualification assessed by a registered training organisation. (sec.14-ssec.4) The commissioner may refer the person to a registered training organisation to— carry out an assessment of the competencies for the alternative qualification; and advise the commissioner of the results of its assessment. (sec.14-ssec.5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the requirement for the person to pay the prescribed fee under subsection (1) (d) for the commissioner’s assessment under subsection (2) does not prevent or restrict a registered training organisation from charging the person an additional fee for supplying a service under subsection (4) . (sec.14-ssec.6) In this section— competencies , for a qualification, means the units of competency (however called) that satisfied the requirements of the qualification.