15Class 1 licence competencies

15 Class 1 licence competencies

(1)  For section 136C(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed competencies for a class 1 licence are –

(a) the holding of an Australian well driller's licence that is, in terms of what it authorises, substantially equivalent to a class 1 licence; or

(b) the successful completion of an approved course, or of national qualifications for a class 1 licence, and having passed the driller’s licence examinations approved by the NUDLC and acquired basic field experience; or

(c) the successful completion of any course, regulating the competence of well drillers, that is approved by the NUDLC, and having passed the driller’s licence examinations approved by the NUDLC and acquired extended field experience.

(2)  In this regulation –

basic field experience, in relation to an applicant, means that the applicant has –

(a) experience in operating drilling machines in well-drilling operations over a period of at least six months; and

(b) personally drilled, under the supervision of the holder of a class 1 licence, at least 6 class 1 wells;

class 1 well means a well in a single non-flowing aquifer system;

extended field experience, in relation to an applicant, means that the applicant has –

(a) experience in operating drilling machines in well-drilling operations over a period of at least 12 months; and

(b) personally drilled, under the supervision of the holder of a class 1 licence, at least six class 1 wells.