17Class 3 licence competencies

17 Class 3 licence competencies

(1)  For section 136C(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed competencies for a class 3 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 3 licence; or

(b) the holding of a class 2 licence for at least 12 months and the successful completion of an approved course, or of national qualifications for a class 3 licence, and having passed the driller’s licence examinations approved by the NUDLC and acquired intermediate field experience; or

(c) the holding of a class 2 licence for at least 12 months, or the holding of the necessary qualifications and experience to hold a class 3 licence, the successful completion of any course, regulating the competence of well drillers, that is approved by the NUDLC, and having acquired extended field experience.

(2)  In this regulation –

class 2 well means a well in a multiple non-flowing aquifer system where the system requires the separation of one aquifer from another;

class 3 well means a well in a 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 (as an employee) over a period of at least 24 months; and

(b) personally drilled at least six class 2 wells; and

(c) personally drilled, under the supervision of the holder of a class 3 licence, at least three class 3 wells;

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

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

(b) personally drilled at least six class 2 wells; and