Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered RegulationsPART 1—DEFINITIONS FOR SCHEDULE
(1) A boiler is a vessel or arrangement of vessels and interconnecting parts, where steam or other liquid is heated at a pressure above atmospheric pressure by fire, the products of combustion, electrical power or other similar method.
(2) A boiler includes the valves, gauges, controls, boiler setting and any directly associated equipment, up to and including the first connection point after the first valve or valve assembly.
(3) A boiler does not include—
(a) a fully flooded or pressurised system where water or other liquid is heated to a temperature lower than the normal atmospheric boiling temperature of the liquid; or
(b) any vessel designed to operate deprived of all liquid or vapour that is intended to be heated without affecting the structure or operation of the vessel; or
(c) a direct-fired process heater.
(1) A bridge crane is capable of travelling along elevated runways and consists of—
(a) 1 or more bridge beams mounted at each end to an end carriage; and
(b) 1 or more hoisting mechanisms that can travel across the bridge beams.
(2) A bridge crane does not include a crane that has 3 or less powered operations and that is remote controlled.
(1) A gantry crane consists of 1 or more bridge beams, supported at each end by legs, towers or columns mounted on end carriages, capable of travelling on runways, supporting surfaces or deck levels, with 1 or more hoisting units arranged to traverse the bridge.
(2) A gantry crane does not include a crane that has 3 or less powered operations that is remote controlled.
(1) A hoist is plant designed for raising or lowering a load or people (vertically without slewing).
(2) A hoist includes a mast-climbing work platform, a personnel and materials hoist, a scaffolding hoist and a serial hoist.
(3) A hoist does not include a lift or building maintenance equipment.
(1) A materials hoist is a builder's hoist for hoisting goods or materials but not people.
(2) A materials hoist includes the platform, structure, machinery and other equipment associated with, or attached to, the hoist.
6 Personnel and materials hoist
(1) A personnel and materials hoist is a builder's hoist in which people, goods and materials may be hoisted.
(2) A personnel and materials hoist may be either a cantilever hoist or a tower hoist, may have 1 or more winches and includes the car, structure, machinery and other equipment associated with the hoist.
A backhoe is a small tractor with a bucket fitted to a telescoping boom that excavates, elevates, swings and discharges material, without moving the chassis or undercarriage during any part of the working cycle of the machine.
8 Boom-type elevating work platform
A boom-type elevating work platform is a powered telescoping, hinged or articulated device, or any combination of those devices, with a boom length of at least 11m, used to support a platform to lift people, equipment or materials.
A derrick crane is a powered slewing strut-boom crane with the boom pivoted at the base of a mast, guyed or held by backstays, capable of luffing under load.
10 Direct-fired process heater
A direct-fired process heater is an arrangement of tubes comprising 1 or more coils located in the radiant zone or convection zone, or both, of a combustion chamber, the primary purpose of which is to raise the temperature of a process fluid circulated through the coils, to allow distillation, fractionation, reaction or another petrochemical process of the process fluid, whether that fluid is liquid or gas, or in a phase between liquid and gas.
A dragline is a lattice boom crane configuration supporting a bucket or scoop that is thrown outwards and dragged through material by a drag cable.
An excavator is a self-propelled crawler or wheeled machine with—
(a) an upper structure capable of up to 360° rotation; and
(b) a bucket fitted to a boom, arm or telescoping boom, that excavates, lifts, swings and dumps material, without moving the chassis or undercarriage.
A forklift truck is a powered industrial truck with—
(a) a mast; and
(b) an elevating load carriage with fork arms or other load holding attachment.
(1) A front-end loader is a self-propelled, wheeled machine with a bucket mounted at the front, that loads or excavates in a forward motion, and lifts, transports and dumps material.
(2) A front-end loader of the skid-steer type is a loader that is steered by skidding or reversing the wheels on 1 side of the loader.
A
load shifting machine is a dragline, excavator, forklift truck, front-end
loader, front-end loader of the skid-steer type, backhoe, or
order-picking
forklift truck.
A mobile crane is a crane that forms part of a vehicle.
(1) A non-slewing mobile crane is a powered mobile crane with a capacity of more than 3t incorporating a boom or jib that cannot be slewed.
(2) A non-slewing mobile crane includes an articulated mobile crane and a locomotive crane, but does not include a crane for towing vehicles.
18 Order-picking forklift truck
An order-picking forklift truck is a powered truck that is controlled from and lifted with the load carriage or lifting equipment.
A portal boom crane is a powered jib or boom crane mounted on a portal frame that is supported on runways along which the crane travels.
" "A reciprocating steam engine is an engine in which steam causes a piston to move, but does not include an expanding (steam) reciprocating engine with a piston diameter of 250mm or less.
(1) Rigging is mechanical loadshifting equipment and associated gear used—
(a) to move, place or secure and stabilise a load; or
(b) to set up and dismantle a crane or hoist.
(2) Rigging does not include setting up a crane or hoist that only requires the positioning of integral outriggers or stabilisers.
(1) A scaffold is a temporary structure for supporting access platforms or working platforms.
(2) Scaffolding work is the erection, alteration or dismantling of temporary structures that are erected to support platforms that are not less than 4m from the ground.
Stabilisers are devices used to increase stability, but not to hoist or level.
A tower crane is a powered jib boom or jib crane mounted on a demountable or permanent tower structure, and includes horizontal and luffing jibs.
A "turbine" is plant in which steam acting on a turbine or rotor causes a rotary motion, but does not include steam turbines and expansion turbines with a power output of less than 500kw.
A vehicle loading crane is a powered slewing mobile crane with a capacity of 10m tonnes or more, mounted on a vehicle for the principal purpose of loading and unloading the vehicle.
PART 2— WORK FOR WHICH QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
1 Scaffolding
1.1 Basic scaffolding , consisting of scaffolding activities connected with the operation or use of plant including the following:
(1) prefabricated scaffolds;
(2) cantilevered materials hoists with a maximum working load of 500 kg;
(3) ropes and gin wheels;
(4) safety nets and static lines;
(5) bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork),
but excluding:
(6) cantilevered crane-loading platforms;
(7) cantilevered and spurred scaffolds;
(8) barrow ramps and sloping platforms;
(9) perimeter safety screens and shutters;
(10) mast-climbers;
(11) tube and coupler scaffolds (including tube and coupler covered ways and gantries);
(12) hung scaffolds, including scaffolds hanging from tubes, wire ropes or chains;
(13) suspended scaffolds.
1.2 Intermediate scaffolding, consisting of all basic scaffolding together with other scaffolding activities connected with the operation or use of plant including the following:
(1) cantilevered crane-loading platforms;
(2) cantilevered and spurred scaffolds;
(3) barrow ramps and sloping platforms;
(4) perimeter safety screens and shutters;
(5) mast-climbers;
(6) tube and coupler scaffolds (including tube and coupler covered ways and gantries),
but excluding:
(7) hung scaffolds, including scaffolds hanging from tubes, wire ropes or chains;
(8) suspended scaffolds.
1.3 Advanced scaffolding, consisting of all intermediate scaffolding together with all other scaffolding activities connected with the operation or use of plant including the following:
(1) hung scaffolds, including scaffolds hanging from tubes, wire ropes or chains;
(2) suspended scaffolds.
2 Dogging
2.1 Dogging , consisting of the use of slinging techniques to move a load, including the selection and inspection of lifting gear and the directing of a crane or hoist operator in the movement of a load.
3 Rigging
3.1 Basic rigging, consisting of rigging activities connected with the erection, movement or placement of plant or materials including the following:
(1) steel or pre-cast concrete;
(2) hoists (including mast-climbing hoists);
(3) safety nets and static lines;
(4) perimeter safety screens and shutters;
(5) cantilevered crane-loading platforms,
but excluding:
(6) load-equalising gear;
(7) cranes, conveyors, dredges and excavators;
(8) tilt slabs;
(9) hoists with jibs and self-climbing hoists;
(10) plant, equipment or materials moved in demolition;
(11) dual lifts;
(12) gin poles and shear legs;
(13) flying foxes and cableways;
(14) guyed derricks and structures;
(15) suspended and fabricated hung scaffolds.
3.2 Intermediate rigging, consisting of all basic rigging together with other rigging activities connected with the erection, movement or placement of plant or materials including the following:
(1) load-equalising gear;
(2) cranes, conveyors, dredges and excavators;
(3) tilt slabs;
(4) hoists with jibs and self-climbing hoists;
(5) plant, equipment or materials moved in demolition;
(6) dual lifts,
but excluding:
(7) gin poles and shear legs;
(8) flying foxes and cableways;
(9) guyed derricks and structures;
(10) suspended and fabricated hung scaffolds.
3.3 Advanced rigging, consisting of all basic rigging together with all other rigging activities connected with the erection, movement or placement of plant or materials including the following:
(1) gin poles and shear legs;
(2) flying foxes and cableways;
(3) guyed derricks and structures;
(4) suspended and fabricated hung scaffolds.
4 Cranes
The operation and use of any of the following:
4.1 Tower crane
4.2 Derrick crane
4.3 Portal boom crane
4.4 Bridge or gantry crane (other than one that is remotely controlled and has 3 or fewer powered operations)
4.5 Vehicle loading crane with a capacity of 10m tonnes or more
4.6 Non-slewing mobile crane with a capacity of greater than 3t
4.7.1 Slewing mobile crane with a capacity of up to and including 20t
4.7.2 Slewing mobile crane with a capacity of up to and including 60t
4.7.3 Slewing mobile crane with a capacity of up to and including 100t
4.7.4 Slewing mobile crane with a capacity of more than 100t
4.7.5 Boom-type elevating work platform with a boom 11m or more in length.
5 Hoists
The operation and use of any of the following:
5.1 Materials platform hoist
5.2 Personnel and materials hoist
6 Truck-mounted concrete-placing booms
The operation and use of—
6.1 Truck-mounted concrete-placing boom
7 Boilers
7.1 Basic boiler operation , consisting of the operation or use of any boiler whose operation relies on any of the following:
(1) a single fixed combustion air supply;
(2) a non-modulating single heat source;
(3) a fixed firing rate.
7.2 Intermediate boiler operation , consisting of basic boiler operation together with the operation or use of any other boiler whose operation relies on any of the following:
(1) a modulating combustion air supply;
(2) a modulating heat source;
(3) a superheater;
(4) an economiser.
7.3 Advanced boiler operation , consisting of intermediate boiler operation together with the operation or use of any other boiler whose operation relies on multiple fuel types that may be fired simultaneously during normal operation (other than one which changes fuel type during its start sequence).
8 Steam turbines
8.1 Any steam turbine (except a steam turbine that produces a power output of less than 500kW) that—
(a) is multi-wheeled; or
(b) is capable of a speed exceeding 3,600rpm.
8.2 Any steam turbine that relies for its operation on attached condensers or a multistage heat extraction process.
9 Reciprocating steam engines
9.1 Any reciprocating steam engine containing a piston of 250mm or more in diameter.
10 Loadshifting machines
The operation and use of any of the following:
10.1 Forklift truck
10.2 Order-picking forklift truck
10.3 Dragline
10.4 Excavator
10.5 Front-end loader
10.6 Front-end loader/backhoe
10.7 Front-end loader of the skid-steer type