Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 148

    (1)     A person (an assessor ) may assess a person undertaking a unit of competency or accredited course only if the assessor—

        (a)     has the following requirements under the Australian quality training framework standards for registered training organisations:

              (i)     workplace assessor competencies;

              (ii)     relevant current industry experience;

              (iii)     vocational competencies; and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     is a licensee for the class of high risk work to be assessed and has been a licensee or held a certificate of competency under the repealed regulation or a corresponding law for a total of at least 2 years; or

              (ii)     holds a certificate of competency issued under the repealed regulation or a corresponding law, and has held the certificate for at least 2 years; and

        (c)     either—

              (i)     is approved in writing by the chief executive; or

              (ii)     satisfies the criteria agreed in writing by the chief executive and the registered training organisation that provides the unit or course.

    (2)     The chief executive may issue guidelines about the approval of an assessor.

    (3)     A guideline is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

    (4)     In this section:

"repealed regulation" means the Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000 in force at any time before the commencement of this section.