When don’t I need a certificate
Work that is not a prescribed occupation
Certificates that are no longer required
Examples where certificates are not required
Examples where certificates are required
Work that is not a prescribed occupation
Section 18(2) of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008 states that a person performing the type of work defined in S 18 (1) (Work incidental to a prescribed occupation) is not taken to be performing work in a prescribed occupation. This means:
- a person -
- whose work is primarily –
- the maintenance, servicing or repair of plant; or
- the demonstrating of plant for sale; and
- who performs work not involving the use of the plant for the purpose for which it was designed, or:
- a person -
- whose work is primarily the maintenance, servicing or repair of plant; and
- who performs rigging work not involving lifting a load of more than 1 tonne does not need to hold a certificate.
Section 18 of the Regulation confirms a person does not need to be the holder of the appropriate certificate or be a trainee to operate the plant when the operation of the plant is associated with maintenance, servicing or repair of the plant or demonstration of the plant for sale and involves:
- movement of the machine: or
- movement of controls
for the purpose of maintenance etc and does not involve the movement of a load or materials, that is, the purpose for which the machine was designed.
In a similar way, the movement of plant (a short distance), for example from a ship on to a wharf or onto and off of transport vehicles, would not involve use of plant for the purpose it was designed or full occupational use.
However if there is operation of the plant for the purpose it was designed or full occupational use, a certificate is required.
Certificates that are no longer required
Several types of certicates previously issued by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland are now discontinued. These are:
- Building maintenance unit
- Bulkloader or shiploader
- Internal combustion locomotive
- Refrigeration plant
- Trencher
- Crane chaser
- Dragline
- Straddle carrier
- Cable way
- Explosive power tool
Employers will still be required to provide adequate instruction, training and supervision for new entrants to these types of work.
Examples where certificates are not required
- The movement of plant to facilitate maintenance, servicing or repair of the plant; or
- The operation of the controls of the equipment whilst conducting maintenance, service or repairs to the plant where no movement of a load or material is undertaken; or
- The movement of plant from a ship on to a wharf over a short distance, provided drivers are adequately trained and supervised; or
- The movement of plant on or off a transport vehicle between jobs, provided drivers are adequately trained and supervised.
Examples where certificates are required
- The driving of plant over more than short distances, around or to another workplace; or
- The use of the plant for which it was designed (to move a load or materials or to consolidate materials); or
- The unloading of plant from a ship on to a wharf if the driver is also required to use the plant for the purpose it was designed; or
- The movement of plant on and off a transport vehicle, if the driver is also required to use the plant for the purpose it was designed.
Last updated December 19, 2005
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