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33F Additional requirements for obtaining endorsed contractor licenses and supervisor and tradesperson certificates relating to medical gasfitting work

(1) A tradesperson certificate must not be issued that authorises its holder to do medical gasfitting work unless the Secretary is satisfied that the applicant--

(a) has successfully completed the VET qualification Certificate IV in Plumbing, and

(b) has successfully completed the following units of competency in the Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package--

(i) Install and test medical gas pipeline systems, and

(ii) Carry out WHS requirements, and

(c) has not less than 2 years of experience in medical gasfitting work.

(1A) A supervisor certificate must not be issued, and a contractor licence must not be endorsed to show that it is the equivalent to a supervisor certificate, that authorises its holder to do (and to supervise) medical gasfitting work unless the Secretary is satisfied that the applicant--

(a) has successfully completed one of the following VET qualifications--

(i) Certificate IV in Plumbing,

(ii) Certificate IV in Gas Fitting, and

(b) has successfully completed the following units of competency in the Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package--

(i) Install and test medical gas pipeline systems,

(ii) Carry out WHS requirements, and

(c) has not less than 2 years of experience in medical gasfitting work.

(2) A reference in this section to a VET qualification or a unit of competency includes a reference to a qualification or unit that replaces that qualification or unit.

(3) In this section--

"VET qualification" has the same meaning as in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth.