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Skills Impact SSO Seeks Feedback

Skills Impact is seeking feedback on whether the draft skill sets and units reflect the current industry skills standards and practices and whether all job functions are accurately described.

The new skill sets are for specialised operators. They have been developed in consultation with a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).

The 40 units have also been developed in consultation with the TAC, taking into consideration:

• Skills and knowledge required for an event where the workplace is a Major Hazard Facility. Requirements for a learner to operate or interact with a plant that is deemed to be of high risk, under regulations, and to include licensing requirement statements. Deletion of units that directly relate to the operation of high-risk plants and equipment, and replacing them with the relevant high-risk licencing units where appropriate.
• Skills and knowledge required for learners to participate in roles that include the use of dangerous goods and hazardous chemicals.
• Skills and knowledge required for lock out, tag out, plant clearance, the use of permit systems and the correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Knowledge Evidence requirements for Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
• Possible replacement of the PPM boiler units with the new Boiler High-Risk Work Licence (HRWL) units

Stakeholders are welcome to provide feedback on as many of the draft documents as they would like, and are encouraged to share the documents with others who may also be interested in providing feedback.

The draft qualifications, skill sets and units will be available on this webpage for feedback until 20 May 2018.

Feedback will inform the work on the final drafts which will be available for industry validation in late May 2018.

For more information, see the project webpage on the Skills Impact website.

Date posted May 10, 2018