Commissioners Information Bulletin 417
Asset Maintenance - Traineeships
Date of effect: 24 July 2009
The existing traineeship vocation of Asset Maintenance has been replaced with six new traineeship vocations. Click below for their Vocational Training Orders.
- Asset Maintenance - Carpet Cleaning
- Asset Maintenance - Cleaning Operations
- Asset Maintenance - Fire Protection Equipment
- Asset Maintenance - Fire Safety Systems Inspection
- Asset Maintenance - Pest Management
- Asset Maintenance - Waste Management
Qualifications, structure and packaging
There are thirteen qualifications which support traineeship pathways. Their details are listed here.
Job descriptions
Go to Job Descriptions for details of the jobs supported by each of the asset maintenance traineeship qualifications.
Industrial arrangements
Applications to establish traineeships will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational Training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.
Industrial arrangements under which asset maintenance trainees can be employed are listed here.
Learning resources and assessment materials
A range of non-endorsed components have been developed and are available through Australian Training Products.
Licensing
Information on licensing and regulatory arrangements is listed here.
Registered training organisations
For registered training providers which can deliver the traineeship qualifications go to National Training Information Service.
For organisations which are in contract with the NSW Department of Education and Training to be paid for the delivery of traineeship training go to each of the qualifications listed below.
Transition arrangements
Transition arrangements allow the delivery of old and new traineeship qualifications, for three months after the date of effect of the new Vocational Training Order. See here.
Superseded Commissioners Information Bulletin
This Commissioners Information Bulletin supersedes Bulletins 79,122, 182 195, 206 and 257.
Inspecting Vocational Training Orders
A copy of each Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site below or at any State Training Services Regional Office of the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Enquiries
For any enquiries regarding this Commissioner’s Information Bulletin, please contact the Vocational Training Tribunal Unit on telephone (02) 9266 8579.
Approved by Phillip Moore
Commissioner for Vocational Training
Qualifications, structure and packaging
- PRM20604 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Carpet Cleaning)
- PRM30604 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Carpet Cleaning)
- PRM20104 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Operations)
- PRM30104 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Operations)
- PRM40109 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Management)
- PRM20406 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Fire Protection Equipment)
- PRM30406 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Fire Protection Equipment)
- PRM40704 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Fire Safety Systems Inspection)
- PRM30204 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Pest Management - Technical)
- PRM40209 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Pest Management)
- PRM20509 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)
- PRM30509 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)
- PRM40509
Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)
Job descriptions
Carpet Cleaning
Trainees will gain and apply a range of skills in carpet cleaning using appropriate industrial techniques. Tasks will include:
- identifying and removing stains from carpets
- performing extraction and/or shampoo techniques to clean carpets
- restoring damaged carpets and
- applying topical treatment and/or odour controls.
Cleaning Operations
Trainees will gain skills in contract cleaning in an industrial environment using the appropriate chemicals and cleaning techniques in accordance with workplace health and safety practices. Duties may include:
- wash external surfaces to remove all visible dirt and grime
- buff soft floor to achieve a clean surface appearance
- wash and squeegee glass surfaces and maintain cleaning machinery.
Fire Protection
Trainees will learn to be responsible for maintaining fire extinguishers including refilling and replacement, tagging of fire equipment, monitoring fire equipment and installation of fire systems.
Fire Safety Systems Inspection
Trainees will learn how to audit and inspect structural fire safety systems. They will learn the underpinning knowledge and skills to work in the fire safety systems inspection sector. Duties may include:
- identifying fire safety system inspection requirements
- reviewing pre-installation fire safety system documentation
- assessing fire safety system documentation for compliance
- identifying, locating and matching installed fire safety system to documentation
- validating installation, testing and maintenance of fire safety systems.
Pest Management
Trainees will learn to provide quotations and deliver pest management programs while maintaining equipment in a storage area and/or controlled pest management vehicle.
Waste Management
Trainees at the Certificate II level will gain a variety of skills in the waste management industry including: customer service, OH&S policies and procedures, identification of hazards and environmental care. Other skills gained, depending on the electives chosen, are operating plant, maintaining site, dispatching waste and loading/unloading of goods.
Trainees at the Certificate III level will gain a variety
of skills in the waste management industry including customer service, occupational
health and safety policies and procedures, identification of hazards and
environmental care. Other skills gained, depending on the electives chosen,
are rehabilitate landfill site, implement waste management plan, determine
waste management services and maintaining asset management records and control.
Some situations may require a licence to drive a Heavy Rigid Vehicle.
Trainees at the Certificate IV level will gain a variety
of skills in the waste management industry including customer service, occupational
health and safety policies and procedures, identification of hazards and
environmental care. Other skills gained, depending on the electives chosen,
are developing waste management plans, developing environmental strategies,
organising and monitoring waste management operations. Some situations may
require a licence to drive a Heavy Rigid Vehicle.
Industrial arrangements
Industrial arrangements for trainees are in place through the following industrial instruments.
Carpet cleaning and cleaning operations
Most employees employed as cleaners by a cleaning company are covered by the Cleaning and Building Services Contractors (State) Award.
Traineeships in these sectors may be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis.
Fire Protection Equipment and Fire Safety Systems Inspection
There is no industry specific award coverage for the Fire Protection Equipment sector. The Fire Protection Association of Australia (FPAA) is respondent to the National Training Wage Award 2000.
Employers who wish to employ trainees in the Fire Protection Equipment Sector are encouraged to become members of FPAA. The FPAA State committee (NSW) has advised the CITAB that some employers use the Miscellaneous Workers Award, although definitions in this award do not specifically advise coverage for this occupation or provisions for traineeships.
Industrial arrangements for traineeships in both the Fire Protection Equipment and Fire Safety Systems sectors may also be arranged where either the employer is a respondent to the Training Wage (State) Award 2002 or they are a member of an employer organisation that is a respondent to the Training Wage (State) Award 2002 or where the employee is a member of an organisation of employees who are respondents to the Training Wage (State) Award 2002).
Pest management
Industrial arrangements are in place through the Pest Control Industry (State)
Award. As indicated in that Award, training wages are covered by the AWU
State Wage Award. This award provides for part-time traineeships.
Waste management
Trainees in this sector are employed under the Local Government (State) Award 2004.
This is the main Award covering Municipal Employee Union (MEU) members employed in Local Government. The Award does not make specific reference to part-time traineeships, but provisions within the Award would seem to allow the implementation of part-time traineeships by written agreement between the relevant parties.
There are many additional Awards and Agreements in place for members of the MEU in Local Government. Members should contact the MEU for more information on their specific Award or Agreement.
Employers in Local Government should contact the Local Government and Shires Association for further advice in relation to the employment of trainees.
Industry advice outside of local government indicates that most workers employed in the Waste Management industry are employed subject to various Enterprise Agreements, Certified Agreements or Australian Workplace Agreements.
The waste industry has proposed that the Commissioner and parties to existing Awards be advised as follows:
- That existing awards, with exception of any provisions or requirements as listed in the Local Government (State) Award, not be varied to accommodate payment of reduced wages for Trainees
- Employers will be advised to pay 100% of the base rate as provided in the Award, as a minimum for trainees.
Licensing
There are no licensing requirements for the Carpet Cleaning, Cleaning Operations, Fire Protection Equipment and Fire Safety Systems Sectors.
Licensing exists within the Pest Management sector. Technicians/operators
are required to be licensed by Workcover
NSW.
As a result of consultation and review of the implementation issues for the
revised Training Package, licensing conditions have been linked to the completion
of the following competencies from PRM04:
PRMPM05A Modify Environment to Manage Pests
PRMPM06A Apply Pesticide to Manage Pests
PRMPM18A Maintain an Equipment and Consumables Area.
Graduates from Certificate III in Asset Management (Pest Management -Technical) and Certificate IV in Asset Management (Pest Management) who demonstrate completion of these units, are eligible to apply for licensing to operate in the industry.
Currently there are no licensing requirements for the Waste Management Sector qualifications. However, licensing and/or other regulations are applicable to some activities undertaken in the industry.
The activities to which licensing and/or regulation apply include:
- driving vehicles
- handling, storage and transport of dangerous goods
- operating plant and equipment, for example, forklifts.
Registered training organisations
For organisations which are in contract with the NSW Department of Education and Training to be paid for the delivery of traineeship training go to each of the qualifications listed below:
- PRM20604 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Carpet Cleaning)
- PRM30604 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Carpet Cleaning)
- PRM20104 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Operations)
- PRM30104 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Operations)
- PRM40109 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Management)
- PRM20406 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Fire Protection Equipment)
- PRM30406 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Fire Protection Equipment)
- PRM40704 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Fire Safety Systems Inspection)
- PRM30204 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Pest Management - Technical)
- PRM40209 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Pest Management)
- PRM20509 Certificate II in Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)
- PRM30509 Certificate III in Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)
- PRM40509 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)
Asset Maintenance - Carpet
Cleaning - Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 24 July 2009 |
| Courses of study |
|
| Terms of training | Full time:
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary periods | Where the nominal term is:
|
| Competency outcomes | See PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package (revised) |
Asset Maintenance - Cleaning Operations
- Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 24 July 2009 |
| Courses of study |
|
| Terms of training | Full time:
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary periods | Where the nominal term is:
|
| Competency outcomes | See PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package (revised) |
Asset Maintenance - Fire Protection Equipment
- Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 24 July 2009 |
| Course of study |
|
| Terms of training | Full time:
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary period | Where the nominal term is:
|
| Competency outcomes | See PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package (revised) |
Asset Maintenance - Fire Safety
Systems Inspection
- Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 24 July 2009 |
| Course of study | PRM40704 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Fire Safety Systems Inspection) |
| Terms of training | Full time: PRM40704 Certificate IV in Asset Maintenance (Fire Safety Systems Inspection)
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary period | 2 months |
| Competency outcomes | See PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package (revised) |
Asset Maintenance - Pest
Management - Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 24 July 2009 |
| Course of study |
|
| Terms of training | Full time:
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary period | Where the nominal term is:
|
| Competency outcomes | See PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package (revised) |
Asset Maintenance -
Waste Management - Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
| Date of effect | 24 July 2009 |
| Course of study |
|
| Terms of training | Full time:
Part-time: See nominal terms and hours for part-time traineeships |
| Probationary period | Where the nominal term is:
|
| Competency outcomes | See PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package (revised) |