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2372 G 40 7 October 2010 Victoria Government Gazette
Victorian Workcover Authority
Exemption Certificate
Exemption from Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007
Exemption Number H08/00402
Purpose
To exempt those Employers listed in the table below, from the requirement that they must not
use unlicensed employees to do high risk work, specifically, to hold a Basic Rigging licence to
perform high risk work.
Definition
In this exemption (‘the Employer’) means those listed in the table below.
Background
In undertaking their duties, the employer uses employees to perform a number of tasks which
require them to hold a Basic Rigging licence under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
2007.
Regulations
Regulations 3.6.2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 states:
‘An employer must not allow an employee to do any such work unless –
a) the employee holds an appropriate high risk work licence in relation to that work’.
Exemption
Under regulation 7.2.2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007, I exempt the
employer from Regulation 3.6.2 only in respect of the requirement for its employees to hold a Basic
Rigging licence, for the type of work described below, and subject to the prescribed conditions of
this exemption.
I am satisfied that the work as described can be performed as safely by a person who does not
hold a licence as it can be performed by a person who holds such a licence, provided that there is
adherence to the prescribed conditions of this exemption.
Type of Work
Undertaking Basic Rigging activities associated with Erecting Distribution Pole Type
Substations, Pole erection into Live HV Conductors and Straining of Overhead Powerlines.
Conditions
This exemption is subject to the conditions listed below:
1. This exemption is granted to the Employer, and shall only apply to employees undertaking
Basic Rigging activities associated with Erecting Distribution Pole Type Substations, Pole
erection into Live HV Conductors and Straining of Overhead Powerlines.
2. This exemption shall apply from the period commencing 1 October 2010, or unless revoked
or amended by the Victorian Workcover Authority (VWA) in writing.
3. In order for employees undertaking Basic Rigging activities associated with Erecting
Distribution Pole Type Substations, Pole erection into Live HV Conductors and Straining of
Overhead Powerlines under this exemption, the following conditions shall be met:
a. All employees shall hold a dogging high risk work licence issued under the
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007, or high risk work licence that is
equivalent to a high risk work licence issued under Occupational Health and Safety
Regulations 2007, 3.6.4 Recognition of interstate licences.
b. A training assessment package to be used is that developed by Gippsland TAFE –
Energy Training Centre, Drummond Road, Chadstone.
c. Each Basic Rigger is required to be trained and assessed against the training assessment
package.