Directly supervising trainees or unlicensed persons
59 Directly supervising trainees or unlicensed persons
If a licensee is responsible for directly supervising a trainee carrying out plumbing or drainage work or an unlicensed person carrying out drainage work under section 58(1)(b) or (c), the licensee must—
provide direction to the trainee or unlicensed person on how to carry out the work; and
ensure the work complies with this Act.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
For subsection (1), a licensee is responsible for directly supervising a trainee carrying out plumbing or drainage work, or an unlicensed person carrying out drainage work, if the licensee—
is the trainee’s or unlicensed person’s employer; or
is directed by the trainee’s or unlicensed person’s employer to directly supervise the trainee or unlicensed person.
A licensee contravenes subsection (1) if the licensee fails to have regard to a guideline that is relevant to licensees directly supervising trainees carrying out plumbing or drainage work or unlicensed persons carrying out drainage work.
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