Supervision of electrical work: informing employer and supervisor of experience of apprentice or trainee
50AA Supervision of electrical work: informing employer and supervisor of experience of apprentice or trainee
In this regulation —
agent —
means a person who carries on a business of providing workers to carry out work for clients of the person; and
includes a group training organisation as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 section 7(1);
electrical worker in training means an electrical worker who is an apprentice or who is undergoing a course of training;
employer of an electrical worker in training includes an agent who, under a labour hire arrangement, makes the services of the worker available;
labour hire arrangement has the meaning given in subregulation (1A);
person employing an electrical worker in training includes a person who, by arrangement with the employer of an electrical worker in training, is making use of the services of the electrical worker, whether or not the arrangement is principally for the purpose of training the electrical worker.
A labour hire arrangement exists if —
an agent has for remuneration agreed with a client to provide an electrical worker to carry out electrical work for the client; and
there is no contract of employment between the electrical worker and the client in relation to the electrical work; and
there is an agreement (which may be a contract of employment) between the electrical worker and the agent as to the carrying out of electrical work including in respect of remuneration and other entitlements; and
that agreement applies to the carrying out of the electrical work by the electrical worker for the client.
A person employing an electrical worker in training must ensure that, before the electrical worker carries out any electrical work, the person and the supervising electrical worker are informed of the experience and level of competence of the electrical worker in training in carrying out electrical work.
A supervising electrical worker must ensure that, before an electrical worker in training carries out any electrical work under their supervision, the supervising electrical worker is informed of the experience and level of competence of the electrical worker in training in carrying out electrical work.
[Regulation 50AA inserted: Gazette 31 Dec 2007 p. 6522; amended: Gazette 7 Jun 2018 p. 1823; SL 2022/26 r. 10.]
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