Domestic Waste Water and Environmental Plumbing - QBCC Licence to Service

Selection criteria

Students entering this course must have completed their CPCCOHS1001A Work Safely in Construction Industry (White Card) - which is a legislative requirement for entry onto any Queensland construction work sites.

Students wanting to enrol must satisfy one of the following requirements:

• possess Year 12 English or equivalent
• possess qualifications or experience which are indicative of success, including mature age entry for workers wishing to enter into formal training.

Resources Required

Personal protective equipment:

• protective eyewear - clear safety glasses (Australian Standard AS 1336 or 1337)
• protective footwear - safety capped, oil resistant boots (Australian Standard AS 2210)
• protective clothing - neat casual clothing (in classrooms), 100% cotton drill shorts and shirts for any practical classes

Students failing to meet these minimum standards of dress will not be permitted entry in to practical classes.

Current Version Textbooks Required:

• AS/NZS 1547: 2000 On-site domestic wastewater management
• QLD Plumbing and Wastewater Code 2011

The following textbooks can be accessed online:

• Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002
• Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003

Need to know

1. For Licenced Drainers - upon successful completion of:

•  CPCPDR4013B Design and size domestic treatment plant disposal systems (clustered outcome of Licence to Service Course)
• WEP01B Maintain and service domestic treatment plants and onsite sewerage facilities
• Application can then be submitted to the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) for endorsement on their existing licence.

2. For non Licenced Drainers - upon successful completion of

• CPCPDR4013A Design and size domestic treatment plant disposal systems 
• WEP01B Maintain and service domestic treatment plants and onsite sewerage facilities 
• Evidence of having six months experience working with a licenced person servicing Waste Water Treatment plants. This evidence could be in the form of a letter signed by the licenced person indicating that the applicant has worked with them servicing treatment plants for a period of six months. This requirement is strictly regulated by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) and is set out clearly in Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 Schedule 3 Item 3 and in the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002 Clauses 119 to 124. The Plumbing and Drainage Act stipulates that persons who conduct this work when not suitably licenced will be liable for penalty of 165 points or fine of $16,500.00.