Domestic Waste Water and Environmental Plumbing - QBCC Licence to Service

Selection criteria

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

• Restricted drainers Licence Service or endorsement on an Occupational/ provisional Plumbers and Drainers Licence or,
• Drainers Licence

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:

• CPCPDR4013 Design and size domestic treatment plant disposal systems – See SSCPC0020 Maintain and Service Domestic Treatment Plant Disposal System Skill Set
• 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

• CPCPDR4013 Design and size domestic treatment plant disposal systems
• WEP01B Maintain and service domestic treatment plants and onsite sewerage facilities – completed as part of this course
• Students need to be employed in the waste water servicing Industry for a 6 month period or hold an Occupational/Provisional plumbers and drainers licence or Drainers to receive an endorsement or restricted licence