Upgrade your technical skills and be eligible to apply for your Queensland Building Services Design License Endorsement for hydraulic designers
Statement of Participation
You will learn to perform soil classifications and assessment and how to design a land application, associated with the onsite sewerage facilities. Licencing is only available to hydraulic service designers, soil classifiers, plumbers and drainers. The Queensland Building and Construction Commission specify that plumbers and drainers can only design for clients they are installing for.
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Acacia Ridge | 14 June 2021 | 1 week | Full time 5 days per week | Classroom | Full fee: $800 |
Acacia Ridge | 15 November 2021 | 1 week | Full time 5 days per week | Classroom | Full fee: $800 |
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There are no formal entry requirements for this course.
You must:
Personal protective equipment:
Students failing to meet these minimum standards of dress will not be permitted entry in to practical classes.
Current Version Textbooks Required:
The following textbooks can be accessed online
Licencing for the Design of Waste Water Treatment Facilities
A Queensland Building Services Design Licence is required for the designing of Onsite Sewerage Facilities. The Licence requires completion of the following units:
The competencies are available for any person to complete but licencing by the QBCC is only available to the following types of classifications:
Please Note: under the terms of the QBCC Licencing requirements Plumbers and Drainers may only design for their own clients that they are doing the installation for on a design and construct basis.
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