• For online delivery you will require access to a computer, internet connection and email, appropriate software (Microsoft Word and Excel or similar) and range of commonly used business equipment (photocopier, faxes, binder, telephone, answering machine)
• You may be required to access an actual workplace or simulated environment to undertake assessment tasks depending on the elective units selected

TNT has the following entry requirements:

Students must:

Be at least 18 years of age and have completed the equivalent of Year 12.

Participate in a course entry interview to determine suitability for the course and student needs.

Have at least 2 years of working experience and have a workplace to complete practical components.

The First Aid units won’t be delivered by Train N Trade. Students will need to complete this unit from another RTO and Train N Trade will accept the unit as a Credit Transfer (CT), these include:

• HLTAID001 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and
• HLTAID003 Provide first aid

Train n Trade will offer a standard package of units of competency but alternate units will be made available as required if they are within the capabilities of the organisation and the assessment staff. The suggested package is:

*Combination of elective competencies must not exceed 140 points.
**Maximum of 60 points allowable from Group A
***Maximum of 80 points allowable from Group B

Scope of work

Electrical wiring work is defined in the Home Building Act 1989, for licensing purposes, as having the same meaning as it has in the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004.

Refer to Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules entitled AS/NZS 3000:2007, Electrical Installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules), as in force from time to time, published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.

Electrical wiring work means the actual physical work of installing, repairing, altering, removing or adding to an electrical installation or the supervising of that work.

Electrical installation means any fixed appliances, wires, fittings, apparatus or other electrical equipment used for (or for purposes incidental to) the conveyance, control and use of electricity in a particular place, but does not include any of the following:

• Subject to any regulation made under Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004subsection (4) – any electrical equipment used, or intended for use, in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity that is:

(i)  owned or used by an electricity supply authority, or

(ii) located in a place that is owned or occupied by such an authority.

• Any electrical article connected to, and extending or situated beyond, any electrical outlet socket.
• Any electrical equipment in or about a mine.
• Any electrical equipment operating at not more than 50 volts alternating current or 120 volts ripple-free direct current.
• Any other electrical equipment, or class of electrical equipment, prescribed by the regulations.

Qualifications required

Completion of Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician (UEE30806 or UEE30807 or UEE30811) and all of the following:

• A certificate of Proficiency as an Electrician or an Electrical Mechanic from the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) or the Vocational Training Tribunal (VTT).
• At least 12 months relevant electrical wiring work experience utilising knowledge and understanding of the AS/NZS 3000:2007 in the residential, commercial and/or industrial areas required by NSW Fair Trading ‘Referee’s Statement Electrical Work’ form current at the date of the application.Note: “Experience” means experience lawfully gained by the applicant (whether during or after completion of an Apprenticeship) as a bona fide employee who has been paid during the relevant period of employment in accordance with an award or enterprise agreement.

At Train N Trade we understand that not every person learns the same way or at the same pace. That’s why when you do this course with us, we will ensure that we identify and attend to any Language, Literacy or Numeracy short falls you may have. We will also look at your computer skills and literacy and ensure that you are at a level that is suited for the course, and if not, then we will dedicate additional time and effort to bring you up to speed. Before commencing any of our courses you are required to sit an LLN course and may be asked about your computer habits and required to complete some foundational computer skills. This exercise will help us to identify any LLN or computer skill shortages you may have and make sure that we are able to help you to get up to speed.

This qualification will be delivered over 96 weeks, since this training will be delivered in the workplace, there won’t be any term break within the course.

This program is delivered in the students’ workplace and through self-paced learning.