In this bulletin:
Date of effect: 3 September 2021
Update: 17 November 2023
In this updated Commissioner's Information Bulletin one traineeship vocation is varied.
The traineeship vocation Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Surveying) has been varied to update the terms of the following traineeship pathway:
- CPP50121 Diploma of Surveying
All other VTO information remains unchanged.
Superseded bulletin
This Commissioners Information Bulletin supersedes Bulletin 670
David Collins
The Commissioner for Vocational Training
Vocational Training Orders
Traineeships
Date of effect
28 September 2012
Updated
12 August 2022
Qualifications
CPP30321 Certificate III in Cleaning Operations
CPP40421 Certificate IV in Cleaning
Terms of traineeships
Full-time:
CPP30321 Certificate III in Cleaning Operations
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
- 12 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP20617 Certificate II in Cleaning
CPP40421 Certificate IV in Cleaning
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
Probationary period
2 months
Date of effect
28 September 2012
Updated
3 September 2021
Qualifications
CPP20521 Certificate II in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
CPP30821 Certificate III in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
Terms of traineeships
Full-time:
CPP20521 Certificate II in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
- 12 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
CPP30821 Certificate III in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
- 12 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP20521 Certificate II in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
Probationary period
2 months
Date of effect
28 September 2012
Updated
15 May 2020
Qualification
CPP30119 Certificate III in Urban Pest Management
Terms of traineeship
Full-time:
CPP30119 Certificate III in Urban Pest Management
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
Probationary period
2 months
Date of effect
24 May 2013
Updated
12 August 2022
Qualification
CPP31218 Certificate III in Swimming Pool and Spa Service
Terms of traineeship
Full-time:
CPP31218 Certificate III in Swimming Pool and Spa Service
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
School based
The term for a school based traineeship will be calculated in months from the date of commencement to 31 December of the HSC year. During this period the school-based trainee must undertake a minimum of 144 days of on-the-job training.
Probationary period
2 months
Date of effect
28 September 2012
Updated
15 May 2020
Qualifications
CPP30719 Certificate III in Waste Management
CPP40919 Certificate IV in Waste Management
Terms of traineeships
Full-time:
CPP30719 Certificate III in Waste Management
- 18 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
CPP40919 Certificate IV in Waste Management
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
- 18 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP30719 Certificate III in Waste Management
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
Probationary period
2 months
Date of effect
2 August 2013
Updated
3 September 2021
Qualifications
CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
Terms of traineeships
Full time:
CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
- 18 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
- 18 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
School based
The term for a school based traineeship will be calculated in months from the date of commencement to 31 December of the HSC year. During this period the school based trainee must undertake a minimum of 130 days of on-the-job training.
Probationary period
2 month
Date of effect
3 September 2021
Qualifications
CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Spatial Information)
CPP50221 Diploma of Spatial Information Services
Terms of traineeships
CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Spatial Information)
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
- 18 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
CPP50221 Diploma of Spatial Information Services
- 36 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
- 30 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee holds CPP41721 Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
Probationary periods
Where the nominal term is:
- up to and including 24 months - 2 months
- greater than 24 months - 3 months
Date of effect
3 September 2021
Updated
17 November 2023
Qualifications
CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Surveying)
CPP50121 Diploma of Surveying*
Terms of traineeships
Full time:
CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Surveying)
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved
CPP50121 Diploma of Surveying*
- 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved where the trainee meets the entry requirements.
Part-time:
See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships
Probationary period
2 months
Job descriptions
Traineeships
Certificate III level trainees will learn the task of cleaners responsible for undertaking a range of routine and non-routine tasks according to work schedules, liaising with clients and in some cases members of the public, and operating in a range of general residential and commercial settings as well as specialist cleaning environments. Once deemed competent, the cleaner may work independently with minimal supervision, and has responsibility for selecting, preparing and using appropriate cleaning methods for a range of cleaning situations while ensuring safe work practices.
Certificate IV trainees will be cleaning industry personnel acquiring well developed skills and a broad knowledge base in a wide variety of cleaning management contexts. Trainees may be responsible for wide-ranging operational cleaning management activity and for limited supervision of staff, providing quotations, planning and overseeing work, and providing customer support.
Certificate II level trainees will work as fire equipment service technical assistants responsible for non-trade installation and regular servicing of fire protection equipment and systems. Trainees will inspect, test and maintain a range of fire protection equipment and systems either in the field and/or in a workshop.
Certificate III level trainees will work as fire protection equipment service technicians responsible for non-trade installation, commissioning and complex servicing of fire protection systems. Trainees may specialise in installing and commissioning pre-engineered fire-suppression systems; installing gaseous fire-suppression system containers and actuators; or conducting complex servicing of fire protection systems.
At the Certificate II and III level trainees duties may include:
- Identifying types of installed fire safety equipment and systems
- Demonstrating first attack firefighting equipment
- Preparing for installation and servicing operations
- Maintaining quality of work and promote continuous improvement
Certificate III is an entry-level qualification that provides training for swimming pool and spa technicians to routinely maintain swimming pools and spas in domestic, commercial and public settings.
Certificate III level trainees will learn to provide quotations and deliver urban pest management programs while maintaining equipment in a storage area and/or controlled urban pest management vehicle.
Certificate III level trainees will gain a variety of skills in the waste management industry including customer service, occupational health and safety policies and procedures, identification of hazards and environmental care. Other skills gained, depending on the electives chosen, are rehabilitate landfill site, implement a waste management plan, determine waste management services and maintain asset management records and control. Some situations may require a licence to drive a Heavy Rigid Vehicle.
Certificate IV level trainees will gain a variety of skills in the waste management industry including customer service, occupational health and safety policies and procedures, identification of hazards and environmental care. Other skills gained, depending on the electives chosen, are developing waste management plans, developing environmental strategies, organising and monitoring waste management operations. Some situations may require a licence to drive a Heavy Rigid Vehicle.
Certificate III level trainees will learn to:
- work with spatial data
- read, interpret and apply maps
- carry out basic spatial data acquisition techniques using Geographical Positioning Systems (GPS), Electronic Distance Measuring equipment, Geographic Information Systems, aerial photo interpretation, and computer aided drafting
Certificate IV level trainees will learn to:
- maintain spatial systems
- store and retrieve spatial data
- collect basic GPS data
- read and interpret basic image data and maps
- obtain, maintain and validate existing spatial data
- operate relevant computing packages
- maintain workplace safety in the property industry
Certificate IV level trainees will learn to:
- maintain spatial systems
- store and retrieve spatial data
- collect basic GPS data
- read and interpret basic image data and maps
- obtain, maintain and validate existing spatial data
- operate relevant computing packages
- maintain workplace safety in the property industry
Diploma level trainees will learn to:
- determine spatial data requirements
- plan data collection and validation
- capture new data
- obtain and validate existing data
- integrate spatial data sets
- produce spatial project deliverables
- determine suitable information sources to create new spatial datasets
- develop 2-D and 3-D terrain visualisations
- apply information collected to environmental monitoring, crop forecasts, mining and management of emergencies
Surveying is about the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information to describe the earth, its physical features and the built environment.
Graduates could work in land management, civil and structural engineering, asset management for local government or mining companies or helping police at crime scenes.
Certificate IV trainees will learn to:
- operate surveying equipment
- collect and set out survey data
- maintain and edit survey data
- survey computations
- validate, store and retrieve spatial data
- manage database systems
- plan and conduct survey expeditions
Diploma level trainees will learn land and planning law and how to:
- create engineering drawings
- design subdivision and control surveys
- calculate advanced survey computations
- design road and railways
- plan spatial data collection and validation
- produce maps for land management purposes
- undertake survey field expeditions
More about Asset Maintenance and Surveying - traineeships
Within the CPP r17.0 Property Services Training Package, the following qualifications support traineeship pathways:
- CPP20521 Certificate II in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
- CPP30119 Certificate III in Urban Pest Management
- CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
- CPP30321 Certificate III in Cleaning Operations
- CPP30719 Certificate III in Waste Management
- CPP30821 Certificate III in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
- CPP31218 Certificate III in Swimming Pool and Spa Service
- CPP40421 Certificate IV in Cleaning
- CPP40919 Certificate IV in Waste Management
- CPP41721 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
- CPP50121 Diploma of Surveying
- CPP50221 Diploma of Spatial Information Services
Entry points to undertake the CPP50121 Diploma of Surveying are:
- CPP40216 Certificate IV in Surveying
or - CPP41721 Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Surveying)
or - demonstrated relevant vocational experience, skills and knowledge commensurate with the scope of work covered in the CPP41721 Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services (Surveying).
On successful completion of the relevant qualification:
- parties may apply to the Commissioner for Vocational Training for completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship prior to the nominal completion date of the training contract or;
- Training Services NSW may issue letters from the Commissioner to both parties inviting them to consider competency based completion if it has received advice from the training organisation that the apprentice or trainee is eligible to receive their qualification.
Download a Request for Competency Based Completion form.
Applications to establish traineeships whether full-time, part-time or school based will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational Training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.
All private sector employers and employees in New South Wales are covered by the national industrial relations system administered by the Fair Work Commission. The industrial instrument that applies is a national (modern) award or a current enterprise agreement registered with the Fair Work Commission.
Further information is available from the Fair Work Ombudsman or phone 13 13 94.
Asset Maintenance
Trainees may be employed under the following awards:
Fire Protection Inspection and Testing
Trainees may be employed under the following awards:
Swimming Pool and Spa Services
Trainees may be employed under the following awards:
Surveying and Spatial Information Services
Trainees may be employed under the following awards:
The following qualifications are suitable for delivery in schools:
- CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
- CPP31218 Certificate III in Swimming Pool and Spa Service
Note: In consultation with the NSW Construction and Select Property Services Industry Training Advisory Body, the number of days of on-the-job training for the CPP30221 Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services for school based part-time trainees has increased from 100 days to 130 days.
For qualifications available for delivery in schools, click here.
For further information on the delivery of training for school based part-time traineeships, refer to Training Arrangements.
Asset Maintenance
Cleaning Operations - There are no licensing requirements for Cleaning Operations.
Fire Protection Inspection and Testing - There are no licensing requirements for the Fire Protection Inspection and Testing Sector, as the Certificates II and III in Fire Protection Inspection and Testing apply only to the non-trades areas.
Note: Installation of Wet Sprinkler Systems - While the installation of wet sprinkler systems does not fall within the ambit of this VTO, it should be noted that persons engaged in the installation of wet sprinkler systems must be qualified plumbers and must hold the appropriate licence. Fair Trading NSW licenses plumbers and drainers under the Home Building Act 1989, and all plumbing and drainage work must be completed by a person who holds a licence, qualified supervisor certificate or tradesperson certificate. Details can be obtained from the Licensing area of the NSW Fair Trading Website: www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Tradespeople.html
Swimming Pool and Spa Service - Swimming pool repairs and servicing is a licensed occupation in NSW. The CPP31218 Certificate III in Swimming Pool and Spa Services is the ONLY licensing qualification in NSW. Possession of the CPP41319 Certificate IV in Swimming Pool and Spa Services does NOT meet NSW licensing requirements. For licensing purposes, swimming pool repairs and servicing covers all internally reticulated pool plumbing not connected to a potable water source, equipment installation (filters, skimmers etc), solar heating installation, acid washing and pool cleaning etc. It also includes any additions, alterations and repairs of a non-structural nature and the painting or surfacing (rendering or application of surface coatings) to a pool or a spa. It does not include any work related to paving, decking, landscaping or fencing associated with a pool or spa installation. Further information is available from NSW Fair Trading.
Urban Pest Management - Licensing requirements apply to the Urban Pest Management sector. Technicians/operators are required to be licensed by NSW Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA). The occupational use of pesticides and fumigants in NSW requires a urban pest management technician or fumigation certificate of competency. These are issued to individuals with a relevant qualification or statement of attainment issued in accordance with the national standard for licensing urban pest management technicians.
For registered training providers which can deliver apprenticeship and traineeship qualifications go to training.gov.au. A list of training organisations which are in contract with the NSW Department of Education to be paid for the delivery of the training is here. When developing training plans, registered training organisations should ensure that the training program satisfies the qualification packaging requirements and, at the same time, reflects the nature of the business. Training plans should be customised so that the workplace activities support and align with the qualification units of competency.
On 1 January 2015 the NSW Government introduced new fee arrangements for government subsidised vocational education and training (VET). Under Smart and Skilled, all apprenticeship and most traineeship qualifications are subsidised. For a full list of all the qualifications refer to the current NSW Skills List. Information on the types and levels of subsidies can be found in the Smart and Skilled Fee Administration Policy. Training for existing-worker trainees is not subsidised.
Training Services NSW and Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) transition arrangements are aligned.
Registered training organisations (RTOs) may commence training in either the new or superseded qualification but must meet the requirements of ASQA. For more information refer to ASQA's General Direction - Learner Transition.
A copy of each Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site below or at any Training Services NSW Regional Office of the NSW Department of Education.
Contacts and enquiries
To sign up an apprentice or trainee call 1800 020 108. To find a job in an apprenticeship or traineeship search here.
For implementation of new pathways in relation to this Training Package profile please contact Max Wilson, Arts Communications, Finance Industries and Property Services Ltd (ACFIPS) NSW ITAB on mobile 0407 070 840.
For additional questions contact us.
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Phone: 13 28 11