Pressure equipment operation has been classed as High Risk Work since 1 September 2010. Prior to this it was known as a 'Prescribed Occupation' and required the operator to hold an OHS Certification Australia card or Certificate of Competency. To undertake this work you need a Licence to Perform High Risk Work unless you have valid certificates issued before 1 September 2010. Check the expiry date of certificates issued after 1 January 1999.
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CONVERSION
TABLE
Apply to convert your existing
'tickets' to a Licence to
Perform High Risk Work
before 2015. The expiry date
of your 'tickets' will depend
on when they were issued. |
ISSUE DATE |
EXPIRY DATE |
| Date of issue of your OLDEST 'ticket' |
Convert your 'tickets'
before this expiry date |
Tickets issued before 1 January 1999 have now expired. You will
need to be re-assessed if you have not converted these tickets. |
| 1 January 1999 - 31 December 2001 |
 1 September 2013 |
| 1 January 2002 - 31 December 2004 |
1 September 2014 |
| 1 January 2005 - 31 August 2010 |
1 September 2015 |
To get a new qualification in pressure equipment operation you must undertake appropriate training and be assessed as competent by an Assessor who is registered with SafeWork SA (PDF 45kb). For further details see Getting a new licence or adding a class.
There are five classes for operating pressure equipment:
| Basic boiler operation (Class BB) |
covers the operation of boilers with the following features:
- Single fixed combustion air-supply
- Non-modulating single heat source
- Fixed firing rate
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| Intermediate boiler operation (Class BI) |
covers the operation of boilers with the following features:
- Modulating combustion air supply
- Modulating heat source
- Superheaters, and
- Economisers
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| Advanced boiler operation (Class BA) |
covers the operation of boilers with the following features:
- Same features as intermediate boiler operation, together with
- Multiple fuel type boilers which may be fired simultaneously
NOTE: This does not include boilers that change fuel types during start sequences. |
| Turbine operation (Class TO) |
covers the operation of any turbine (except a turbine that produces a power output of less than 500kW) that:
- is multi-wheeled
- is capable of a speed greater than 3600rpm, or which uses attached condensers or a multi-staged heat exchange extraction process
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| Reciprocating steam engine operation (Class ES) |
covers the operation of steam equipment where the steam acts upon a piston under pressure where this action of the steam forces the piston to move, including expanding (steam) reciprocating engines, with any piston diameter of greater than 250mm |
