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QUESTION: Licensing & lead-training accreditation for industrial painters, 10 May 2006, NSW Australia

Hi there, I've been an industrial painter for over 10 years fully experienced from zinc to epoxy, and now I'm currently sole trader doing sand blasting and painting, I want to get a license or formal training to have a certificate how can I do that would you be able to guide me step by step it will be much appreciated for your help thanks

NSWER: 01 Aug 2006

Dear Byron,

sincere apologies for the long delay in replying to you but our volunteers are overwhelmed with the volume of enquiries we receive.

It is my understanding that if you were a residential painter you would need to go to the NSW Department of Fair Trading (DOFT) for a painters licence. So after confirming this with DOFT, I asked NSW WorkCover Authority if they licence industrial painters but they don't so they recommended I phone 1300 360 992 to ask whether the TRA - Trades Recognition Australia, DEWR (Department of Employment and Workplace Relations) recognise your particular trade qualifications and TRA don't, you should contact TAFE NSW, Australia’s leading provider of vocational education and training:

Tel: 131 601 www.tafensw.edu.au/contact/

In regard to training programs for industrial painters, the only accreditation system that I know of is part of the APAS (Australian Paint Approval Scheme) and it is called PCCP (Painting Contractors Certification Program). PCCP certifies industrial / commercial paint removal classes 1- 5. Class 5 is Hazardous Paints including leaded paints. Only companies (painting contracting firms) can be accredited, and PCCP keeps a register of companies so accredited. It is however a requirement for Class 5 accreditation (hazardous paint removal) that the firm employs at least one person who has completed an endorsed course in Lead Paint Management, and that a person who has completed this course (and who has other appropriate skills and experience) is appointed as responsible person for each project involving removal of hazardous paint. As at Feb 2001, the only course so endorsed is CTI's, and CTI have presented their course many times since August 1998.

You can contact PCCP on tel (03) 9248 4902 or by email to Gerry Eccleston

I hope this answers your query. I'd be interested to know how you go with the VTU.
Yours Sincerely
Elizabeth O'Brien