Section 68 Qualifying for training program approval

(1) An entity qualifies for a training program approval if the chief executive or the general manager is reasonably satisfied the entity—

(a) has all of the following available for providing training programs—

(i) appropriate training facilities and equipment;

Examples for training facilities with adequate seating and workspaces, access to drinking water and access to toilets

(ii) appropriate training and assessment documents;

Examples for documents recording attendance and assessment results

(iii) an appropriate ship; and

(b) has knowledge and skills at least equivalent to the competencies for which the entity will train and assess candidates; and

(c) for an approval in relation to recreational marine driver licences—holds—

(i) a certificate of competency issued under the national law to operate a commercial ship as its master; or

(ii) another licence or certificate that the chief executive or the general manager is reasonably satisfied is at least equivalent to the certificate of competency; and

(d) for an approval in relation to personal watercraft licences—holds a licence or certificate of competency the chief executive or the general manager considers reasonable and relevant to operating a personal watercraft as its master; and

(e) has completed either of the following—

(i) a Certificate IV level qualification in training and assessment under the AQF;

(ii) a qualification mentioned in the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Regulation 2016, section 5; and

(f) is suitable for a training program approval, having regard to all relevant matters, including, for example, any criminal history check obtained in relation to the application for the approval.

(2) If the entity is a corporation, an unincorporated body or an individual who nominates another individual for subsection (1), the chief executive or the general manager must apply—

(a) subsection (1)(b) to (f) to the individual nominated by the entity, as if the individual were the entity; and

(b) subsection (1)(a) and (f) to the entity.

(3) In this section—

appropriate ship means—

(a) if the entity is a school that is to provide training only to school students, whether or not the student attends the school—a ship that—

(i) is a registered other Queensland regulated ship; or

(ii) has a certificate of operation issued under the national law; or

(b) otherwise—a ship that has a certificate of operation issued under the national law.