The construction industry must ensure that workers are trained to safely operate around infrastructure networks and assets, including power, water, gas, and telecommunications systems. This knowledge is essential to prevent harm to themselves, the environment, and the community.
This project aims to evaluate RIICCM202E Identify, locate and protect underground services and explore potential new training products to achieve two main objectives. The first objective is to develop a product that supports workers in enhancing their locating and occupational skills. The second objective is to provide specific locating skills for any tradesperson who may need to “break the ground.”
BuildSkills is seeking applications for the Utility Locating Technical Committee. Appointed members of the Technical Committee will leverage their expertise to provide technical advice to BuildSkills' project team. Additionally, they will assist with identifying other stakeholders to be included in the consultation strategy.
BuildSkills encourages applications from individuals who are subject matter experts in utility locating, training system experts, representatives from relevant state and territory bodies, and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Applications will be evaluated based on individual merit, according to the information provided in each submission.
Applications for the Technical Committee will close on 28 February 2025. Please complete the following form.
The Terms of Reference for the Technical Committee can be found below.
Project commencement date: | 13 January 2025 |
Proposed project end date: | 27 June 2026 |
Training Product Priority: | Complex |
The first Technical Committee meeting will be held in March 2025. In the Training Product Development phase, there could be up to 6 Technical Committee meetings. Meetings will be for a duration of 2-4 hours and will be held via a combination of face to face and online formats.
In August 2025 the first draft training product will be published on our website for public consultation and feedback. Further to this, from August to October 2025 there will be two online public consultations.
From November 2025 the Technical Committee will be required to meet again to conduct further revisions to the draft training products, based on feedback received through the public consultation.
The final draft training product will be sent to our Commonwealth and State/Territory Senior Responsible Officers in March 2026.
The finalisation and submission of the training product to the Assurance Body is proposed to be made in May 2026. Implementation and promotion of the new training product is expected to commence in June 2026.
Please note these dates may be subject to change throughout the project.
BuildSkills has established a Consultation Strategy that identifies key stakeholders and outlines mechanisms for engaging with them during the drafting of training products. This strategy includes the management of public consultations on the drafted products and the processing of feedback received.
The consultation methods employed by BuildSkills consist of in-person and virtual meetings, online surveys, focus groups, industry workshops, and feedback submitted through the website, or via email.
BuildSkills will engage the following stakeholders throughout the training product development process:
Organisation | Stakeholder type | Footprint |
Before you dig Australia | Industry expert/peak body | National |
Civil Contractors Federation | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | National |
DBYD Certification | Industry expert/peak body | National |
National Utility Locating Contractors Association of Australia Ltd | Industry expert/peak body | National |
UGL Pty Limited | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | National |
Asset Survey | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | Victoria |
Landpartners Pty Lid | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | Queensland |
Utility Location Services Pty Ltd | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | Queensland |
Subsurface Mapping Solutions Pty Ltd | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | Queensland |
South-East Scanning Pty Ltd | Employers and their representatives/peak bodies | Queensland |
The Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments | Licensing and Regulatory Bodies | As per each jurisdiction |
RTOs and TAFE with the relevant training products on scope | Registered Training Organisation (RTO) - TAFE | National |