Does the proposed NRF deliver an appropriate and proportionate response to BCR Recommendations 1 and 2?
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Will the NRF, if implemented, enhance confidence in the building industry by ensuring that key practitioners in the building process are registered?
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Do you foresee any risks in implementing this proposal, noting that the states and territories are responsible for implementation of the NRF?
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Please explain your reasoning.
I strongly believe in having the right people with the right knowledge and capability for the task at hand. I put my own situation forward where my career has come from a trade background and slowly through experienced gained has led to an engineering role. As I have not completed a bachelor's degree the NRF leads me to think that I would be ineligible for registration. The risk I see is precluding people like myself bringing practical experience become registered practitioners.
Do you think the proposed NRF will improve compliance with the NCC?
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Please explain your reasoning.
Adding further registration will without a doubt push each practitioner to further understand what is being designed and how it is code compliant. This is without a doubt a step in the right direction
NRF Discipline Specific Comments
Please provide your comments below.
Your comment relates to:
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Building design
Energy efficiency design
Disability access design
Geotechnical design
Structural design
Electrical design
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Mechanical design
Hydraulic design
Plumbing design
Fire safety design
Fire systems design
Façade design
Building
Fire systems installation
Plumbing
Building surveying
Fire systems inspection
Project management
Registration levels
No comment - seems reasonable
Descriptions/definitions
No comment - seems reasonable
Scope of work
No comment - seems reasonable
Qualification requirements
As noted previously - I'm a strong believer in getting the right people to do the right work. My own situation really drives me to state something to this point - and I'm sure there are others in similar positions.
My career started as a tradesperson (electrotechnology instrumentation) working in the building automation field, then on to mechanical system commissioning and HVAC performance into a design engineer position.
As with many like myself I have not completed a bachelor's degree and therefore am seemingly ineligible for registration. While further education is of great importance to me I feel that undertaking an engineering degree at this point in my career would be very challenging from a workload perspective (keeping my current position).
I would like to see an alternate pathway be offered for the qualification requirements either through experience or through other more achievable further education.
Experience requirements
No comment - seems reasonable
Any other comments for this discipline
No comment - seems reasonable
Would you like to comment on another discipline?
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Other Comments
The ABCB is specifically interested in your comments on the registration levels for building surveyors. Do you agree with the criteria used to distinguish between with the two levels of registration for building surveyors and does it adequately accommodate the different levels of risk?