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.
Inconsistency between states.
Difficulties in defining specific disciplines and areas of expertise.
Do you think the proposed NRF will improve compliance with the NCC?
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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
Mechanical design
Hydraulic design
Plumbing design
Fire safety design
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Fire systems design
Façade design
Building
Fire systems installation
Plumbing
Building surveying
Fire systems inspection
Project management
Registration levels
Recommend there to be an pathway to non degree qualified individuals to be access higher levels of either registration of project/building complexity based upon competency and experience.
Descriptions/definitions
Ok
Scope of work
Ok
Qualification requirements
Qualifications typically describe a need for a Fire Safety degree which is typically not relevant to the design of fire protection systems and is considered both not applicable and not feasible.
Fire Safety Engineering degrees or equivalent are not readily available within Australia for the quantity required for the industry and their content is majority focused to performance based solutions, for which is not the role of a project Fire Systems (Services) Engineer.
Degree qualifications for Fire Systems Engineers should include Mechanical Engineers in addition to the nominated Civil and Electrical degrees. Mechanical Engineering degrees include fundamentals of electrical engineering adequate for fire systems. Also the Hydraulic systems of a fire system are more reflective of the teachings within Mechanical Engineering than Civil Engineering.
I personally have qualifications in Mechanical Engineering and Fire Safety Engineering and as such am positioned to make these comments.
Recommend there to be an pathway to non degree qualified individuals to be access higher levels of either registration of project/building complexity based upon competency and experience.
Experience requirements
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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?
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Please provide your reasoning.
It is not practical for individual certifies to to be experts in the field of various building types, complexity and the potential performance solutions that may be pursued for each. Simple limitation of capability.