Qualifications for Utility Arb

[Stuart Phillips]

These will be going live in the summer. (We to have a standardising day for assessors done first). If your current UA units are due for recertification, its worth going down that route as they will still hold currency for three years, as now, and the key at the moment is to be able to get on site and work.

 

When it comes to your next recert, you'll be able to look through the assessment schedule, make sure you're happy with the content, and take the appropriate qualification.

 

As these are regulated qual, like the chainsaw quals, it will then be a case of period refreshers rather than a full recertification.

[monkeybusiness]

What is the frequency of the future refreshers going to be? Will it be a similar case of refreshing every unit? Will there be any crossover with CS units (at present there appears to be confusion whereby you can refresh UA2.1 - 2.3 but still need to do CS climbing/chainsaw refreshers, basically covering the same things twice. Has this lunacy/NPTC cash cow been addressed?).

[Stuart Phillips]

What is the frequency of the future refreshers going to be? Will it be a similar case of refreshing every unit? Will there be any crossover with CS units (at present there appears to be confusion whereby you can refresh UA2.1 - 2.3 but still need to do CS climbing/chainsaw refreshers, basically covering the same things twice. Has this lunacy/NPTC cash cow been addressed?).

 

 

The current modular Lantra chainsaw refresher model seems to work well, and will be the style we will adopt for this. It should mean that its possible to cover off the elements needed without duplications, and certificates will show which elements have been covered.

 

But, inevitably with UA we will be in the hands of what the DNOs are happy with.