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Following public comment and a review of the country's regulations for customer cabling work, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has approved changes to the rules that regulate customer cabling work and set the standard for the cabling industry.
The Authority says the changes put in place a practically achievable compliance regime for the termination of cabling in building control services equipment. They also tighten the certification requirements for registered cablers supervising unregistered cablers and exempt certain types of minor cabling work from the obligation to be certified.
The responsibilities of registered cablers supervising unregistered cablers are also made clearer.
The changes to the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000 follow wide-ranging industry consultation and are designed to reflect current industry practice and regulatory experience and improve the operation of the rules.
The rules apply to individuals performing customer cabling in the communications, security, fire and data sectors.
Under the rules, all cablers are required to register with one of five accredited registrars as part of an industry-managed national cabling registration scheme.
A copy of the cabling provider rules is available from ACMA's website.
ACMA has recently undertaken a review of the CPRs
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.131258:STANDARD:1270903199:pc=PC_2075
More general information about training and competency requirements can be found on the ACMA web site at:
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.131258:STANDARD:1270903199:pc=PC_1471
ACMA has recently undertaken a review of the CPRs, resulting in a new amendment instrument.
http://www.acma.gov.au/acmainterwr/aca_home/registers/cabling_licences/pathways.pdf
Date
Monday 19 Dec 2005 -
