All licences are NOT created equal

Holding a plumbing licence through the Victorian Building Authority (previously Plumbing Industry Commission - PIC) doesn't allow you to legally work in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector with ozone depleting or synthetic greenhouse refrigerant in Victoria.

To do this work you require a national ARCTick licence. The competencies behind the PIC licence do not necessarily equal an ARCTick licence, unless the following qualifications and units have been completed:

  • CPC 32513 - Certificate III in Plumbing (Mechanical Services); or
  • CPC 32413 - Certificate III in Plumbing.
Individuals who attain CPC32513 or CPC32413 qualifications will be considered eligible to obtain the ARC Split-System Installation and Decommissioning licence on the condition that each of the following units are completed as part of the qualification/s:
  • CPCPCM2043A - Carry out WHS requirements
  • CPCPCM3023A - Fabricate and install non-ferrous pressure piping
  • UEENEEJ105A - Position, assemble and start up single head split air conditioning and water heating pump systems; and
  • UEENEEJ172A - Recover, pressure test, evacuate, charge and leak test refrigerants - split systems.

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