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Winter 2019
energysafe issue 54
Advertorial by NECA Education & Careers
Are you IoT ready?
Carbon Monoxide
Awareness
Program
By Paul Harris,
Head of Gas Operations
The VBA, ESV and Master Plumbers
are launching a new Carbon
Monoxide Awareness Program
in 2019.
Plumbing and gasfitting experts will
present the latest information and
procedures for carbon monoxide
(CO) spillage tests, negative air
pressure testing and gas appliance
maintenance.
Sessions for plumbers and
gasfitters will be held in various
metro locations and major regional
centres across Victoria. The series
of presentations launched early May
and will run through to 11 July.
Each session runs for three hours.
Attendance is free but places are
limited.
The course will cover the process
you should follow to identify
situations that could result in
CO spillage within a residence.
It will reference the following
Gas Information sheets:
» » Sheet No. 37 Carbon monoxide
measuring equipment
» » Sheet No. 38 Testing for negative
pressure and carbon monoxide
spillage while carrying out gas
service work
» » Sheet No. 44 Carbon monoxide
safe working level.
Registration
For more information on the
program and to register for a
session near you, visit our website.
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Technology is changing the way we
access the network, from the NBN,
to houses with multiple TVs, gaming
consoles and Foxtel, to full-house
audio installations and more. And while
there is a movement towards running
everything over Wi-Fi, most wireless
home networks are overloaded, hence
the need for robust cable infrastructure.
The logical option for consumers is to
hire an electrician, but many electricians
don’t have the training or skills to do
the work – do you?
For example, due to increased demand
for bandwidth, an installation completed
five years ago to an average standard
may no longer be able to keep up with
the speed of all the devices beings
used today, even in houses that
aren’t automated.
Installations need to be as future-proof
as possible to keep up with the current
rate of innovation and move towards
the Internet of Things (IoT).
As an electrician, having that
termination experience gives you the
edge, but without the necessary cabling
qualifications it’s not worth the safety
risk.
Another point for getting qualified is that
amateur work is a red flag for auditors,
resulting in stricter regulations on
cabling.
If you want to get up to speed, NECA
Education & Careers offers the unit
of competency for Open Registration,
plus the endorsements in structured
and coaxial cabling and optical fibre.
To take the next step with NECA
Education & Careers, book now for
Open Registration, Structured &
Coaxial Cabling or Optical Fibre here:
necaeducation.com.au/data-
communications/
It’s also more cost-effective for the
consumer to have the home set up for
speed in the first place as it is expensive
to fix.
NBN technicians are increasingly
moving into the domain of the cabler
when they have to complete installations
within a consumer’s house. Technical
advancements such as IoT are
revolutionising domestic data, but if
telecommunications or NBN technicians
don’t know how to terminate cables
safely it’s potentially hazardous.
For more information on NECA
Education & Careers visit:
necaeducation.com.au