Maintenance Planners develop maintenance planning strategies, and schedules, coordinates, and monitors the maintenance of all plant equipment.

Skill Level

2

Alternative Titles

• Maintenance Scheduler
• Shutdown Coordinator
• Shutdown Planner

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Mine Deputy is Vocational Education and Training Assess (VETASSESS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Qualification assessed at AQF Diploma level WITH a highly relevant field of study AND at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the past five years;

OR

• Qualification assessed at AQF Diploma level WITH anadditional qualification at AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study AND at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the past five years

OR

• Qualification assessed at AQF Diploma WITHOUT a highly relevant field of study AND at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the past five years
• Applicants must meet both the qualification and employment requirements to obtain a positive skills assessment

This unit group covers Building and Engineering Technicians not elsewhere classified.
It includes Maintenance Planners, Metallurgical or Materials Technicians, and Mine Deputies.

Skill Level

In Australia and New Zealand:

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the following qualifications and experience:

• Australia (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)
  • AQF Associate Degree; or
  • AQF Advanced Diploma; or
  • AQF Diploma; or
• New Zealand (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)
  • NSQF Diploma; or

Please note at least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances, relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. This occupation requires registration or licensing.

Occupations in this Group

• 312911 Maintenance Planner
• 312912 Metallurgical or Materials Technician
• 312913 Mine Deputy
• 312999 Building and Engineering Technicians nec