A review of the relative rankings of post-trade qualifications of tradepersons relevant to the Engineering (oil companies) award: a continuation of the 1985 project: a comparative analysis of post-trade courses relevant to the oil industry

The TAFE National Centre for Research and Development conducted a comparative analysis of post-trade courses relevant to the oil industry in September 1985. This second project extends the work done in 1985 to include welders and it reviews some of the earlier rankings. It also proposes ways of dealing with the equivalence of other (overseas) qualifications at post-trade level. The objectives of the review were to: assess all welding courses and incorporate the results of the assessment into the Oil Companies' Schedule of Post-Trade Courses; to review several courses to re-determine their rankings within the Schedule; and recommend an approach to determining the equivalence of other qualifications, including those from overseas. Recommendations are set out under the following headings: fabrication and welding; industrial electronics; fluid power; mechanical; course options and combined evaluations; vertical ranking scale; future considerations and overseas qualifications. Show less