One of the requirements of getting a Qualification as an Electrician, and getting an Electrical Workers License is for a person to demonstrate they have achieved the required on the job experience during their time as an apprentice. Similar requirements exist for Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Tradespeople.
The way this is done is by using the “Profiling System”, an internet based system to record apprentice experience each week.
This is the nationally preferred method of recording apprentice electrician experience and (from January 2009) for apprentice refrigeration and air-conditioning tradesperson. It is endorsed by the NT Employment & Training Authority, all the Northern Territory Training Providers delivering your qualification, the NT Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board, NT Worksafe, as well as by Employer organisations and the Electrical Trades Union. It also gives the apprentice and the employer a valuable tool in monitoring progress through the period of training.
MITAC is responsible for providing support to Profiling for users in the Northern Territory.
Depending on the qualification you are undertaking, and the training package you are training under, the profiling requirements vary as follows:
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Training Package
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Qualification Code |
Profiling Needed? |
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Electrician apprentices who commenced “off the job” training prior to the end of 2008
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UTE99 |
UTE31199 |
Definitely UTE99 version |
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Electrician apprentices who commenced “off the job” training in 2009
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UEE07 |
UEE31307 |
Definitely UEE07 version |
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Refrigeration apprentices who commenced “off the job” training prior to the end of 2008 (unless specifically advised different by your Training Organisation)
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UTE99 |
UTE30999 |
Not required (use log books) |
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Refrigeration apprentices who commenced “off the job” training in 2009
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UEE07 |
UEE30807 |
Definitely UEE07 version |
There are few differences between the profiling systems. It is simply that the 2007 version of the training package applies to apprentices who start from 2009 whereas the apprentices already started “off the job” training before that will complete on the earlier 1999 version.
Information booklets about the Profiling System and User Manuals can be found by clicking on the links in the following table:
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UTE99 version |
UEE07 version
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Apprentice Information Booklet for the NT |
AIB99 |
AIB07 |
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Apprentice Instruction Manual for the NT |
AIM99 |
AIM07 |
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Employer Information Booklet for the NT |
EIB99 |
EIB07 |
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Employer Instruction Manual for the NT |
EIM99 |
EIM07 |
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Printable Weekly Card - Electrician |
WCE99 |
WCE07 |
| Printable Weekly Card - Refrigeration |
N/A |
WCR07 |
| Registration Form |
N/A |
REGO |
IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT EXPERIENCE IS RECORDED FROM THE START OF THE APPRENTICESHIP. Failure to do so may risk significant delays in achieving your qualification and license and possibly even the situation where an apprentice may not be able to get a qualification and license.
Click here to see how severe problems can be if profiling is not used properly.
For all enquiries to do with profiling, please contact our Electrotechnology Project Officer, Bob Potter on 8981 0077,
0407 720 569, or bob@mitac.org.au
