Certificate II in National Broadband Network Construction
This qualification has been designed as a pathway for entry into work on the National Broadband Network (NBN).
This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required to enhance entry-level employment prospects in apprenticeships and traineeships in a range of NBN industry occupations specifically for the national rollout of high speed broadband network infrastructure.
In conjunction with safe working practices, one of two specialist streams is to be undertaken as described:
Telecommunications linesworker
This stream reflects the role of operators in performing cable and infrastructure work underground. This involves safe civil and construction work in site preparation, building of enclosures, installing mounting brackets, hauling of underground cables and providing traffic management. It also reflects the role of operators in performing work safely aboveground to install fibre or metallic aerial cable and infrastructure. These will also include installation of aerial lead-in cables to customer premises.
Telecommunications installer
This stream reflects the role of operators in performing equipment and system installation work on customer network to enable efficient access and interconnection to the NBN services. This includes diagnosing and rectifying cable system faults to maximise benefits of the high speed broadband connection.
Job roles
Job roles and titles are dependent on the stream completed, possible job titles relevant to a pathway for this qualification include:
telecommunications linesworker
telecommunications broadband network installer.