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A security equipment installer installs, repairs, services or maintains security equipment.
Security equipment is acoustic, electronic, mechanical or other equipment designed or adapted to provide, monitor or enhance property for protection.
Examples include:
- alarms
- alarm monitoring systems
- audio or visual recording systems
- electric, electro-magnetic or biometric access control devices
- intrusion detectors, including motion, infra-red, microwave or contact detectors
- safes or vaults.
Equipment for monitoring inventory, product or stock loss, or items that minimise motor vehicle theft, are not considered security equipment.
You are not a security equipment installer if you install a basic security item or do retail key cutting.
Basic security items can include:
- portable safes weighing less than 50 kg
- barrier security equipment, such as security mesh doors or window grilles
- electronic or mechanical locks for basic household security
- motion sensor lights that do not activate alarms.
Eligibility
To apply for a security equipment installer licence, you must:
- be 18 years or older
- have no recorded conviction of a disqualifying offence within the previous 10 years, or an unrecorded finding of guilt of a disqualifying offence in the previous five years
- not be considered a risk to public safety
Training requirements
Currently security equipment installers do not have any training requirements.
However, we are consulting the industry to determine whether the electronic security sector needs any training.
Apply for a security equipment installer licence
To apply, you must:
- meet the eligibility criteria
- complete the Security Providers Form 1-2 - Application for a security provider class 2 individual licence (PDF, 497 KB)
- provide originals or certified copies of your birth certificate, birth extract, passport, Australian citizenship certificate or drivers licence (see below for advice on getting certified copies)
- pay the appropriate licence fee
- pay the criminal history check fee
- lodge the application (see the application form for lodgement details).
Criminal history checks
Applicants must undergo a criminal history check to confirm their suitability.
The criminal history check costs $35.50 (which includes $1.13 GST) for each person who appears on the application form. The fee applies to all applications and renewal notices.
Processing time
Processing time is 4-6 weeks. However, it can take longer if we need to contact you for missing information or fees.
The processing time may be up to six weeks because the criminal history check process, handled by Queensland Police, is thorough and time consuming.
Making the process quicker
Send certified documents
Take the original document and a copy to a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Declarations, solicitor, barrister or a Notary Public. They will stamp and/or sign the copy and write ‘This is a true copy of the original document’.
The Department of Justice and Attorney-General has a list of JPs in your area. Otherwise, contact your local post office, courthouse, bank, shopping centre manager or pharmacy.
We will send your original documents to you after we assess your application. Please note that a photocopy is not a certified document.
Pay all criminal history check fees
Remember to pay a separate fee for yourself and each person on the application form.
Refunds for unsuccessful applications
If your application is unsuccessful or it is withdrawn, you will receive a partial refund. Your application fee is non-refundable, but we will refund your licence fee and any unused criminal history check fees.
Last reviewed 14/09/2009 |
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