You’re invited to attend a free webinar 7-8 am AEST Tuesday 8 August, specifically designed to address important details on cabling regulations.
The results of a survey issued to registered cablers earlier this year to find out what they’d like to know more about in our industry, indicated the most significant issue was the Wiring Rules (aka AS/CA S009 Regulations). In response, all five registrars – ACRS, ASIAL, BRCA, FPAA and TITAB – are collectively hosting a webinar entitled ‘The Importance of Applying S009 and adhering to its Guidelines’ to share vital info to all cabling professionals.
The ‘AS/CA S009 Regulations’ is the first of a series of free webinars for cabling professionals that the registrars are holding, with more to follow later this year, covering other topics identified in the survey as most important to cablers, including: “Differentiating Yourself from the ‘Cowboys’ through Compliance”; “Authority to Alter Lead-in Cabling and NBN NTDs”; and “Successfully Deploying Power Over Ethernet” to name a few.
The first webinar – entitled ‘The Importance of Applying S009 and Adhering to its Guidelines’ – is scheduled for 7.00 – 8.00am AEST on Tuesday 8 August, and will be delivered by Paul Stathis, CEO of BICSI South Pacific and Ian Millner, ICT Infrastructure Consultant for the International Copper Association Australia (ICAA), both of whom served on the committee that developed the current edition of AS/CA S009 Regulations.
Click here to register to attend this first webinar The Importance of Applying S009 and adhering to its Guidelines. Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive an email with the link to the webinar.
More on the survey results
The next biggest concern expressed in the survey was the quality of cabling work being done by so-called “cowboys”, many of whom were reported simply as “electricians”. Sadly it was reported that some people installing ICT infrastructure today aren’t registered cablers (those whom registered cablers refer to as “cowboys”). Tit should be understood by all that this is illegal in Australia and it’s up to everyone to report ALL such instances directly to the regulator – the ACMA. So we will address the correct procedures to ensure compliance (compliant products & workmanship, TCA1 & TCA2 forms, non-compliance reporting to ACMA and what they do with it, etc) in a forthcoming webinar. The lack of auditing undertaken by the ACMA was also frequently raised. This is a universal problem that the industry as a whole needs to address. We therefore need more complaints from the public; so if you see bad work, tell your customers to report it to the ACMA.
Another major ‘bug-bear’ identified in the survey was the frequent requests from consumers for cablers to move NBN equipment (mostly poorly placed NTDs) or re-route lead-in cabling, exacerbated by the uncertainty of what approval or documentation is officially required from NBN or other carriers to do it. We received several requests to cover this topic in a specific webinar too (by the way, it’s worth having a copy of the current NBN Authority to Alter and reading it).
Digital media on coax also featured, particularly installing cabling to AS/NZS 14763 part 2 of a customer’s premises and overlaying remote power. This then overlaps Power over Ethernet (PoE) which brings in heat-rise in cable and the derating of the cabling system under remote power.
There were other issues you raised— including fibre and wireless technologies —that we’ll also endeavour to address in future webinars. We hope to see you online soon on Zoom, where we hope to address issues that you’ve also expressed concerns over.