AUS-RADIO-L1.3

Class licence, apparatus licence and the qualified operator

AUS-RADIO-M1 · The Australian licensing framework · AUS-RADIO-M1-A Who licenses, who certificates, and which qualification lets you operate which equipment.

Section 11 of the 2025 class licence and the **2026 Qualified Operators Determination** decide who may operate what. MF/HF brings an apparatus licence; 27 MHz is excepted.

Independent study. xplor is not a registered training organisation and awards no certificate, Certificate of Competency or unit of competency. Radio certificates are issued only by the Office of Maritime Communications (for the SROCP, LROCP and MSCE) or by AMSA (for the GMDSS certificate), after an invigilated examination or an approved course with an RTO or AMSA-approved provider. AI-drafted content pending subject-matter-expert review.