Not saying that's what I think just saying from my experience that's what a particular CASA FOI says, and therefore was gospel for the operation. They see ICUS as a means of getting experience in the LH seat whilst preparing for a command check, not a means of building time. They were talking about people having licenses and experience before even commencing ICUS.
Well, this has been covered before, there is no requirement for said ICUS logger to be in the LH seat or have a certain amount of experience. In fact, airlines such as QF have F/Os log ICUS for their sectors (its in the FAM). Outside of Oz, this is necissary, and has been that way for many, many years. The idea of ICUS being soley a training tool is false.