Important: From 1 January 2012, information on this website is being reviewed and must be read in conjunction with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
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All general construction induction records are kept by the registered training organisation (RTO) that originally issued the card. To replace a lost card you should contact your RTO. If you have a copy of your certificate of attainment, from your course, you are able to take this to any RTO and they can issue you a replacement card for a fee.
Find an RTO for general construction safety induction training.
If your training organisation has ceased operation your records may be accessed by contacting Training Services on 1300 369 935.
Find out more about general construction induction training.
If you hold an old style paper ticket, which you have not converted to the new format, you must do so before you can legally work in the occupation/s for which you hold paper tickets.
Convert all paper tickets to the new licence types by applying (PDF, 167kB), to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
Find out more about converting your paper ticket.
In order to ensure you receive correspondence about your high risk work licence from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland we must have your correct details.
'The holder of a licence to perform a class of high risk work must notify the chief executive of a change of the licence holder's residential or postal address within 14 days after the change.' (Section 23 of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008). Maximum penalty - 10 penalty units ( each penalty point is $100).
Update your high risk work licence now.
Yes. If you hold any of the licence classes that fall under the national standard, you will need to change them over to a renewable and photographic licence. Licences are being changed over a period of five years from 2008–2012.
If you do not convert to the new high risk work (HRW) licence by the conversion date (i.e. your birthday), your old licence will expire and you will be unable to use it until issued with your new HRW licence.
The date that you will need to convert to a high risk work licence will depend on the date of the last class added to your licence, which will then be aligned with your birth date (see the full schedule for transitioning). For example:
| Date of issue of licence or date of most recent endorsement on the licence | Date of conversion |
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| From 1 January 1999 - 31 December 2001 | Within the 2010-11 period and aligned to applicants birth date |
| From 1 January 2002 - 31 December 2004 | Within the 2011-12 period and aligned to applicants birth date |
| From 1 January 2005 - 30 June 2008 | Within the 2012-13 period and aligned to applicants birth date |
Find out which licences are changing and the licences that remain unaffected and non-photographic.
Yes. If the engine capacity of the tractor is more than two litres and is fitted with the bucket attachment, the operator of the tractor must hold a front end loader (LL) licence. Contact a registered training organisation for information on training and assessing for this class of licence.
For all other attachments fitted to a tractor, there is no requirement for an operator to hold a licence, however there is an obligation to ensure training, instruction and safe systems of work have been provided.
Find out more about tractor safety.
Yes. You can use your interstate EPC licence within Queensland provided they meet the following conditions:
Please note: This recognition is only on the basis that the evidence clearly identifies the holder has been trained and assessed to the National Guidelines for Occupational Health and Safety Competency Standards for the Operation of Loadshifting Equipment and other types of Specified Equipment (NOHSC:7019 (1992).
Interstate licence holders that do not meet the above conditions should contact a registered training organisation who can deliver EPC training and assessment.
The operator of a drot or trekscavator with an engine capacity of two litres or more is required to hold a skid steer (LS) licence.
Known as a drot in Queensland and referred to in New south Wales as a trekscavator, this type of equipment (e.g. picture 1 below) is identified as a skid-steer loader as it skid-steers when operating.
Contact a registered training organisation to obtain training and assessment for a skid steer (LS) licence.
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Picture 1 - Skid steer loader |
The type of licence required to operate a telehandler or manitou depends on the type of attachment fitted when operating the plant.
There are various attachments that can be fitted including:
Please note: Although some attachments do not require an operator to hold a particular class of licence, there is an obligation to ensure training, instruction and safe systems of work have been provided to the operator of any plant.
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Picture 1 - Telehandler with forklift attachment |
A telehandler/manitou operated as a non-slewing crane fitted with a hook requires the operator to hold a non-slewing mobile crane (CN) licence if the crane's capacity is more than three tonne. Assessment for a high risk work (HRW) licence can only occur on telehandlers that are fitted with a boom and/or jib and hoist rope with hook block.
To operate a slewing mobile type telehandler/manitou when fitted with a boom and/or jib and hoist rope with hook block, a slewing mobile crane licence is required.
If the telehandler/manitou is fitted with a personnel box with operating controls in the box and the boom length is 11 metres or more, this plant is deemed to be a boom-type elevating work platform and therefore requires an elevating work platform (WP) licence.
If the telehandler/manitou is being operated with a forklift attachment, no licence is required (a forklift is defined as having a mast). However, there is an obligation to ensure training, instruction and safe systems of work have been provided to the operator of any plant.
Find a registered training organisation who can deliver training and assessment.
As from 1 January 2012, the current legislative requirement for employers to appoint WHSOs will cease in Queensland.
In the lead up to these changes the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008 has been amended to extend the certification of WHSOs until 31 December 2011.
This extension applies to those WHSOs whose recertification date falls due on or after 13 May 2011.
Find out more about changes to Workplace Health and Safety Officers (WHSOs).
An application for renewal of registration of registrable plant can be completed online electronically, however, payments cannot be made online through this process.
On receipt of your application, an invoice from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will be sent out for fees payable.
Find out more about plant registration and renewal of registration.
An online application for registration of registrable plant is available.
You will need to lodge a separate form for each item of plant to be registered.
Find out more about plant registration and applying for registration of registrable plant.
Risk management has a five step process for controlling exposure to health and safety risks associated with hazards in the workplace.
In many cases risk management is nothing more than a careful examination of what could cause harm to people in your workplace and:
The aim is to make sure that no one gets hurt or becomes ill so a person can return home safely after work.
For more information on risk management, refer to Section 2 of the Risk Management Code of Practice 2007.
Find out more about managing risk.
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