HR Software for Construction Companies

Sentrient's HR software for construction companies is an all-in-one platform for recruiting, onboarding, training and managing site and office workers. It keeps white cards, licences and tickets on record with expiry reminders, assigns WHS courses, captures incident reports and runs performance reviews, so HR and supervisors work from one set of records.

Yes. Sentrient is construction HR software from an Australian company with a Melbourne head office, built for businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Its pre-built courses and policy templates are written for Australian workplaces, and its records tools cover local credentials such as white cards and forklift licences. Your business remains responsible for the laws in each state where you work.

Construction companies usually combine a few types of software. HR and compliance platforms manage people records, onboarding, training and incidents. Payroll and rostering tools calculate pay and award rates, and construction or job management software handles quoting, scheduling and project costs. Sentrient sits in the first category and connects to payroll tools such as Xero, MYOB and KeyPay.

No. Sentrient is the HR and compliance layer that sits beside those tools. It does not build rosters, interpret awards or enterprise agreements, process payroll, provide GPS clock-in, or manage quotes, schedules and job costs. It does automate timesheet collection and approval, and it integrates with payroll platforms such as Xero, MYOB and KeyPay.

Yes. Sentrient's records management lets you record white cards, high risk work licences, trade licences, first aid certificates, insurances and qualifications with their expiry dates. Workers can upload their own records through self-service, and automated notifications alert workers and managers before a record expires or becomes non-compliant.

Add an expiry date to each record and Sentrient sends automated reminders before it lapses. Real-time status reports show which items are overdue, non-compliant or coming up for renewal, for an individual, a group or the whole organisation. Your business remains responsible for confirming a worker holds a current licence before they start the work.

Yes. Safe Work Australia states that workers must hold a construction induction card, known as a white card, before they start work on a construction site, and must show it to the PCBU or an inspector who asks. Sentrient records white card details against each worker but does not deliver white card training. Your business remains responsible for checking cards.

Safe Work Australia explains that a PCBU carrying out high risk construction work must prepare, keep, comply with and review a safe work method statement, and give a copy to the principal contractor. Sentrient does not create SWMS, but it can hold the procedures workers need to read and record their acknowledgement. Your business remains responsible for its WHS duties.

Sentrient includes pre-built online courses that suit construction teams, including Work Health and Safety, WHS for Supervisors and Managers, Manual Handling, PPE, Incident Reporting, Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Psychological Health and Safety, Workplace Bullying and Sexual Harassment Prevention. They are not accredited units and do not replace white card or high risk work licence training.

Yes. Automation rules enrol workers in courses when they start and re-enrol them when a refresher is due, with reminder emails and manager escalation when training is overdue. You set the refresher cycle that matches your risks and any requirements that apply to your business, and completion records build automatically for each worker.

You can keep licences, white cards, tickets, qualifications, insurances, induction checklists, signed contracts, position descriptions, policy acknowledgements, training completions and incident reports against each worker's profile. Documents, images and electronic files can be attached, and issued equipment can be logged through asset management for construction, giving you one place to check a worker's status.

Ready-made reports show training completions, licence status and overdue items for an individual, a group or the whole organisation, and you can export them as PDF, XLS or CSV files. That makes it quicker to answer a principal contractor, client or auditor asking for evidence. Your business remains responsible for the accuracy of the records you provide.

Yes. Workers can raise incidents and hazards from any device, and Sentrient's incident reporting software gives managers a workflow to follow up and close each report. Records stay linked to the people involved for later reporting. Notifying the WHS regulator of a notifiable incident remains your business's responsibility and happens outside the software.

Onboarding can start before a worker's first day. Sentrient sends contracts for electronic signing, collects forms and licence records through pre-boarding, and enrols new starters in assigned courses and policies. Checklists show supervisors what is complete, so less time goes on paperwork at the site office and more on a proper site-specific induction.

Yes. Sentrient can hold records, training and inductions for employees, apprentices and contractors in one platform. The Fair Work Ombudsman explains that whether someone is an employee or a contractor depends on the real nature of the working relationship, and your business remains responsible for that call. For contractor-heavy workforces, see our HR software for contractors.

Yes. Everyone sits in one cloud platform, so workers on different projects use the same system and supervisors see the same records. Reports can be run for an individual, a group or the whole organisation, and company-wide announcements reach every worker at once, which suits businesses running crews across several sites. Our construction workforce management software page walks through that multi-site view, from mobilisation to timesheets.

HR software supports retention by making the basics consistent. Sentrient gives new starters a structured onboarding experience, recognises milestones on the community wall, runs engagement surveys to surface issues early, and sets clear goals and reviews so workers can see how to progress. Results depend on how your business acts on what it learns.

Yes. Managers can set goals, hold one-on-one meetings, record performance reviews and use performance improvement plans when needed. Position descriptions set out expectations for each role, capability management tracks skills, and external training management records courses completed outside Sentrient, such as TAFE units or supervisor programs.

Yes. Sentrient is available as an app on the App Store and Google Play, as well as in a web browser, so site workers can reach their courses, policies and records from a phone. Workers can add their own licence records through self-service and raise incidents and hazards from any device.

Sentrient combines HR, compliance records, WHS training and incident reporting in one platform, so you do not need a separate tool for each. It comes preloaded with courses, policies, forms and documents, integrates with tools such as Xero and MYOB, and is backed by an Australian team based in Melbourne. More than 1,000 businesses use Sentrient.

Sentrient suits builders, civil and infrastructure businesses, fit-out and trades companies, and engineering firms that manage site crews alongside office staff. Published clients near the sector include Engineers Australia and E3 Advisory, alongside organisations such as Kärcher and Pental. Sentrient supports small, medium and large organisations across all industry sectors.

Sentrient's team supports you through setup, from loading worker records to assigning courses and policies. Because the platform comes preloaded with courses, policies, forms and documents, you can start inducting and training crews without building content from scratch, and support stays available as your supervisors and workers get used to the system.

Pricing depends on the size of your workforce and the features you need. Sentrient prepares a tailored proposal for each construction business rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Book a demo and our team will walk through your requirements and provide pricing that fits how your business runs.

Yes. Book a free 20-minute demo and our team will show you how Sentrient handles onboarding, licence records, WHS training and incident reporting for construction crews. You can ask questions about your own sites and workforce, and there is no commitment to buy.