HR Software for Freight & Logistics

Sentrient's HR software for freight and logistics is an all-in-one HR and compliance system for Australian transport, warehouse and distribution businesses. It covers recruitment, induction, licence records, training, policies, performance, incidents and timesheets in one platform, with reminders before any licence or course expires, so managers can show their workforce evidence is in order.

Yes. Sentrient is an Australian platform with courses and policies written for Australian workplaces, including a Chain of Responsibility course. It supports businesses across Australia and New Zealand and is backed by a local support team. Our HR software for transport companies is set up around Australian workforce obligations, not adapted from an overseas product.

Most run several layers. A transport management system handles jobs and freight. Telematics and work diaries handle vehicles and driver hours. A rostering and payroll tool handles shifts and pay. A logistics HR system such as Sentrient handles induction, licences, training, policies, performance and incidents, and holds the people records a transport business needs.

No. Sentrient does not roster shifts, interpret the Road Transport and Distribution Award, run payroll, track GPS clock-ins, record driver work hours or connect to telematics. It is the HR and compliance layer beside those tools. Timesheets export to your payroll system, and platform integrations include Xero, MYOB and KeyPay.

Yes. Each worker's profile holds their driver licence class, high risk work licence, dangerous goods licence and site inductions with issue and expiry dates. Managers can report on who is current, who is due and who is missing a record. Checking a licence with the issuing authority and deciding who may drive or operate plant remain the business's responsibility.

Set the expiry date on the licence and Sentrient sends automatic reminders to the worker and their manager before it is due, then flags the record as overdue. Safe Work Australia states that a high risk work licence is valid for five years and that high risk work cannot be done while the licence is expired. Your business remains responsible for acting on the reminder.

Chain of Responsibility is the part of the Heavy Vehicle National Law that makes parties other than drivers responsible for heavy vehicle safety. Each party has a primary duty to manage the risks of its transport activities. Sentrient keeps training, policy, licence and incident records in one place so you can evidence your approach. Meeting the duty remains your business's responsibility.

The NHVR says executives must exercise due diligence, which includes understanding the business's transport hazards and making sure information about hazards, risks and incidents is received and responded to quickly. Sentrient gives executives reports on training completion, policy acknowledgement and incidents by depot. Exercising due diligence remains each executive's responsibility.

Sentrient includes online compliance courses that fit transport work, such as Chain of Responsibility, Driver Safety, Safe Driving, Defensive Driving, Manual Handling, Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Personal Protective Equipment, Working Alone, Incident Reporting and Work Health and Safety. You can also upload your own depot inductions and customer site modules.

Yes. Any course can be set to recur, for example yearly for manual handling or Chain of Responsibility refreshers, or on a schedule you choose. Sentrient reassigns the course automatically, reminds the worker and their manager, and records each completion, so your training register stays current without anyone chasing.

You can hold each worker's licences, right to work, inductions, signed policies, training completions, review notes, incident reports, timesheets and onboarding checklists. Documents are stored against the worker's profile with dates, and the form builder lets you capture depot-specific checks. Records can be filtered by depot, role or team.

Yes. Reports show training, policy acknowledgement and licence status by worker, depot and role, so you can pull a current picture of workforce evidence when a customer audits your Chain of Responsibility approach or a regulator asks. Records are dated and exportable. The outcome of any audit remains your business's responsibility.

Yes. Drivers and warehouse staff can log incidents, hazards and near misses from a phone, and managers can track investigation and close-out. Safe Work Australia lists time pressures, fatigue, manual handling and working at height among common road transport hazards, and incident records help you spot them. Managing those risks remains your business's responsibility.

Most transport businesses issue the induction checklist the day an offer is accepted. The driver uploads their licences and right to work, signs policies and completes induction courses from their phone before the first run, often within a few days. Managers see outstanding items in real time, so no one starts before their records are in.

Yes. Casual staff, labour hire workers, subcontractors and owner-drivers can each have a profile with the licence, induction and policy requirements that match their role. Requirements can differ by role, so a warehouse casual and a heavy vehicle subcontractor see different checklists. How you engage each worker remains a question for your own advisers.

Yes. Sentrient supports multiple depots, warehouses, regions and states in one account. Depot managers see their own site while head office reports across the network, and training and policies can be assigned by depot or role. Workers who move between depots keep one profile and one set of records.

It can help. Clear induction, regular reviews, development plans and recognition all make drivers and warehouse staff more likely to stay, and Sentrient puts those tools in front of every manager. Predictive analytics highlight depots with rising turnover risk so you can act early. Pay, rosters and time away from home sit outside the system and matter just as much.

Yes. Managers can schedule reviews, set goals, record notes and feedback, and build development plans that link to training, for example a warehouse worker moving into a forklift or leading hand role. Records sit beside each worker's licence and training history, so progression is easy to track.

Yes. Sentrient works in a browser on any phone or tablet, so drivers can complete training, sign policies, upload licence photos, submit timesheets and report incidents between runs. Warehouse staff can do the same on a shared tablet or their own phone. Managers approve and follow up from the same device.

Sentrient is simple to implement, easy for drivers to use and built around the records a transport business must keep. It comes preloaded with Australian compliance courses, including Chain of Responsibility, integrates with Xero, MYOB, KeyPay and Microsoft Entra ID, and is backed by local support. It is HR and compliance software for freight companies that works beside your transport and payroll tools.

Sentrient suits road freight operators, third-party logistics warehouses, distribution centres, couriers and freight forwarders, from a single depot to a national network. Sentrient has no published freight case study yet. The nearest is Pental Limited, a manufacturer and national distributor that uses Sentrient for compliance, training and policy management.

Most transport businesses are live within weeks. Sentrient comes preloaded with courses, policies and forms, and our team configures depots, roles and training rules with you, imports your workforce and helps you invite staff. You get a named contact through setup and ongoing support afterwards.

Pricing depends on the number of workers, depots and modules you need. We provide a tailored proposal after a short conversation about your operation, so you only pay for what your business will use. The proposal sets out exactly what is included.

Yes. Book a free 20-minute demo and we will walk through driver induction, licence tracking, Chain of Responsibility training and incident reporting using transport examples. You can bring your own scenarios, and there is no commitment. Use the form at the top of this page or the Request Demo button.