List Of Mandatory Training For Employees

Searching for a list of mandatory training for employees in Australia produces plenty of lists and no authoritative one, because none exists.

Requirements come from several directions at once. Work health and safety legislation, which differs by state and territory. Industry regulation and licensing. Funding and registration schemes such as those in care and disability services. Awards and agreements. Contracts with customers. And the general duty to take reasonable steps, which varies with your own risk.

Which means a published list is somebody else’s answer to somebody else’s question.

Build your own. For each role, ask what the law requires, what a licence or funder requires, and what your own risk assessment says. Record the source next to each item so the list can be defended and reviewed.

Safe Work Australia covers the general duties. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

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