WHS Training Courses

WHS training courses fall into two categories that get described in the same language and are not the same thing.

Nationally recognised training. Units of competency delivered by a registered training organisation, assessed against a standard, and resulting in a statement of attainment. Required for some high risk work licences and some industry schemes.

Awareness and compliance training. Not accredited. It informs workers about duties, hazards and procedures, and produces a completion record. This is what the general training duty usually calls for.

Both are legitimate and they answer different questions. The risk sits in describing the second as the first. If a tender response or an accreditation submission implies accredited training, that is a claim you may be asked to substantiate with a statement of attainment.

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

See Sentrient’s work health and safety course and learning management system.