Under part 9.1A of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, people doing certain types of high-risk work must hold a licence or recognised qualification to show they are competent.
The cut-off date to abide by the legislation was September 1. From that date, registered training organisations will manage all of the training and assessment for high-risk work licences in NSW.
Following the successful completion of a national unit of competency and a formal licence assessment, RTO WorkCover NSW will issue a photo licence valid for five years.
High-risk work includes operation of cranes and hoists, pressure equipment, scaffolding, rigging and dogging, and working with pesticides or fumigants.
An exemption has been issued to provide transitional arrangements for dogging and rigging work underground, including at underground coal mines.
Exemptions are until June 30, 2010, where the load being lifted is 10 tonnes or greater, until August 31, 2011, where the load is greater than 1t, and until August 31, 2012, for loads less than 1t.
