Short Courses

Based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work this course is a legal requirement for any person who operates a slewing mobile crane (up to 60 tonnes). This licence entitles the holder to also operate non-slewing and vehicle loading cranes.

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to operate concrete placing booms safely. It supports the work of concrete placement workers who are responsible for locating concrete placing booms at the workplace and for setting up and operating the boom to deliver concrete safely and accurately as required. The concrete placing boom includes a knuckle boom capable of poweroperated slewing and luffing to place concrete by way of pumping through a pipeline attached to, or forming part of, the boom of the plant.

This unit is based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work (HRW) and is a legal requirement for any person who directs the operators of mobile and tower cranes.

Provides participants with the knowledge and skills to operate an elevating work platform (EWP) with a boom length over 11m.

This course is designed to give participants the knowledge and skills to operate elevating work platforms which are not classified as requiring a high-risk work (HRW) licence.

This course aims to meet the training requirements of the WHS Regulation with regards to “Working in a Confined Space” and Australian Standards 2865-2009 Confined Spaces.

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as an excavator operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and maintain a forklift including checking forklift condition, driving the forklift to fulfil operational requirements and monitoring site conditions.

This unit covers the operation of a gantry or overhead cranes in the resources and infrastructure industries. It includes planning and preparing, operating the crane and carrying out operator maintenance.

This Unit includes loading and unloading goods and cargo, securing and protecting a load and completing all required documentation in accordance with relevant State or Territory roads and traffic authority regulations / permit requirements.

This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to load and unload plant in the Resources and Infrastructure Industries. This unit is proper for those working in operational roles.

This unit specifies the outcomes required to operate a materials hoist being a builder's hoist by which only goods or materials and not personnel may be hoisted and where the car, bucket or platform is cantilevered from, and travels up and down externally to, a face of the support structure for licensing purposes.

On-site training available for groups.

This unit specifies the outcomes required to operate a builder's hoist in which personnel, goods and/or materials may be hoisted, and which comprises a car, structure, machinery or other equipment associated with the hoist, and which may be a cantilever hoist, a tower hoist or a multiple winch operation. Included in this definition are situations where winches may be configured to operate as hoists for the transportation of personnel for licensing purposes.

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as a roller operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to secure cargo including preparing to secure cargo/containers, lashing and unlashing cargo, protecting cargo from weather, and packing and unpacking cargo.

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as a skid steer loader operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

This unit covers conducting telescopic materials handler operations in the resources and infrastructure industries. This course provides participants with the necessary knowledge and skills required to safely attend to lifting operations.

This unit covers the operation of a vehicle loading crane under 10m tonnes in the resources and infrastructure industries. It includes planning and preparing for crane operations, operating and maintaining the crane, carrying out operator maintenance and cleaning up.

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as a wheeled front end loader operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.