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Yes — psychological first aid is accredited when it is delivered as the nationally recognised unit PUARCV001 Provide Psychological First Aid by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). On successful assessment you receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment listed on training.gov.au. Many “mental health first aid” programs, by contrast, are not nationally recognised vocational training.…

Serious psychological injury claims have reached a record 17,600 a year in Australia — up 14.7 per cent in a single year — with affected workers off work for a median 35.7 weeks and median compensation of $67,400, according to Safe Work Australia’s latest national statistics. For employers, the data confirms psychological injury is now…

Under Chain of Responsibility (CoR), fatigue is everyone’s duty — not just the driver’s. The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) makes each party in the supply chain, from schedulers and operators to consignors and consignees, legally responsible for ensuring transport activities don’t cause, encourage or require a driver to exceed work-and-rest limits or drive while…

Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), the Chain of Responsibility (CoR) names 10 party functions — consignor, consignee, packer, loader, unloader, loading manager, operator, prime contractor, scheduler and employer. If your business performs any of these functions for a heavy vehicle, you are a CoR party and you owe a safety duty — regardless…

Psychological first aid for managers is the practical skill of noticing when a team member is in distress, responding with structured support, and connecting them to help — without stepping into counselling. Since psychosocial risk became an enforceable workplace duty, training people-leaders in accredited psychological first aid (PUARCV001) is one of the clearest, most defensible…

There’s no law that makes a working at heights qualification “expire”, but in practice most workers should refresh every two years. The nationally recognised unit RIIWHS204E (Work safely at heights) has no legislated expiry date, yet industry best practice and the Working at Heights Association recommend updating every two years — and most construction, mining…

Psychosocial hazards training equips workers and leaders to identify and manage workplace factors that can harm mental health — such as high job demands, bullying, low support and exposure to trauma. In Australia it underpins a legal duty: every employer must manage psychosocial risk the same way they manage physical risk. The right training turns…

To get a forklift licence in Brisbane you must be old enough to hold photo identification, provide a Unique Student Identifier (USI) and 100 points of ID, have enough English language, literacy and numeracy to train and be assessed safely, and be physically able to operate a forklift. You then complete the nationally recognised unit…

A mental health first aid course teaches you to recognise, support and respond to someone developing a mental health problem or in a crisis. In Australia you have two broad options: a Mental Health First Aid Australia (MHFA) course — typically 12 hours, certificate valid 3 years — or the nationally recognised unit PUARCV001 Provide…

The short answer: In 2026 the Industrial Court of NSW fined a manufacturer $450,000 after a worker was struck and run over by a forklift while helping to load a truck. The forklift was carrying a load slung from its tines, the worker was on foot in the same zone, and the two met. The…