New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 184C

184C Duty to ensure worker has been trained

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must not direct or allow a worker to carry out traffic control work unless--

(a) the worker has successfully completed traffic control work training for that type of traffic control work, and

(b) if the worker completed the training more than 2 years previously--the worker has carried out that type of traffic control work in the preceding 2 years.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--40 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--210 penalty units.

(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that the worker holds a traffic control work training card or temporary card for that type of traffic control work.

(3) Despite subclauses (1) and (2), a person conducting a business or undertaking may direct or allow a worker to carry out traffic control work if--

(a) the worker has completed traffic control work training for that type of traffic control work but has yet to complete the workplace assessment for that training, and

(b) the worker holds a statement of completion issued, within the previous 90 days, by the RTO that is delivering the training, and

(c) the traffic control work is carried out under supervision to provide the worker with experience to be able to complete the workplace assessment.