RIIHAN301E Operate elevating work platform
Secure your official SafeWork NSW High-Risk Work Licence for boom-type EWPs at any height. Complete your mandatory logbook hours and practical assessment with hands-on seat time at our dedicated Unanderra facility.
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Dedicated Practical Training Pad: Skip the simulators. Get real-world experience operating industry-compliant boom lifts and elevated platforms on our spacious Unanderra practical training arena (275A Princes Hwy).
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Comprehensive Safety & Rigging Foundations: Master critical operational dynamics, including structural pre-start stability checks, ground condition verification, emergency descent procedures, and harness safety lines.
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This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate an elevating work platform at any height.
This unit applies to those working in operational roles.
The work required in this unit relates to the National Standard for High Risk Work but this unit does not provide the licence. Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements that may apply to this unit can vary between states, territories and industry sectors, and must be sourced prior to applying this unit.
This unit alone does not provide sufficient skill to independently load and unload equipment. To perform this activity safely, personnel must either complete or be assisted by someone who has completed RIIHAN308F Load and Unload Plant or equivalent.
- Workplace Health & Safety Legislation & Operating Procedures
- Hazard Identification, Assess Risks & Control Measures
- Plan Work
- Overhead Hazards
- Pre-start Operational Checks
- Damage and Defect Reporting
- Communication Methods
- Data Plate Specifications
- Operate EWP using all controls from ground level
- Operate EWP using all basket controls
- Mobile EWP using best practice
- Unplanned and or Unsafe 3 Situations
- Use of Emergency Procedures
- Use of Emergency Decent Device explained
- Post-Operational Checks
- Shutdown and Secure EWP
- 2 days including SafeWork NSW assessment Note: If proof of recent operation of an EWP can be supplied (past EWP ticket, previous experience, 3rd party reports etc) a one day course can be offered.
- $750.00
- You Must be a minimum of 18 years of age
- You will be required to conduct mathematical calculations throughout this course
- All students must pass a language, literacy & numeracy assessment (LLN)
- Identification must be the originals and not laminated, also add a link to Safework NSW EOI: SW08446-0718-423971.pdf
- PPE is required including safety boots and a hi-vis shirt.
- Tea and Coffee are provided (if conducted at our facilities), local shops are nearby
- A passport photo is required when you lodge your HRW Licence application with Australia Post
- Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the commencement of training.
High Vis clothing
Steel capped boots
100 points of ID – (including photo ID)
Safework link for the evidence of identity https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/51836/SW08446-0718-423971.pdf
Unique Student Identifier Number – http://www.usi.gov.au/create-your-USI/Pages/default.aspx – if you need help with this our trainer will help you on the day.
Three (3) assessments will be conducted over the duration of the course – (formative assessment) Knowledge, Calculations and Practical Assessments. On the last day of the course a summative assessment will be conducted by an approved State regulatory body assessor (e.g. Safe Work NSW) All critical components must be demonstrated and answered correctly.
Applicants deemed not yet competent will be provided the opportunity to undergo further training. Applicants cannot be reassessed for a minimum of 48 hours from the date of the original assessment. Note: There may be an extra cost for reassessment
This application is to be lodged at Australia Post which incurs and additional cost payable to Australia Post.
You will need to go to a participating Australia Post in person to apply. You need to do this within 60 days of receiving your Notice of Satisfactory Assessment from your SafeWork NSW assessor.
You will need to take:
- your Notice of Satisfactory Assessment form
- a completed Application for a National Licence to Perform High Risk Work – New Application form (N5 form provided by your SafeWork NSW assessor). Do not sign this form, you need to sign it at Australia Post
- passport-quality photograph
- proof of identity. See evidence of identity information sheet (PDF, 109.92 KB)
- any current high risk work licences
- payment method (view the cost in the fee schedule).
- Students who give notice to cancel their enrolment more than 10 days prior to the commencement of a program will be entitled to a full refund of fees paid.
- Students who give notice to cancel their enrolment less than 10 days prior to the commencement of a program will be entitled to a 75% refund of fees paid. The amount retained (25%) by All Onsite Training and Assessment is required to cover the costs of administration and resources which will have already been committed based on the students initial intention to undertake the training.
- Students who cancel their enrolment within 1 full business day prior program commencement OR after a training program has commenced will not be entitled to a refund of fees.
- If All Onsite Training and Assessment cancels the training course, and is not rescheduling then a full refund will be returned to the payer.
Training/assessment can be conducted at AOTA Training Facility – 275a Princess Highway, Unanderra NSW
All equipment
All courseware and handouts
Please refer to the AOTA Student Handbook through the Student Info Menu , as well as:
TLILIC0005 Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom length 11 metres or more)
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to safely operate a boom-type Elevating Work Platform (EWP) where the length of the boom is 11 metres or more in accordance with all relevant legislative requirements. Competence in this unit, does not in itself result in a Risk Work Licence (HRWL) to operate this plant.
Boom-type elevating work platform means a telescoping device, hinged device, or articulated device, or any combination of these, used to support a platform on which personnel, equipment and materials may be elevated.
A person performing this work is required to hold a boom-type elevating work platform HRWL.
This unit requires a person operating an EWP to:
- plan for the work/task
- prepare for the work/task
- perform work/task
- pack up.
- Workplace Health & Safety Legislation & Operating Procedures
- Hazard Identification, Assess Risks & Control Measures
- Plan Work
- Overhead Hazards
- Pre-start Operational Checks
- Damage and Defect Reporting
- Communication Methods
- Data Plate Specifications
- Operate EWP using all controls from ground level
- Operate EWP using all basket controls
- Mobile EWP using best practice
- Unplanned and or Unsafe 3 Situations
- Use of Emergency Procedures
- Use of Emergency Decent Device explained
- Post-Operational Checks
- Shutdown and Secure EWP
- 2 days including SafeWork NSW assessment Note: If proof of recent operation of an EWP can be supplied (past EWP ticket, previous experience, 3rd party reports etc) a one day course can be offered.
- $750.00
- You Must be a minimum of 18 years of age
- All students must pass a language, literacy & numeracy assessment (LLN)
- Identification must be the originals and not laminated, also add a link to Safework NSW EOI: SW08446-0718-423971.pdf
- PPE is required including safety boots and a hi-vis shirt.
- Tea and Coffee are provided (if conducted at our facilities), local shops are nearby
- A passport photo is required when you lodge your HRW Licence application with Australia Post
- Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the commencement of training.
High Vis clothing
Steel capped boots
100 points of ID – (including photo ID)
Safework link for the evidence of identity https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/51836/SW08446-0718-423971.pdf
Unique Student Identifier Number – http://www.usi.gov.au/create-your-USI/Pages/default.aspx – if you need help with this our trainer will help you on the day.
Three (3) assessments will be conducted over the duration of the course – (formative assessment) Knowledge, Calculations and Practical Assessments. On the last day of the course a summative assessment will be conducted by an approved State regulatory body assessor (e.g. Safe Work NSW) All critical components must be demonstrated and answered correctly.
Applicants deemed not yet competent will be provided the opportunity to undergo further training. Applicants cannot be reassessed for a minimum of 48 hours from the date of the original assessment. Note: There may be an extra cost for reassessment
This application is to be lodged at Australia Post which incurs and additional cost payable to Australia Post.
You will need to go to a participating Australia Post in person to apply. You need to do this within 60 days of receiving your Notice of Satisfactory Assessment from your SafeWork NSW assessor.
You will need to take:
- your Notice of Satisfactory Assessment form
- a completed Application for a National Licence to Perform High Risk Work – New Application form (N5 form provided by your SafeWork NSW assessor). Do not sign this form, you need to sign it at Australia Post
- passport-quality photograph
- proof of identity. See evidence of identity information sheet (PDF, 109.92 KB)
- any current high risk work licences
- payment method (view the cost in the fee schedule).
- Students who give notice to cancel their enrolment more than 10 days prior to the commencement of a program will be entitled to a full refund of fees paid.
- Students who give notice to cancel their enrolment less than 10 days prior to the commencement of a program will be entitled to a 75% refund of fees paid. The amount retained (25%) by All Onsite Training and Assessment is required to cover the costs of administration and resources which will have already been committed based on the students initial intention to undertake the training.
- Students who cancel their enrolment within 1 full business day prior program commencement OR after a training program has commenced will not be entitled to a refund of fees.
- If All Onsite Training and Assessment cancels the training course, and is not rescheduling then a full refund will be returned to the payer.
Training/assessment can be conducted at AOTA Training Facility – 275a Princess Highway, Unanderra NSW
All equipment
All courseware and handouts
Please refer to the AOTA Student Handbook through the Student Info Menu , as well as:
Q: Does a Yellow Card cover me to operate a boom lift over 11 meters in NSW?
A: No. A standard industry “Yellow Card” covers scissor lifts and boom lifts with a platform reach under 11 meters. Operating a boom-type elevating work platform with a reach of 11 meters or more strictly requires a national TLILIC0005 High-Risk Work Licence processed through SafeWork NSW.
Q: What are the mandatory prerequisites to sit the SafeWork NSW EWP assessment?
A: Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years of age and satisfy the mandatory SafeWork NSW evidence-of-identity checks (100 points of ID) on the morning of testing. You must also demonstrate standard language, literacy, and numeracy capabilities and have an active Unique Student Identifier account configured.
Q: How long does it take for my permanent High-Risk Work Licence card to arrive?
A: Upon successfully clearing both your knowledge and practical evaluations at AOTA, our team issues you an official SafeWork NSW Notice of Satisfactory Assessment. This paperwork serves as a temporary operating authority for up to 60 days, allowing you to operate commercial boom lifts immediately while SafeWork NSW processes and mails your permanent plastic card.