A WA parliamentary question addresses the adequacy of mobile crane operator training, assessor competency, and potential regulatory action, with the Minister responding that training is supervised/accredited and assessors are WorkSafe registered, with new regulations under development.

AnsweredQoN 718Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 February 2003
Portfolio
Consumer and Employment Protection

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(b) if yes, who is that trainer; (c) have all training staff been assessed for their competence and skill as trainers; (d) what action, if any, has Occupational Health and Safety and/or Worksafe taken to ensure that the training being provided, by the above trainers, to the mobile crane operators is adequate; (e) if no action has taken place, when will action be taken; (f) if no action is intended, what are the reasons given for not taking action; and (g) given the potential for loss of life, has the State Coroner been informed or asked to investigate?
(c) have all training staff been assessed for their competence and skill as trainers; (d) what action, if any, has Occupational Health and Safety and/or Worksafe taken to ensure that the training being provided, by the above trainers, to the mobile crane operators is adequate; (e) if no action has taken place, when will action be taken; (f) if no action is intended, what are the reasons given for not taking action; and (g) given the potential for loss of life, has the State Coroner been informed or asked to investigate?
(d) what action, if any, has Occupational Health and Safety and/or Worksafe taken to ensure that the training being provided, by the above trainers, to the mobile crane operators is adequate; (e) if no action has taken place, when will action be taken; (f) if no action is intended, what are the reasons given for not taking action; and (g) given the potential for loss of life, has the State Coroner been informed or asked to investigate?
(e) if no action has taken place, when will action be taken; (f) if no action is intended, what are the reasons given for not taking action; and (g) given the potential for loss of life, has the State Coroner been informed or asked to investigate?
(f) if no action is intended, what are the reasons given for not taking action; and (g) given the potential for loss of life, has the State Coroner been informed or asked to investigate?
(g) given the potential for loss of life, has the State Coroner been informed or asked to investigate?
(b) Not applicable. (c)-(f) In WA, all crane operators must undergo supervised and/or accredited training. “Accredited” training means training provided by a Registered Training Organisation under the Australian National Training Authority framework. Responsibility for delivery of such accredited training lies with the State Training Authority. All crane operators in Western Australia must have been assessed as competent against the requirements of the National Certification Standard for users and operators of Industrial Equipment [NOHSC: 1006(2001)]. The person carrying out that “assessment of competency” (the Assessor) must be a person registered with WorkSafe. A key recommendation of the Crane Safety Standard Working Group set up by the Hon. Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection to advise on safety standards in the crane industry was to develop regulations which will require crane operators, riggers and doggers in WA to maintain records of training and experience, including a record of practical on-the-job experience, prior to and after achieving certificates of competency. These regulations are currently being developed. (g) No.
(c)-(f) In WA, all crane operators must undergo supervised and/or accredited training. “Accredited” training means training provided by a Registered Training Organisation under the Australian National Training Authority framework. Responsibility for delivery of such accredited training lies with the State Training Authority. All crane operators in Western Australia must have been assessed as competent against the requirements of the National Certification Standard for users and operators of Industrial Equipment [NOHSC: 1006(2001)]. The person carrying out that “assessment of competency” (the Assessor) must be a person registered with WorkSafe. A key recommendation of the Crane Safety Standard Working Group set up by the Hon. Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection to advise on safety standards in the crane industry was to develop regulations which will require crane operators, riggers and doggers in WA to maintain records of training and experience, including a record of practical on-the-job experience, prior to and after achieving certificates of competency. These regulations are currently being developed. (g) No.
All crane operators in Western Australia must have been assessed as competent against the requirements of the National Certification Standard for users and operators of Industrial Equipment [NOHSC: 1006(2001)]. The person carrying out that “assessment of competency” (the Assessor) must be a person registered with WorkSafe. A key recommendation of the Crane Safety Standard Working Group set up by the Hon. Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection to advise on safety standards in the crane industry was to develop regulations which will require crane operators, riggers and doggers in WA to maintain records of training and experience, including a record of practical on-the-job experience, prior to and after achieving certificates of competency. These regulations are currently being developed. (g) No.
A key recommendation of the Crane Safety Standard Working Group set up by the Hon. Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection to advise on safety standards in the crane industry was to develop regulations which will require crane operators, riggers and doggers in WA to maintain records of training and experience, including a record of practical on-the-job experience, prior to and after achieving certificates of competency. These regulations are currently being developed. (g) No.
(g) No.

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Answered
11 March 2003
Responded by
Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection
Response time
14 days
(a) No.
(b) Not applicable.
(c)-(f) In WA, all crane operators must undergo supervised and/or accredited training. “Accredited” training means training provided by a Registered Training Organisation under the Australian National Training Authority framework. Responsibility for delivery of such accredited training lies with the State Training Authority.
All crane operators in Western Australia must have been assessed as competent against the requirements of the National Certification Standard for users and operators of Industrial Equipment [NOHSC: 1006(2001)]. The person carrying out that “assessment of competency” (the Assessor) must be a person registered with WorkSafe.
A key recommendation of the Crane Safety Standard Working Group set up by the Hon. Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection to advise on safety standards in the crane industry was to develop regulations which will require crane operators, riggers and doggers in WA to maintain records of training and experience, including a record of practical on-the-job experience, prior to and after achieving certificates of competency. These regulations are currently being developed.
(g) No.

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