Page 1627 - Week 04 - Thursday, 29 March 2012
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8) The Master Builders – Group Training (MB-GT) is the highest regular recipient of funding from the TFA. This is because MB-GT is a group training organisation which employs and trains entry-level apprentices and an RTO which provides training for existing workers in the ACT building and construction industry. Other RTOs do not provide the same range of services in the ACT.
9) Training in occupational health and safety promotes a culture of safety in the workplace and the industry. The TFA provides funding to a number of RTOs in the ACT for the specific purpose of occupational health and safety training as well as to other RTOs where occupational health and safety is a component of a specific training plan.
10) WorkCover ACT oversees workforce health and safety for all industries in the ACT including the building and construction industry under the ACT Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the Act). The Act establishes minimum standards for employer organisations in relation to health and safety, including requirements for training and promotes best practice behaviour. Training against these standards would be considered best practice.
11) The training fund authorities in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania provide similar training in occupational health and safety as provided and funded in the ACT. (Examples can be found in the answer to question 12).
12) The following safety training programs are being requested by the major building companies and RTOs and funded by the TFA:
• ACT National Construction Induction training
• ACT Work Safety Representative training
• Drug, Alcohol and Fatigue; - Bullying, Harassment and Racial Vilification; - Suicide Awareness; and Asbestos Awareness training
• First Aid training at all levels
• Certificate IV and Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety
• OH&S for Managers and Supervisors
• Working Safely at Heights
• Manual Handling
• Sun Smart and Nutrition training.
13) Yes.
14) RTOs funded by the levy must provide evidence of support from major building companies as part of their application.
15) The TFA rejects any application for funding from an applicant/organisation if the intended provider of training is not an RTO.
The ACT Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1999 states in Part 5 - Section 28 – ‘The expenditure of fund money under this section, may only be approved for the purpose of approved training to be provided by a Registered Training Organisation’.
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