Construction and Safety Centre
Safety is an enormous consideration in the construction industry, and GippsTAFE?s construction and safety courses are designed to help you pursue a career in this industry while maintaining a safe working environment.
GippsTAFE offers a wide range of courses in this field, delivered on campus or on site, using industry standard resources. Students are trained to use equipment and machinery safely and effectively to achieve results in the workplace.
Our range of vocational training that meets the National Occupational Health and Safety regulations and License to Perform High Risk Work. This way you can rest assured that your training complies with all the necessary regulations.
Located at the Yallourn campus, the Construction and Safety Department operates from a uniquely designed, purpose-built training facility, which has all the equipment you will need to learn some new skills.
Develop a career as a:
- Forklift operator
- Crane operator
- Rigger
- Scaffolder
- Safety officer
- Safety practitioner.
Course Offering
- Construction and Safety
- Rigging - Basic
- Elevated Work Platform Escape
- Scaffolding - Intermediate
- Licence to Perform High Risk Work in Mobile Crane 20 or 60 Tonne
- No Go Zone Spotter - Initial and Refresher
- Elevating Work Platform
- Hearing Conservation
- Manual Handling
- Confined Spaces Initial and Refresher
- Stop-Slow Bat Traffic Control
- Forklift Operation
- Power Industry Induction Card
- Elevated Work Platform Operation
- Scaffolding - Basic
- Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (Level 1)
- Dogging
- Plant and Equipment Training
- Construction Induction Training (Formerly Red Card)
- Scaffolding - Advanced
- Falls Prevention Awareness
- First Aid For the Electrical and Utility Industries
- Apply First Aid (Level 2)