White Card Course

The Three Direct and Indirect Benefits of Doing a Lot of White Card Coursework


Local governments of Australia are tightening up on construction safety in a big way. New legislation is forcing new changes, and that could only mean good things for the long term. The unfortunate side effect is that businesses can be crippled and torn apart entirely based on a single incident. Whether this is fair or not is not the point. Small businesses must be prepared in a number of ways.

White Card courses have three benefits. The first is that they make employees are properly trained by the law. This protects them in case of any legal issue. The court of law in Australia will look favorably at companies that are accredited with their white card training. The second benefit is less direct and obvious. More training in these various areas of construction safety means superior performance, in regards to forklift maneuvering, safe transport, managing and avoiding minor injuries, response to injury, etc.



It is true that small businesses are enacting a single White Card Course annually, and sometimes even biannually. Others do three or more courses a year. But, they are not only doing it because there is a legal obligation to do so. They are doing it because it is the right thing to do. Not only that, but the measures and practices learned through the training will have an impact on safety in the workplace.

There is another more discreet benefit that could really help a small company on the individual employee level. What happens when an employee wants to cross train? They have to learn about the other aspect of the construction company, and that begins with training. The safety courses can be another element to cross training. This enriches every employee in a new area. it makes them more valuable and smarter in the field. If a leader has a shortage of men and women who can, say, work the forklift, the cross trained employee who has learned that can step in. better yet, he has the safety white card already in place. Training, growing, and learning should all be a part of the big formula that goes into keeping a small business resilient.