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Licence to Perform High Risk Work - Victoria

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to work with certain high risk equipment and plant.

There are 30 classes of high risk work licences relevant to conducting the following:

  • scaffolding, dogging or rigging work
  • boiler operation
  • turbine operation
  • reciprocating steam engine operation
  • tower crane and crane operation
  • hoist operation
  • forklift truck or reach stacker operation
  • concrete placing booms or boom-type elevating work platform operation
  • non-slewing telehandler operation.

This licence will be required by many workers in industries such as construction, mining, primary production and forestry.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence, you will need to successfully complete recognised training specific to the class of licence you intend to apply for.

Please consult the responsible agency for more information regarding eligibility requirements.

Duration

5 years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $73.50

Fees for 2024-25
Renew Renewal All $55.55

Fees for 2024-25
Transfer Transfer All $55.55

Interstate transfer. Fees for 2024-25
Vary Variation All $73.50

Fees for 2024-25

Act(s) name

Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 Victoria

Application process

Apply

Important

To apply for a licence, or an additional class on your existing licence, you will need to:

  • complete the relevant training through a registered training organisation (RTO) and pass the assessment
  • lodge your licence application with your assessment results within 60 calendar days. If you don’t, you will need to complete the assessment again, at your own cost.

Lodge

Please note, you can submit your application:

  • online via myWorkSafe
  • at Australia Post, where you will be able to collect and lodge an L2 (high risk work licence) application form.

Approval time

Your high risk work licence application may take up to 45 calendar days to be processed. If you submit your licence application online, you can track its progress through your myWorkSafe account.

Administering agency

Department of Treasury and Finance

WorkSafe Victoria

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.