As featured in Trade Plant Equipment Magazine
HiReach Training offers a variety of high-risk and nationally recognised training courses to ensure optimal safety on the jobsite
Safety is paramount when working with industrial plant, so to ensure this, HiReach Training (RTO 40973) offers a variety of training courses to learn how to safely operate equipment such as elevated work platforms, forklifts and telehandlers.
A subsidiary of HiReach Rentals Australia, HiReach Training offers not just theory, but also practical training from its three locations in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
If training is required onsite instead, HiReach has the capabilities to do this, thanks to its huge range of equipment.
Several nationally recognised courses are offered, including operating an elevated work platform (EWP) under 11m, High Risk Work Licences for EWPs over 11m, and industry training Elevated Work Platform Association (EWPA) Yellow Card.
As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) delivering nationally recognised training courses, HiReach’s trainers are industry experts who have worked within the industry for more than 20 years.
HiReach Rentals managing director Colin Fox says the business is one of the very few rental companies that sells and rents under-bridge units, with HiReach Training also offering a course on this.
“We developed the under-bridge training course that is now the nationally recognised unit of competency,” he says.
“That’s a big differentiator between us and other RTOs.”
Verification of competency is another key aspect of HiReach Training, as workers will often be asked to present this before starting a new job.
If a certification is out of date, HiReach will help to make sure the worker has the right verification of competency for a plant’s make and model that they’ll be using on-site.
One of the advantages HiReach Training has over other RTOs is its ability to be flexible with customer requirements.
For example, Fox says employers will often call the business midweek needing certification for workers starting the following week.
In this situation, HiReach Training will do everything in its power to create a plan, whereby the workers get the right training and certification in a short time frame.
Instead of workers having to wait for the next scheduled course, HiReach can make it achievable through the creation of a group-specific course, and rearranging its resources to meet those needs.
HiReach Training is also a Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) registered training supplier, providing subsidised training courses to eligible building and construction workers, unemployed construction workers, and apprentices in the state.
This means compared to other RTOs, HiReach will only charge the gap fee – generating significant savings for trainees.
While many RTOs focus on theoretical training by the books, Fox says HiReach Training is much more than just making sure workers tick the boxes.
“With us, we train people to be competent, not just to pass a test,” he says.
“The whole point of HiReach Training is to make sure people are going home safely at the end of the day.”
For more information on HiReach Training call 1300 661 400.