The register
Six rows on the sheet
Each row is one article. The date and initials columns are left blank, as they would be on a fresh sheet: they belong to your own workplace, not to this guide.
| No. | Date | Topic | Initials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Blank | The duty to train What the model WHS Act and Regulations ask of a business, and how Victoria’s Act puts it. | Blank |
| 02 | Blank | Inductions What a safety induction covers, from SafeWork NSW and WorkSafe Victoria, and the construction induction. | Blank |
| 03 | Blank | First aid training How many first aiders, what training they hold and how often it is refreshed. | Blank |
| 04 | Blank | Is training paid time? Training, meetings and trade school as time worked, from the Fair Work Ombudsman. | Blank |
| 05 | Blank | Apprenticeships and traineeships The training contract, paid time at trade school and employer support as at October 2026. | Blank |
| 06 | Blank | The trainer’s own qualification TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and two units close to the shop floor. | Blank |
The clause
The duty, in the law’s own words
The primary duty of care in the model Work Health and Safety Act lists what a person conducting a business or undertaking (a PCBU) must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable. One item on that list is the reason this guide exists.
Model WHS Act, section 19(3)(f)
“the provision of any information, training, instruction or supervision that is necessary to protect all persons from risks to their health and safety arising from work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking”
Safe Work Australia’s current version of the model Act is dated 5 December 2025. It has effect in a jurisdiction only once that jurisdiction implements it, and amendments do not flow through automatically.
The clause speaks of “all persons”, not only employees. Safe Work Australia’s summary of the primary duty puts the same item in its own list, as the provision of “instruction, training, information, and supervision”, beside a safe work environment, safe systems of work and adequate facilities. Row 01 reads the clause line by line, with what the Regulations add.
Whose rules
One model, nine sets of law
Safe Work Australia developed the model laws in 2011 and maintains them, but it does not regulate or enforce them. To bind anyone, the Commonwealth and each state and territory must pass them as their own law, and some have made variations. So the regulator that matters is the one for the place where the work is done.
| Jurisdiction | Model WHS laws | Regulator |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Implemented | SafeWork NSW |
| Victoria | Not implemented; Victoria has its own Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 | WorkSafe Victoria |
| Queensland | Implemented | Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
| South Australia | Implemented | SafeWork SA |
| Western Australia | Implemented as its own version | WorkSafe WA |
| Tasmania | Implemented | WorkSafe Tasmania |
| Northern Territory | Implemented | NT WorkSafe |
| Australian Capital Territory | Implemented | WorkSafe ACT |
| Commonwealth | Implemented | Comcare |
Status and regulators as Safe Work Australia lists them. Some states also have separate regulators for mines, electrical safety and other fields; the same Safe Work Australia page lists them.
Victoria’s version of the same duty
WorkSafe Victoria’s handbook to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 lists, among an employer’s duties under section 21, giving employees the information, instruction, training or supervision they need to work safely and without risks to their health, so far as is reasonably practicable. The wording differs from the model Act; the subject is the same.
About this sheet
About this guide
A guide published by Dotto for employers, supervisors and workers who want to understand training at work. It sets out what the official sources say in plain language and lists them at the foot of each page. It is general information, not legal or workplace relations advice. For your own workplace, your state or territory regulator is the place to check, and for pay, the Fair Work Ombudsman.