High risk work licence 

Description of class of high risk work 

Basic scaffolding 

Scaffolding work involving any of the following: 

• modular or pre-fabricated scaffolds 

• cantilevered materials hoists with a maximum working load of 500 kilograms 

• ropes 

• gin wheels 

• safety nets and static lines, and 

• bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork). 

Intermediate scaffolding 

Scaffolding work involving any of the following: 

• cantilevered crane loading platforms 

• cantilevered scaffolds 

• spur scaffolds 

• barrow ramps and sloping platforms 

• scaffolding associated with perimeter safety screens and shutters 

• mast climbing work platforms, and 

• tube and coupler scaffolds (including tube and coupler covered ways and gantries). 

Advanced scaffolding 

Scaffolding work involving any of the following: 

• cantilevered hoists 

• hung scaffolds, including scaffolds hung from tubes, wire ropes or chains 

• suspended scaffolds. 

Dogging 

Dogging work 

Basic rigging 

Rigging work involving any of the following: 

• structural steel erection 

• hoists 

• pre cast concrete members of a structure 

• safety nets and static lines 

• mast climbing work platforms 

• perimeter safety screens and shutters, and 

• cantilevered crane loading platforms. 

Intermediate rigging 

Rigging work involving any of the following: 

• hoists with jibs and self-climbing hoists 

• cranes, conveyors, dredges and excavators 

• tilt slabs 

• demolition of structures or plant, and 

• dual lifts. 

Advanced rigging 

Rigging work involving any of the following: 

• gin poles and shear legs 

• flying foxes and cable ways 

• guyed derricks and structures, and 

• suspended scaffolds and fabricated hung scaffolds. 

Tower crane 

Use of a tower crane 

Self-erecting tower crane 

Use of a self-erecting tower crane 

Derrick crane 

Use of a derrick crane 

Portal boom crane 

Use of a portal boom crane 

Bridge and gantry crane 

Use of a bridge crane or gantry crane that is: 

• controlled from a permanent cabin or control station on the crane 

• remotely controlled and having more than 3 powered operations, including the application of load estimation and slinging techniques to move a load. 

Vehicle loading crane 

Use of a vehicle loading crane with a capacity of 10 metre tonnes or more, including the application of load estimation and slinging techniques to move a load. 

Non slewing mobile crane 

Use of a non-slewing mobile crane with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes 

Slewing mobile crane—with a capacity up to 20 tonnes 

Use of a slewing mobile crane with a capacity of 20 tonnes or less 

Slewing mobile crane—with a capacity up to 60 tonnes 

Use of a slewing mobile crane with a capacity of 60 tonnes or less 

Slewing mobile crane—with a capacity up to 100 tonnes 

Use of a slewing mobile crane with a capacity of 100 tonnes or less 

Slewing mobile crane—with a capacity over 100 tonnes 

Use of a slewing mobile crane with a capacity exceeding 100 tonnes 

Materials hoist 

Use of a materials hoist 

Personnel and materials hoist 

Use of a personnel and materials hoist 

Boom type elevating work platform 

Use of a boom-type elevating work platform where the length of the boom is 11 metres or more 

Concrete placing boom 

Use of a concrete placing boom 

Reach stacker 

Operation of a reach stacker of greater than 3 tonnes capacity that incorporates an attachment for lifting, moving and travelling with a shipping container, but does not include a portainer crane 

Forklift truck 

Use of a forklift truck other than an order picking forklift truck 

Order picking forklift truck 

Use of an order picking forklift truck 

Standard boiler operation 

Operation of a boiler with a single fuel source that does not have a pre heater, superheater or economiser attached 

Advanced boiler operation 

Operation of a boiler, including a standard boiler, which may have one or more of the following: 

• multiple fuel sources 

• pre-heater 

• superheater 

• economiser. 

Steam turbine operation 

Operation of a turbine that has an output of 500 kilowatts or more and: 

• is multi wheeled 

• is capable of a speed greater than 3600 revolutions per minute 

• has attached condensers 

• has a multi-staged heat exchange extraction process. 

Reciprocating steam engine 

Operation of a reciprocating steam engine where the diameter of any piston exceeds 250 millimetres