What is a White Card?

A White Card (formerly also known as a Blue Card) is an induction course regarding safety on construction sites. Anyone wishing to enter a construction site in Australia is required to hold a valid White Card in their name. The White Card course aims keep workers, contractors or anyone else on construction sites safe by providing safety training on topics such as:

• Working at height
• Moving objects
• Slips, trips, and falls
• Noise
• Hand arm vibration syndrome
• Material and manual handling
• Collapsing trenches
• Asbestos
• Electricity
• Airborne fibres and materials
• UV from the sun and reflective surfaces

You can read this article to find out what the White Card course teaches.

The full scope of training for the White Card course can be found on training.gov.

White Cards in different States

While each state has their own White Card, the White Card course is a nationally accredited course and is valid in all States. As you can see from the images below, while the design varies from State to State, the same information is covered by each of them.

Here are a few example White Cards:

Victorian White Card

New South Wales White Card

Queensland White Card

Personal Protective Equipment

The course also teaches about the various PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) that is commonly used on construction sites. The main ones are:

• Hard hat
• Retro reflective vest
• Eye protection
• Hearing protection

A qualified trainer and assessor will teach you to how wear the PPE properly and safely.

Here is how much buying PPE will set you back if bought from Bunnings Warehouse.

It should be noted that the White Card course used to be available online. In 2019 however, the government changed the requirements and all White Card training has to be conducted face-to-face.

Booking a White Card course in Brisbane or on the Gold Coast

If you are looking for a face-to-face White Card course provider in Queensland:

• Face-to-face White Card course Gold Coast
• Face-to-face White Card course Brisbane

We make it our priority to make the experience as simple and streamlined as possible. We have plenty of free, onsite parking. We use tablets to deliver the training, no paperwork required. We issue the White Card on the very same day of training. We offer free snacks and drinks to keep you going. You'll be in and out with your card in hand in a simple process.

The people who need a White Card

• Construction labourers
• Tradespeople
• Site managers
• Supervisors
• Surveyors
• People who access operational construction zones unaccompanied or unsupervised
• Workers who routinely enter operational construction zones

We have published an article on which trades pay best.

The course will teach about many things, but it can be broken into the following list:

• How to identify a safety hazard
• How to report a safety issue on a worksite
• What measures should be taken to reduce the risk of accident or injury
• How to correctly respond to a workplace health and safety incident

You can read the following article for more information about what a White Card is.

WorkSafe Queensland also have information on the White Card course.