Chain of Responsibility

This project will update two Units of Competency pertaining to Chain of Responsibility to align with National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) requirements. 

• TLIF0009 Ensure the safety of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility)
• TLIF0014 Monitor the safety of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility) 

The units cover the skills and knowledge required by industry to ensure the safety of transport activities. This includes identifying and applying chain of responsibility obligations to operate legally in compliance with the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), impacting multiple job roles across the transport industry. 

The project is in response to a request from NHVR. The revision will focus on principles that will better enable businesses and their executives to apply the law to their own circumstances and direct them to tools and resources that will assist them to discharge their respective duties. This includes: 

• Record keeping requirements
• How to complete a work diary
• Understanding access requirements:
  • Using NHVR journey planner
  • Mass concessions
  • Interpreting permits and gazetted notices and common conditions
  • Mass concessions and requirements for Oversize Overmass (OSOM) vehicles
• Vehicle safety systems – ESC, RSC, ABS etc
• Chain of Responsibility awareness – Employees need to be aware of the primary duty and executive duty obligations of their employer, to put what is required of them to do into that broader context. 

The project will also update 22 qualifications and seven Skill Sets that contain the two Chain of Responsibility units. Any superseded units will also be updated at this time as part of training package maintenance. 

Deliverables

This project will review:

• 2 existing Units of Competency

The project will also update up to:

• 22 existing qualifications
• 7 existing Skill Sets

Timeline

The reviewed training products are due to be submitted to the Assurance Body by 30 April 2024.

Consultation Strategy

Industry Skills Australia (ISA) will engage with stakeholders throughout the life of the project and consider all ideas, opinions, and feedback to the revised training products to ensure they meet the needs of industry. A consultation log containing a high-level summary of all feedback and ISA’s response will be maintained and available on our website.

ISA will facilitate a webinar following endorsement of the materials to support stakeholders in understanding the changes and how they will affect them.

Committee Membership

The Chain of Responsibility Regulatory Update project has commenced and a Technical Committee has been established. The Committee comprises of: 

• Jacquelene Brotherton, Transport Women Australia Limited
• Scott Baylis, WCRA
• Bradly John Mitchell, Followmont Transport/In House College RTO
• Kym Farquharson-Jones, Woolworths Group
• Karen Bow, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
• Brenton Anderson, Transport Compliance Solutions and Transport Compliance Training Solutions
• Lindy Pascoe, Australia Post / StarTrack
• Liam Hardie-Sander, Kmart and Target Australia
• Matthew Austin, CEVA Logistics
• Michael Husband, Metro Petroleum
• Jason March, Linfox
• Graeme Agnew, HSE Global
• Roger Nixon (MAJ), Department of Defence
• Pat Sincock, Flexible Training Solutions
• Claire Parker (WO1), Department of Defence
• Shayne Kummerfeld, RTBU

Public Consultation

5 March 2024

Draft Training Products were removed on Tuesday, 5 March 2024.

5 February 2024

Draft updates of two Units of Competency pertaining to Chain of Responsibility have been aligned with National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) requirements, and Industry Skills Australia would like your feedback. 

NHVR requested the update to enable workforce development for identifying and applying Chain of Responsibility obligations. This will help to ensure the safety of transport activities. 

A Technical Committee of subject matter experts has revised the following units to incorporate principal obligations relating to Chain of Responsibility for specific job functions, and current industry terminology. 

• TLIF0009Y Ensure the safety of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility)
• TLIF0080Y Implement and monitor the safety duties of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility) 

The project has also updated 22 qualifications and seven Skill Sets that contain the two Chain of Responsibility units.

1 May 2024

Industry Skills Australia has submitted the draft Training Package materials for the Chain of Responsibility Project to the Assurance Body. These draft products have been aligned with National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) requirements.

The revised materials include updates to 11 qualifications and 2 Units of Competency.

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) administers and monitors compliance with the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and its regulations. In addition to the compliance function, NHVR provides education and information to the heavy vehicle industry and manages a number of schemes designed to improve safety. 

To ensure compliance with chain of responsibility requirements under the HVNL or applicable state/territory law and regulations, various aspects need to be reflected in relevant TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package products.

ISA has completed a project to update the two chain of responsibility Units of Competency and 11 qualifications to ensure they align with current regulatory requirements. A Technical Committee of subject matter experts reviewed the Units of Competency to incorporate Chain of Responsibility responsibilities for specific job functions, and current industry terminology.

Skills Ministers endorsed the revised Transport and Logistics Training Package on 3 July 2024.

What does this mean for industry?

The revision focused on principal obligations that will better enable businesses and their executives to apply the HVNL law to their own circumstances and direct them to tools and resources that will assist them to discharge their respective duties. Personnel within the transport and logistics industry play a crucial role in ensuring that companies operate within legal and regulatory frameworks. The updated Units of Competency cover the skills and knowledge required by industry to ensure the safety of transport activities. This includes identifying and applying Chain of Responsibility obligations to operate legally in compliance with the HVNL, impacting multiple job roles across the transport industry.

This now provides industry with a training framework compliant with Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

What does this mean for Registered Training Organisations

The updated Units of Competency and Qualifications have had new codes applied. Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) will need to update their training resources to align with the revised Units of Competency.

To support the delivery and implementation of the revised Units of Competency, the Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) has been updated to assist assessors, trainers, RTOs and enterprises. The CVIG contains a comprehensive list of all products in the Training Package including mapping information which details the changes that have been made to the materials, implementation advice, and useful links to other information.

5 September 2025

ISA held a webinar on the 5 September 2024 to explain changes to training products that have been aligned with Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) regulations relating to Chain of Responsibility requirements.

The training products were endorsed by Skills Ministers last month and are now available on training.gov.au.

The webinar covered chain of responsibility requirements under the HVNL or applicable state/territory law and regulations.

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is developing learning material for the updated chain of responsibility Units of Competency.

Training providers can register for this learning material by emailing: cor@nhvr.gov.au.

Thank you for your participation, which is crucial in shaping the future of safety of transport activities in Australia.