SLELIC301 Conduct Safe Lifting with Excavators
Course information
From 10 August 2025, the Work Health and Safety Regulations will require a High Risk Work Licence (HRWL) be held to operate earthmoving machinery as a crane (i.e. to suspend a load) where the machinery has a safe working load (SWL) exceeding 3 tonnes.
Machinery operators will need to hold either a:
CN HRWL to use a non-slewing mobile crane with a SWL exceeding 3 tonnes, or
C2 HRWL to use a slewing mobile crane with a SWL exceeding 3 tonnes
Machinery operators are exempt from having to hold the CN or C2 HRWL if they:
hold a Dogging (DG) HRWL
have been deemed competent in the training unit, SLELIC301 Conduct Safe Lifting with Excavators
can produce either a paper or electronic copy of their Statement of Attainment for the SLELIC301 course when using slewing earthmoving machinery as a crane
Operators will also still need to have their RIIMPO320F Conduct Civil Construction Excavator Operations ticket.
Click here for more information on our excavator course, and here for more information on our dogging course.
Click here to read the Information Sheet issued by WorkSafe on these new requirements.
We currently do not offer the SLELIC301 Conduct Safe Lifting with Excavators unit, however we are working to get this on scope. We estimate we will be able to start training this unit late September/early October.
If you are interested in the SLELIC301 Conduct Safe Lifting with Excavators unit, please complete this form to be contacted as soon as we are running the course. In the meantime, see our upcoming courses below to book in for your Excavator and/or Dogging training to get prepared.