Do You Need a Licence for a Scissor Lift in NSW?
Scissor lifts are not a high risk work licence class in NSW, but training is still required.
Advice topic
General NSW and Australian requirements for elevating work platform work: when a high risk work licence applies, what Yellow Card training covers, harness guidance, wind limits, powerlines, pre-start inspections and operator competency.
Scissor lifts are not a high risk work licence class in NSW, but training is still required.
Designed for operators, supervisors, site managers and first-time hirers.
A practical rescue-planning guide matched to real machines and real worksites.
Make the daily pre-start a practical safety process, not a tick-box form.
Ground that looks fine from the surface can still be unsafe.
A regulator-aligned guide to planning safer work at height, not just choosing equipment.
Weather is not just wind speed, it changes site support and visibility too.
A practical guide to avoiding useless copy-paste SWMS documents.
A high risk work licence applies to boom-type platforms with a boom of 11 metres or more.
Tell us the working height, ground surface and suburb. We will match a machine and quote delivery with it.