Health and Safety Coronavirus Update

HiReach Training is open and courses are continuing to run

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The health and safety of our staff and students is of utmost importance, so we have implemented a range of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including:

Promoting good hygiene and awareness 

• staff awareness training on COVID-19

• checking students have not travelled, been in contact with someone who has tested positive, and are feeling well before they attend training

• placing hygiene signs in training rooms and bathrooms

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Clean and hygienic training areas

• offering online training for theory components

• all desks and tables disinfected daily

• all counters and handles in student kitchen disinfected daily

• plant and machinery controls disinfected daily

• sanitiser to be used by all students at student registration area

• sanitiser and tissues available in classrooms (where supplies allow)

• sign in taken verbally and completed online by trainer (no sign in sheets)

• classroom doors will be left open

• bring your own pen, coffee cup, water bottle, sanitiser (if you have it)

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Social distancing

• using our larger classrooms with a maximum class size of 8 people 

• establishing an open air classroom 

• spacing desks 1.5m apart 

• practical instruction 1-on-1 with the trainer at least 1.5m apart

HiReach Training's new open air classroom

Please do not attend training and call to reschedule if:​

• you have tested positive for COVID-19 - we can reschedule your training when you have been given medical clearance

• you have travelled overseas within the last 14 days

• you have been in Victoria within the last 14 days

• you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days

• you have been in contact with someone who has been directed to self-quarantine within the last 14 days

• you are feeling unwell

More Information - External Links

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public

Simple ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in your workplace (pdf)

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Myth busters

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Australian Government

Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for universities, higher education and vocational education facilities, their students and staff

Australian Skills Quality Authority COVID-19 FAQs for RTOs

What you need to know about coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions

Coronavirus (COVID-19) current situation and case numbers

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Queensland Government

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Prevention

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