South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations1.3.4—Information, instruction and training
(1) An employer must,
in relation to the implementation of these regulations, ensure that an
employee receives suitable and adequate information, instruction and training
for any task that he or she may be required to perform at work.
(2) For the purposes
of this regulation—
(a) the
amount of information, instruction and training (if any) required, and the
time at which it must be provided, will be assessed according to the nature of
the risks associated with the particular task; and
(b) the
information, instruction and training must be reviewed and revised at
reasonable intervals; and
(c) the
information, instruction and training must be provided in a language that is
appropriate to the relevant employee; and
(d)
records must be kept (for a period of five years from the date of the last
entry in them) in relation to the provision of information, instruction and
training where the work involves any plant, substances or activity that is a
risk to health or safety.
(3) An employer who
contravenes or fails to comply with this regulation is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 6 fine.
(4) This regulation
does not derogate from the operation of any other regulation that expressly
provides for the provision of information, instruction or training in relation
to the performance of any work.