H&I Safety and Training

H&I Safety and Training provides Safety Training, delivering nationally recognised high risk work and plant courses for civil construction and mining teams across New South Wales from its Penrith base.

• Founded by Ian Sparkes in April 2014, the business has grown to a team of 10 and holds SafeWork NSW approval number 800589, with qualifications issued through partnering RTO Civil Trained (RTO ID 22585) and HRW assessments conducted by SafeWork Accredited Assessors.
• Runs a recurring Sydney training calendar covering more than 50 courses, including licences to perform dogging and operate a slewing mobile crane up to 60 tonne, plant operator training on excavators, skidsteers, wheeled loaders and articulated haul trucks, First Aid CPR, Work Safely at Heights and Confined Space Training.
• Offers Recognition of Prior Learning where suitable evidence is supplied, and was named Penrith City’s Outstanding Education Service at the Local Business Awards in 2023, 2024 and 2025, with a 4.9 rating across 83 reviews.

Best for: civil construction, mining and building employers in New South Wales needing nationally recognised high risk work licensing and plant operator training for new and experienced operators.

H&I Safety and Training offers Chain of Responsibility Compliance training as part of its Sydney based course calendar, supporting civil construction and transport operators across New South Wales.

• Chain of Responsibility sessions run as a recurring fixture on the training calendar alongside other compliance courses such as Work Near Power Lines and Confined Space Training.
• Delivered under the same SafeWork NSW approval (number 800589) and partnering RTO Civil Trained (RTO ID 22585) arrangements that govern the vendor’s other nationally recognised courses.
• Available to teams already engaging H&I for high risk work licensing, allowing compliance and operator training to be scheduled together.

Best for: civil construction and transport businesses in New South Wales wanting Chain of Responsibility training scheduled alongside plant operator licensing.