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RIICCM210E – Install Trench Support
Hands-On Trench Support Training Using Real Industry Equipment
Pipeline Training delivers practical trench support training designed for workers involved in excavation, utilities, civil construction, water infrastructure, rail and pipeline projects.
This course focuses on the safe installation, inspection, advancement and removal of trench support systems in accordance with WHS legislation, site procedures and industry best practice.
Practical training is conducted in real excavation environments using trench safety systems commonly used throughout the Australian civil construction industry.
Suitable Industries
This training is suitable for workers involved in:
- Civil construction
- Water infrastructure
- Sewer construction
- Utilities
- Rail infrastructure
- Pipeline construction
- Telecommunications
- Electrical infrastructure
- Earthworks and excavation
- Road construction
- Infrastructure maintenance
- Excavator operators
- Labourers working around excavations
- Pipe layers
- Supervisors and leading hands
Delivery Options
- Face-to-Face Training
- Onsite Group Training Available
- Practical Hands-On Assessment
- Nationally Recognised Training
Duration 4-5 Hours for experienced civil construction workers.
INDUSTRY SUPPORTED PRACTICAL TRAINING
Pipeline Training conducts practical trench support training using trench safety systems and equipment commonly used throughout the Australian civil construction industry.
Through the support of Legend Hire, participants may gain exposure to a variety of modern trench safety systems and excavation support equipment used across real infrastructure and utility projects throughout Australia.
This practical exposure helps bridge the gap between training and real-world site operations.
Equipment and Systems May Include
- Aluminium trench shields
- Steel trench boxes
- Slide rail shoring systems
- Vertishore systems
- Trench edge protection systems
- Ladder access systems
- Davit arm rescue systems
- Gas monitoring equipment
- Trench access platforms
- Portable trench stairs
- Lifting chains and lifting points
Why Trench Support Training Is Critical
Trenching and excavation remain among the highest-risk activities within the civil construction industry.
Ground collapse, unstable soil conditions, underground services, confined working areas and inadequate trench protection continue to contribute to serious injuries and fatalities across Australian worksites.
Under WHS legislation, trench support systems must be installed where there is a risk of ground collapse or instability.
Workers involved in excavation activities must understand:
- Soil behaviour and trench stability
- Selection of suitable trench support systems
- Safe installation and removal procedures
- Trench access and egress requirements
- Inspection requirements
- Emergency response procedures
- Confined space considerations
- Exclusion zones and plant interaction hazards
Pipeline Training focuses heavily on practical competency development to ensure workers are prepared for real site conditions — not just classroom theory.
What you will learn
This course includes:
- Planning trench support activities
- Identifying trench collapse hazards
- Understanding soil types and conditions
- Reading trench support documentation
- Installing trench support systems
- Working safely around underground services
- Conducting trench inspections
- Installing trench edge protection
- Safe entry and exit procedures
- Removing trench support systems
- Emergency response requirements
- Communication and teamwork onsite
Practical training focus
Unlike classroom-only delivery models, this course includes practical activities within real excavation environments.
Participants will be required to:
- Assist with trench support installation
- Enter and exit protected excavations safely
- Conduct inspections
- Identify hazards and unstable conditions
- Use trench access systems
- Work around excavation plant and equipment
- Demonstrate safe trench work procedures
Practical competency is heavily emphasised throughout the course.
Why choose Pipeline Training
✔ Practical industry-focused delivery
✔ Trainers with real civil construction experience
✔ Hands-on practical training
✔ Real excavation environments
✔ Flexible onsite delivery available
✔ Nationally recognised training
✔ Equipment exposure aligned with industry practices
✔ Training contextualised to utilities, rail and infrastructure sectors
Industry equipment partner
Pipeline Training appreciates the support of Legend Hire in assisting with access to trench safety systems and practical equipment exposure for training activities.
Legend Hire supplies trench safety and temporary works equipment to civil construction and infrastructure projects across Australia.
Participants completing this course may gain familiarity with systems commonly encountered on active projects throughout the industry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this course practical?
Yes. Practical training and assessment activities form a significant component of this course.
Do participants train using real trench support systems?
Yes. Participants may gain exposure to real trench safety systems and excavation support equipment used throughout the civil construction industry.
Can this course be delivered onsite?
Yes. Pipeline Training can deliver this course onsite for group bookings subject to suitable facilities and excavation environments being available.
What PPE is required?
Participants are generally required to wear:
- Hard hat
- Hi-vis clothing
- Steel cap boots
- Safety glasses
- Gloves
Additional PPE requirements may apply depending on the training environment.
Is this course nationally recognised?
Yes. RIICCM210E – Install Trench Support is a nationally recognised unit of competency.
Is practical excavation work included?
Yes. Practical trench support installation and trench safety activities may form part of the assessment process.
On Site Delivery
Space or Location Requirements (for onsite delivery) The work area should be adequately isolated from any other operations for the duration of the assessment.
The location needs to be large enough to allow the safe movement of plant and shoring equipment and made up of materials that can be excavated to a depth to allow shoring equipment to be used.
On Site-Specific Requirements:
The basic trench shoring task needs to reflect realistic work requirements and civil construction projects. The dimensions, type and complexity of tasks needs to be consistent with jobs that a person found competent in this unit would be expected to work on.
Note: The customer is responsible for ensuring the facilities and resources required for training and assessment are available on site.
This includes:
- Job safety analyses (JSAs), and safe work method statements (SWMs)
- A trench minimum 1.5m in depth and the same dimensions as the aluminium or steel shoring box will need to be excavated prior to the day. The shoring box will also need to be installed, moved along or within the trench, and removed from the trench. If you require specific training installing other various trench support systems (i.e acroprops, vertishores) that equipment will also need to be provided.
- The excavator will need have sufficient SWL to lift the shoring box and have inspected and tagged shackle and four leg chains.
- A means of safe access and egress to the trench will need to be provided (i.e Secured ladder, series of steps excavated into trench). Excavation edge protection and hand rails will be required. A davit fall arrest system is not specifically required unless it has been identified as either a control measure or as part of a rescue plan.
- Operators must be competent.
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Prerequisites
You will need:
Unique Student Identifier (USI)
100 points ID (e.g. Passport & drivers licence 0R Birth Certificate & drivers licence -check web for combinations OR check online for other options). One must be a photo ID.
Workers on construction sites must have a SafeWork NSW general construction induction card, known as a white card.
Certification
Upon satisfactory completion of assessment participants will be issued a Statement of Attainment for the unit of competency RIICCM210E – Install Trench Support
This competency can form part of a full qualification from
- Information and Communications Technology Training Package
- Local Government Training Package
- Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package
Additional Information
All PPE Requirements and training specifics will be outlined in an email to the participant upon booking confirmation.
Install trench support
RIICCM210E
Price
$600 per person (Group discounts available for multiple participants)
Course Duration
Approximately 5 Hours
Course Start
When: 7:30am Fridays (Monthly)
Where: 4/322 Annangrove Road, Rouse Hill
