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Contractors Where Children Learn. Know Who Holds the Duty.

The 6am cleaner, the night patrol, and the roofer on the library in January all work where children learn. This free 28-page eBook shows who holds the duty, and who needs a check.

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  • 28 pages, PDF
  • 22-point pre-start checklist
  • Current to November 2026
  • Every source listed and dated
Page 10 of the guide: a table of the states, the check each one runs, which cleaners and trades need it, and what the education department addsPage 17 of the guide: let in is not the same as authorised, a table of the controls on a school or campus from task assessment to handback The cover of the ComplyFlow contractor compliance guide for education: a staff member with a tablet and lanyard talks with a contractor outside a brick building while a tradesperson unloads a ladder from a van, over the title in white and green
For schools, universities, and TAFEs

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The Contractor Compliance Guide for Education.

What Australian law asks of schools, universities, TAFEs, and colleges when contractors work on campus, and how to prove you met it.

  • Who holds the duty on a campus
  • Working with children checks, state by state
  • A 22-point pre-start checklist and a campus works map

28 pages, PDF, 6.0 MB. Current to November 2026. General information, not legal advice.

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The Contractor Compliance Guide for Education

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What Is Inside

Fourteen Chapters, From the Duty to Every Campus.

Written for the people who run schools and campuses. Open a page to see it as it prints.

  1. 01The practical test: what you can show, school by school
  2. 02Who holds the duty on a campus
  3. 03Shared duties, and why a clause cannot move them
  4. 04Officers, boards, and councils: due diligence is personal
  5. 05Where the states differ
  6. 06Working with children checks, state by state
  7. 07Older buildings: the asbestos register
  8. 08Holiday works: roofs, ceilings, and hot work
  9. 09Around students, and after hours
  10. 10Authorising and controlling the work
  11. 11When something goes wrong
  12. 12Two weeks in the January holidays: one job, start to finish
  13. 13The record, the checklist, and the campus works map
  14. 14One standard across every school: questions to ask
Page 10 of the guide: a table of the states, the check each one runs, which cleaners and trades need it, and what the education department adds
Page 10 of 28: Working With Children
Page 17 of the guide: let in is not the same as authorised, a table of the controls on a school or campus from task assessment to handback
Page 17 of 28: Authorising the Work
Page 22 of the guide: the checklist to run before a contractor starts, each line tagged law, regulator, policy, or good practice
Page 22 of 28: The Checklist
Page 24 of the guide: the campus works map, a table to fill in with the schools, one row per school, campus, or building
Page 24 of 28: The Campus Works Map
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Who It Is For

For the People Who Run Schools & Campuses.

Several businesses can hold the same duty on one campus. Each of these roles holds part of it.

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Questions

Questions People Ask About the eBook.

Who is the eBook for?

Facilities, capital works, and estates managers in school systems, independent schools, universities, and TAFEs; business managers who run a school's front office and its contractors; and procurement and WHS leads who engage cleaning, security, grounds, and maintenance contractors.

Does every contractor at a school need a working with children check?

Not everywhere. Each state's law decides which roles need one, and many departments ask more. The NSW Department of Education asks it of every contractor a school engages directly, and of School Infrastructure contractors at an operating school; in Western Australia, most contractors are not eligible for one. The eBook sets every state and territory side by side.

Does it cover universities and TAFEs?

Yes. Schools, universities, and TAFEs, with Victoria's own Act named and every state's check.

Is the eBook free?

Yes. It is a 28-page PDF, free to download, with no form to fill in.

Is this legal advice?

No. It is general information about the law as it stood when it was written, with every source listed and dated on the last page. For a decision about your own business, ask your own adviser.

How current is it?

It is current to November 2026. It follows the model WHS laws as at 5 December 2025, with state and department pages read 5 and 10 November 2026.

Check Once. Prove It at Every Campus.

The eBook shows what to hold for every contractor. ComplyFlow keeps it on one record, checked once and current at every school and campus you run.

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