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High risk work licence: dogging (DG)
Issued by Your state's work health and safety regulator (e.g. SafeWork NSW)
What it is
High risk work licence for dogging (class DG): slinging loads and directing crane lifts. You need it by law for this work.
SourceLast checked 10 Oct 2026
How to get it
Train in dogging with a registered training organisation (RTO). An accredited assessor must assess you as competent. Then apply to your state's work health and safety regulator. In NSW, you apply through Service NSW within 60 days of your assessment. The course is not the licence: the regulator issues it.
SourceLast checked 10 Oct 2026
A course gives you a statement of attainment. The card or licence itself is issued by Your state's work health and safety regulator (e.g. SafeWork NSW).
Jobs that need it
Common questions
- What is High risk work licence: dogging (DG)?
- High risk work licence for dogging (class DG): slinging loads and directing crane lifts. You need it by law for this work.
- How do you get High risk work licence: dogging (DG)?
- Train in dogging with a registered training organisation (RTO). An accredited assessor must assess you as competent. Then apply to your state's work health and safety regulator. In NSW, you apply through Service NSW within 60 days of your assessment. The course is not the licence: the regulator issues it.
- Who issues High risk work licence: dogging (DG)?
- High risk work licence: dogging (DG) is issued by Your state's work health and safety regulator (e.g. SafeWork NSW).
- Which jobs need High risk work licence: dogging (DG)?
- Jobs in this guide that ask for it: Rigger and dogger and Crane operator.