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Safety First Training

Privacy Policy

Safety First Training — RTO 46187

Last updated: 16 September 2026

Safety First Training (RTO 46187) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information we collect and hold. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store and protect personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), where applicable.

1. About Safety First Training

Safety First Training is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 46187) providing nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET).

Address: 14–16 Marjorie Street, Sefton NSW 2162
Phone: 0407 777 444
Email: info@safetyfirsttraining.edu.au
RTO number: 46187

2. Personal information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect personal information including:

  • your name, date of birth, address, email address and telephone number;

  • information required to enrol you in a VET course, including your Unique Student Identifier (USI);

  • information required for VET administration and government reporting, including information required for the VET national data collection;

  • education, employment and other information relevant to your training and enrolment;

  • identification documents where required for enrolment, assessment or certification;

  • payment and transaction information;

  • information you provide when making an enquiry, booking a course or contacting us;

  • information contained in forms, assessments, records and communications relating to your training;

  • information about your use of our website, such as IP address, browser/device information, pages visited and website interactions; and

  • other information reasonably required to provide our training services and meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

Where necessary for training or assessment purposes, we may also collect sensitive information, including health information or other information relevant to reasonable adjustments, course requirements, safety or assessment.

3. How we collect personal information

We generally collect personal information directly from you when you:

  • enquire about or book a course;

  • complete an enrolment or registration form;

  • provide identification or other documents;

  • make a payment;

  • participate in training or assessment;

  • communicate with us by phone, email or through our website; or

  • submit information through an online form.

We may also collect information automatically when you use our website through cookies, analytics and similar technologies.

Where permitted or required by law, we may also receive information from government agencies, regulators, the USI Registrar, other training-related organisations or service providers.

4. Why we collect and use personal information

We collect, hold and use personal information to:

  • process enquiries, bookings and enrolments;

  • provide training, assessment and related services;

  • manage your participation in a course;

  • issue Statements of Attainment, qualifications and other training records;

  • verify your USI and meet VET data requirements;

  • meet our obligations as a Registered Training Organisation;

  • communicate with you about your training, bookings, assessments and related matters;

  • process payments and maintain financial records;

  • provide support and reasonable adjustments where required;

  • maintain and improve our services and website;

  • understand website usage and measure advertising and marketing effectiveness; and

  • comply with applicable laws, regulations and regulatory requirements.

We will generally only use or disclose personal information for the purpose for which it was collected, a related purpose that you would reasonably expect, where you have consented, or where permitted or required by law.

5. VET and government reporting

As a Registered Training Organisation, Safety First Training is required to collect and disclose certain personal information for the purposes of administering and reporting on vocational education and training.

This may include providing information to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) and relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory government departments, authorities and regulators.

The information may be used for purposes including VET administration, regulation, monitoring, evaluation, statistics, research and policy development.

The specific VET privacy information provided during enrolment forms part of our collection notice and should be read together with this Privacy Policy.

For more information about how NCVER handles personal information, see the NCVER Privacy Policy:

NCVER Privacy Policy

6. Who we may disclose personal information to

Depending on the circumstances, we may disclose personal information to:

  • NCVER and relevant VET data collection bodies;

  • Commonwealth, State and Territory government departments and agencies;

  • Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) and other relevant regulators;

  • the Unique Student Identifier (USI) Registrar;

  • relevant authorities where required for training, licensing or certification purposes;

  • payment service providers used to process transactions;

  • our student management and training systems;

  • technology, hosting, email, communications, analytics and other service providers that help us operate our business; and

  • other parties where disclosure is required or authorised by law or where you have provided consent.

We do not sell your personal information.

7. Overseas disclosure

Some service providers we use may store or process personal information outside Australia. These may include technology, hosting, payment, email, analytics or other service providers.

Where personal information is disclosed to an overseas recipient, we take reasonable steps to ensure that the information is handled appropriately and in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.

The countries in which particular service providers may operate can change from time to time as our technology providers change. If you require information about a particular service provider or overseas disclosure, you may contact us using the details below.

8. Cookies, analytics and advertising

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies, including analytics and advertising services such as Google Analytics and Google Ads.

These technologies may collect information such as:

  • pages visited;

  • interactions with the website;

  • browser or device information;

  • approximate location information; and

  • whether you arrived at our website through an advertisement.

We use this information to understand website usage, improve our website and services, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work correctly if certain cookies are disabled.

9. How we store and protect personal information

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Depending on the information and system involved, security measures may include access controls, secure systems, authentication, secure hosting and limiting access to authorised personnel and service providers.

Payment card details are processed through our payment provider and are not stored by Safety First Training as full card details.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably required for the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet our RTO, legal, regulatory, accounting and record-keeping obligations.

When information is no longer required and we are not legally required to retain it, we take reasonable steps to securely destroy or de-identify it.

10. Access and correction

You may request access to personal information we hold about you.

You may also ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete or misleading.

Requests can be made using the contact details below. We will deal with requests within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.

11. Privacy complaints

If you believe we have mishandled your personal information or breached the Australian Privacy Principles, you may make a privacy complaint to us.

Please provide enough information for us to understand and investigate your complaint.

Privacy contact:

Safety First Training
Phone: 0407 777 444
Email: info@safetyfirsttraining.edu.au
Address: 14–16 Marjorie Street, Sefton NSW 2162

We will investigate and respond to your complaint within a reasonable period.

If you are not satisfied with our response, or if your complaint is not resolved, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

OAIC Privacy Complaints

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, information-handling practices or legal and regulatory requirements.

The current version will be published on our website with the date it was last updated.

13. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how we handle your personal information, or your privacy rights, please contact:

Safety First Training
RTO 46187
14–16 Marjorie Street, Sefton NSW 2162
Phone: 0407 777 444
Email: info@safetyfirsttraining.edu.au