Fatigue Management Training Product Update

About the project

Project Completion

Skills Ministers have endorsed updated fatigue management training products to align with changes to Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

A review of the HVNL by the National Transport Commission (NTC) resulted in the HVNL Amendment Bill 2025 and the Heavy Vehicle National Amendment Regulations 2025. The amended act and regulations, commencing mid-2026, introduce revised fatigue management requirements designed to improve safety, productivity, and regulatory efficiency while simplifying administrative processes.

Implementation of the new regulations will be led by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), ensuring they are practical, clearly communicated, and consistently applied to enhance safety for all road users. More information about implementation can be found on the NHVR website.

In response to a request from the NHVR, Industry Skills Australia (ISA), led by a technical committee of subject matter experts, updated the following Units of Competency to reflect the amended fatigue requirements:

TLIF0005 – Apply a Fatigue Risk Management System

TLIF0006 – Administer a Fatigue Risk Management System.

Skills Ministers endorsed the training products as part of the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package (Release 17.0) on 12 October 2026.

What was delivered

Both units are equivalent to the ones they supersede. They have been updated to reflect contemporary terminology as well as regulatory and accreditation arrangements.

Learning and assessment resources have been developed to support implementation of the two units of competency.

There are 10 TLI Qualifications and one Skill Set that contain one or both units. To avoid multiple releases of these over a short period of time, they will be updated across several releases of the TLI Training Package:

TLI Release 17.0

One of the two units appear as a General Elective in the following Qualifications and Skill Set. A minor update of these has been completed as part of Release 17.0 of the TLI Training Package. Qualification codes have not changed.

TLI21221 Certificate II in Driving Operations (contains TLIF0030)

TLI30325 Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations (contains TLIF0031)

TLI31222 Certificate III in Driving Operations (contains TLIF0030)

TLI40521 Certificate IV in Traffic Control Room Operations (contains TLIF0031)

TLI50224 Diploma of Logistics (contains TLIF0031)

TLISS00233 Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Skill Set (contains TLIF0030).

Release 18.0

Both units appear as General Electives in TLI40122 Certificate IV in Specialist Driving Operations. The units will be updated later in 2026 as part of the Dangerous Goods Driver training project.

Release 19.0

One of the two units appear as a Specialist Elective in the following Qualifications. A major update of qualifications is required to update a Specialist Elective group and updating these qualifications will occur early in 2027 as part of the Skilling Heavy Vehicle Drivers and Licensing Update project.

TLI20221 Certificate II in Road Transport Terminal Operations (contains TLIF0030)

TLI41225 Certificate IV in Motor Vehicle Driver Training (contains TLIF0030)

TLI40324 Certificate IV in Supply Chain Operations (contains TLIF0031).

The endorsed Training Package products are now available on training.gov.au

Access the Training Package here

What does this mean for industry?

This project will ensure fatigue management training remains aligned with changes to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

By updating key fatigue management units and developing supporting learning and assessment resources, the project will provide operators, drivers, and trainers with clear, nationally consistent training that supports compliance, improves safety outcomes, and promotes effective fatigue risk management across the heavy vehicle industry.

What does this mean for Registered Training Organisations?

Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) delivering Fatigue Management training will need to update their training and assessment resources to align with the revised qualification and associated training products.

To assist implementation, the updated Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) provides:

Mapping information detailing changes to qualifications, skill sets and units

Implementation guidance for trainers, assessors and RTOs

Information on training package products.

These resources are designed to support a smooth transition to the revised training products.