The full ASHTAS training program comprises the following courses:

• Operative course [currently available]
• Installer courses [under development]:
• Installer A course
• Installer B course/s
• Proprietary installer course/s:
• Designer course [in future, TBC]
• Inspector course [in future, TBC]

There are several ASHTAS licence categories (Operative, Installer, Designer, and Inspector) that are awarded to learners upon completion of a course and the successful passing of the corresponding assessment.

Currently ASHTAS licencing has been mandated in NSW, Queensland and Victoria since July 2024, and South Australia since January 2025. Please contact individual jurisdictions for details.

New Zealand Transport Agency recommends that all installers and maintainers working with road safety barriers on state highways undertake the ASHTAS training in order to demonstrate competence.

Currently, the ASHTAS Operative course is available by XStructE Training which is fully online based. ASHTAS Installer courses are under development with Lantra and will be available in future.

Generally, any role that directly impacts the quality of safety barrier installation, repair and maintenance should attend this training. The relevant personnel include labourers, installers, roadworks inspectors, road designers, road design engineers, project engineers, project managers, contract administrators, and road safety auditors, etc.

Each individual road authority sets its own jurisdictional specifications or requirements.

Lantra (https://www.lantra.co.uk/national-highway-sector-schemes-nhss/ashtas) has been engaged by Austroads to develop the training courses including assessments (exams). XStructE Training is a Lantra (on behalf of Austroads) approved training provider locally operating in Australia

Yes, the ASHTAS Operative course delivered by XStructE Training is fully online based, through an E-Learning portal arranged by Lantra. Learners are offered flexibility to participate in the training course at their own pace. 

Yes. The E-Learning course is approximately 5 hours in length. Once learning is completed, there is a multiple-choice test. After the learner is confirmed to sit for the exam, the system allows 7 days to access it. Once the learner starts the exam, it must be completed within 1 hour.

To gain the qualification, you must pass a proctored online assessment. Proctored exams are timed exams that you take whilst being remotely invigilated. The data recorded by the proctoring software is transferred to a proctoring service for review and is also subject to Lantra's quality assurance.

Yes, you must score 80% (correctly answering 24 out of 30 questions) to successfully attain the license.

If the learner fails, they can register to resit the exam, with a separate fee incurred.

The ASHTAS Operative licence is expired after 3 years. Renewal of the licence requires attending a refresher course.

Operative course: the Construction Induction Card (White Card).

Installer course/s: Operative licence.

Designer course (in future): Nil.

Inspector course (in future): Operative licence, and completion of Installer A course.