Paratus Training Opens Its New Bayswater Facility — Built for the Work, Not Just the Ticket
- Paratus Training
- Jul 6
- 4 min read
Paratus Training has opened a new purpose-built training facility at 52-54 Irvine Street, Bayswater WA 6053, and we're marking it with an Open Day on Thursday 23 July, 3pm–5pm. Whether you're a worker looking at your next licence or an employer wanting to see where your crew will train, you're welcome to walk through the space, meet the trainers, and see how we do things.
Who we are
Paratus Training is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 45274) based in Perth, delivering nationally recognised high-risk work and safety training for the construction, mining and industrial sectors. We work with two groups of people, often on the same day: individuals building a career in high-risk work, and employers and recruiters who need their crews trained and compliant.
Why we started
Before Paratus, our CEO Catherine Baggio spent more than 25 years working across WA RTOs as a compliance manager. That role puts you in the position of seeing the industry from the inside — and what she saw, repeatedly, was how normalised shortcuts had become. Training delivered incorrectly. Paperwork that didn't hold up. Outdated resources. Safety content rushed or skipped altogether. People pushed through the door and out the other side with a ticket, rather than trained.
There's a term for this in the industry: "tick-and-flick." It sounds harmless. It isn't. When training is treated as a box to check rather than a skill to build, the gap shows up later — on site, under pressure, when it matters. Inadequate training is a genuine contributor to workplace incidents and injuries, and in the worst cases, to fatalities that proper training and safety awareness could have prevented.
Catherine came on board at Paratus Training and opened its scope into high-risk work licensing specifically to help close that gap — to build an RTO that treats compliant, safety-focused training as the actual product, not the paperwork trail around it. For an industry where the risks are this real, that shouldn't be a differentiator. It should be the baseline.
"We're not here to churn people through and hand them a card. We're here to make sure the person walking onto a site actually knows the work, not just how to pass the assessment." — Catherine Baggio, CEO, Paratus Training
Inside the new Bayswater Training facility
The new site was built around one idea: training should happen on the same kind of equipment Learners will actually use on the job, in spaces set up the way a real work environment is set up.
It includes:
A boom-type EWP for TLILIC0005 Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform training, and a scissor lift for general elevating work platform operation (RIIHAN301E Operate elevating work platform)
Forklifts and racking for TLILIC0003 Licence to operate a forklift truck training
High-pressure water jetting equipment (MSMWJ202 Use high pressure water jetting equipment / MSMWJ304 Operate a high pressure water jetting system)
Firefighting equipment for CPPFES2005 Demonstrate first attack firefighting equipment
A dedicated working-at-heights container and confined space set-up for RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights and RIIWHS202E Enter and work in confined spaces
A large outdoor yard for dogging and rigging training (CPCCLDG3001 Licence to perform dogging and CPCCLRG3001 Licence to perform rigging basic level)
6 classrooms designed for interactive theory and authentic assessment
A proper lunch room — snack and coffee vending, tea and coffee facilities, a microwave, and a commercial-sized fridge for Learners bringing their own food
What this means for you
If you're a worker: you'll train on real equipment, in real conditions, with trainers who've actually done the work. On successful completion of a unit, you'll receive a Statement of Attainment and a Notice of Assessment (NOA), which you then use to apply directly to WorkSafe WA for your licence — the NOA is valid for 60 days, so don't sit on it.
If you're an employer or HSE manager: this is a facility you can actually visit and audit before you commit a crew to it. Come see the equipment, meet the trainers and assessors, and talk to us about group bookings, verification of competency (VOC), and what compliant training at scale actually looks like.
Open Day — Thursday 23 July, 3pm–5pm
Drop in any time between 3pm and 5pm at 52-54 Irvine Street, Bayswater WA 6053. You'll be able to walk the facility, see the equipment up close, meet the trainers who'll be running your course, and ask us anything — no pressure, no sales pitch, just a look at how we work.
Contact our team at 08 6400 6000 or admin@paratus.edu.au — or if you can't make it, get in touch and we'll organise a walkthrough at a time that suits.
FAQ
Where is Paratus Training's new facility?
52-54 Irvine Street, Bayswater WA 6053.
Do I need to book to attend the Open Day?
Walk-ins are welcome, but if you'd like us to set aside time for a proper walkthrough — especially if you're an employer wanting to talk about group bookings or VOC — let us know in advance so we can plan for it.
What courses are available at the new Bayswater facility?
Forklift, EWP and elevating work platform, dogging, rigging, working at heights, confined space, firefighting equipment and high-pressure water jetting, among others. Get in touch if you're not sure which licence or course your role requires. See here for our scope of units.
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