CrewRingHow to check a NSW traffic control card.
Verify NSW tells you whether a card is real and current. It can’t tell you whether the person has done the work recently, and in NSW that’s the half of the check that catches businesses out.
| Check | Where | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Card type | Verify NSW | Traffic controller (TCR) |
| Card status | Verify NSW | Current |
| Trained | Training record | August 2024, over two years ago |
| Recent work | Your shift records | Stop/slow shift, 29 September 2026 |
Look it up on Verify NSW.
SafeWork NSW points businesses to Verify NSW, the government’s public register, to look up and verify NSW traffic control work training cards. It takes a minute, so do it before someone’s first shift with you.
Search the register
Open the Verify NSW register for White Cards and traffic control work training cards and search by the card number from the photo, or by the worker’s name.Match the card type to the job
TCR to direct traffic, IMP to set up a traffic guidance scheme, PWZ to design or inspect one. Each is a separate card, so a TCR card doesn’t cover a set-up.Read the status
You’re looking for current. If it shows anything else, such as expired, suspended or cancelled, don’t roster them for that work until it’s sorted out.Write down that you checked
The date, who checked and what it showed. A screenshot of the result saved next to the card photo is enough.
What the register can’t tell you.
In NSW, holding the card isn’t the whole test. If someone trained more than two years ago, they must also have done that type of traffic control work in the past two years. The two-year rule is a duty on the business, and the register shows the card, not the person’s work history.
For your own crew, your shift records answer it. For a new starter, ask when they last did that type of work and for something that shows it, such as a roster or a reference from their last employer.
New starters on a Statement of Completion
SafeWork NSW says someone who has completed training and holds a valid Statement of Completion can do supervised work until their final assessment. There’s no card to look up yet, so keep a copy of the statement.Evidence on site
On Transport for NSW and council contracts, the G10 specification requires workers to keep their card, or other evidence of training the WHS Regulation allows, available for inspection.Lost or damaged cards
Workers can order a replacement through Service NSW. Check the register in the meantime, and keep the old card photo on file.
Checking cards from other states.
Traffic control work is part of the Automatic Mutual Recognition scheme. According to SafeWork NSW, a current licence issued by another state’s government regulator lets someone work in NSW, except a Queensland one, and they must notify SafeWork NSW before they start. If you’re not sure a licence qualifies, call SafeWork NSW on 13 10 50. For each state’s scheme, see traffic control cards by state.
Victoria
NSW won’t accept Victorian training issued by a registered training organisation, and mutual recognition needs a licence from a government regulator, so ask SafeWork NSW before rostering a Victorian-trained controller here. Their national training can be looked up on the Austroads registry.Western Australia
Main Roads WA has a public graduate search for its traffic management accreditations.South Australia
Cards are issued by the Department for Infrastructure and Transport. If you need to confirm one, start with DIT.Queensland
Queensland is excluded from mutual recognition for traffic control work, so a Queensland accreditation doesn’t let someone work in NSW. They need a NSW card.
Where CrewRing fits.
It keeps the card and the check in one place. The lookup itself is still done on Verify NSW.
What CrewRing does
- Keeps a photo of each card against the worker, uploaded from their phone or by your team.
- Has a person on your team verify each uploaded ticket before it counts.
- Keeps every shift against the worker with its date, so you know when they last worked for you.
What it doesn’t do
- Look cards up on Verify NSW or any interstate register for you.
- Work out whether someone meets the two-year rule.
Sources
- 1.Traffic control work training cards, SafeWork NSW
- 2.Verify NSW: white cards and traffic control work training cards, NSW Government
- 3.Traffic control work training, Transport for NSW
- 4.QA Specification TS 03401.1 (G10) Temporary Traffic Management, Edition 8, January 2026 (PDF), Transport for NSW
- 5.Replace a traffic control work training card, Service NSW
- 6.Temporary traffic management training registry, public search, Austroads
- 7.Traffic management graduate search, Main Roads Western Australia
- 8.Workzone traffic management: frequently asked questions, Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA)
Checked October 2026. This guide is general information, not legal advice. WHS laws differ between states and territories, so confirm the details with your regulator.
Related guides
Licence & ticket tracking
What NSW requires before someone does traffic control work, and how to keep every ticket and expiry date on file.
Do NSW traffic control cards expire?
Why the two-year rule matters more than an expiry date, and what to do when someone hasn’t worked in a while.
Records for TfNSW contracts
The three details G10 asks you to keep for every traffic control worker before work starts.
Traffic control cards by state
NSW, QLD, VIC, WA and SA side by side: who issues the card, how long it lasts and how to check it.
Every card, checked once, on file.
Workers send a photo, someone on your team verifies it, and the card is there the next time a client asks.