Education and training

Approval to be an allied health practitioner

SIRA and the Personal Injury Education Foundation provide online training programs which help allied health practitioners understand how to deliver value-based health care in the personal injury schemes (NSW Workers Compensation and Compulsory Third Party [CTP] schemes).

Mandatory training for workers compensation

Completion of the NSW SIRA Allied Health Practitioner Introductory Training Program (Learning and Assessment) is a mandatory requirement before treating people with a claim in the Workers Compensation Scheme.

Introductory training for the personal injury schemes

The NSW SIRA Allied Health Practitioner Introductory Training Program (Learning Only)  is for all allied health professionals who are new to, or would like a refresher on working in the personal injury schemes.

This course focuses on the role and expectations of allied health practitioners who treat people injured at work or in a motor vehicle crash and are claiming compensation through the personal injury schemes.

There are no assessments to complete.

To apply for approval as an allied health provider once training is complete, please see the SIRA allied health practitioner approval for workers compensation page.

Medical specialists  - training to assess permanent impairment

The relevant SIRA training course must be successfully completed before assessing permanent impairment in the NSW personal injury schemes.

Training is delivered online by Solutions Plus Training (AMA Victoria) from content developed by Safe Work Australia.

Each module is specific to a body system and explains the principles of evaluating permanent impairment. Completion of training includes a competency-based assessment.

This training is a requirement for specialist medical practitioners who want to assess permanent impairment for people with a claim.

Mutual recognition

SIRA allows mutual recognition of previously completed training for 2 body systems:

• Mental and behavioural disorders (in the CTP Scheme), and Psychiatric and psychological impairment (in the Workers Compensation Scheme)
• Visual impairment module (Workers Compensation and CTP schemes)

If you have successfully completed either of these training modules in one scheme, you do not need to do them again under the other scheme for the required training to be recognised.