SCHADS Award Training: Know Your Award
The Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100) (SCHADS Award) is one of Australia’s most complex modern awards to interpret and apply.
Covering more than 100 pages of pay rates, classifications, allowances, overtime, penalty rates and employment conditions, the SCHADS Award can be challenging for employers, payroll teams, HR professionals and managers to navigate.
Workplace Plus’ SCHADS Know Your Award training program provides practical guidance to help organisations understand their obligations, interpret the Award with confidence and improve workplace compliance.
Why is SCHADS Award training important?
For organisations covered by the SCHADS Award, keeping up to date with changes and understanding employer obligations is essential to ensuring employees receive their correct entitlements and reducing the risk of compliance issues.
Even genuine payroll mistakes can expose organisations to significant risks, including:
costly back payments
penalties for breaches of workplace laws
disputes relating to pay, classifications, allowances or rostering
serious consequences for intentional underpayment
With increasing focus on workplace compliance, employers need confidence that their payroll, rostering and employment practices align with SCHADS Award requirements.
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About SCHADS Know Your Award training
SCHADS Know Your Award, delivered by Workplace Plus, is a highly interactive half-day training session designed to help you navigate the complexities of the SCHADS Award and apply it confidently in your workplace.
The session provides a practical deep dive into the SCHADS Award, including interpreting current requirements, understanding common compliance challenges and troubleshooting real workplace scenarios.
Delivered live online, our small class sizes allow participants to ask questions, explore practical examples and build confidence applying the Award in their day-to-day roles.
What does SCHADS Award training cover?
During the session, participants will explore key SCHADS Award requirements, including:
✓ understanding classifications and pay structures
✓ interpreting common allowances and entitlements
✓ navigating overtime, penalty rates and rostering requirements
✓ understanding recent SCHADS Award changes and amendments
✓ identifying common payroll and compliance risks
✓ applying Award requirements to real workplace scenarios
Who should attend SCHADS Know Your Award training?
This training is suitable for anyone who works with the SCHADS Award, including:
payroll professionals
HR teams
finance teams
rostering and scheduling teams
operational managers
business owners and leaders
The program is relevant for organisations across:
disability services
community services
aged care
healthcare
not-for-profit organisations
private practices
public sector organisations
Why choose SCHADS training delivered by Workplace Plus?
SCHADS Award training delivered by Workplace Plus gives you practical confidence to interpret and apply the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award correctly.
Since 2022, Workplace Plus has delivered SCHADS Know Your Award training programs to organisations across Australia.
Our experienced workplace relations consultants combine technical knowledge of modern awards with practical experience supporting employers to resolve payroll, rostering and workplace compliance challenges.
Unlike generic webinars that often focus only on theory, SCHADS Know Your Award provides practical guidance, real-world examples and the opportunity to ask questions specific to your workplace.
Participants benefit from:
✓ small class sizes to ask questions and troubleshoot SCHADS scenarios
✓ practical tools and strategies to support payroll and rostering decisions
✓ experienced facilitators with extensive workplace relations knowledge
✓ guidance relevant to HR, payroll, finance, operational and management roles
Available SCHADS Award Training Dates
SCHADS Know Your Award – Live Online Training
9 September 2026 REGISTER HERE >
18 November 2026 REGISTER HERE >
Some dates are tentative and subject to registration numbers.
Need SCHADS Award training for your team?
Workplace Plus also offers customised SCHADS Know Your Award and enterprise agreement training programs for organisations.
Our tailored sessions can be delivered online or onsite and scheduled at a time that suits your team.
.For more information about team training or SCHADS Award compliance support, contact us today.
