Clear to Work

Clear to Work: accredited online training for hospitality and other sectors

Clear to Work is an Australian online training company founded in 2011 by Brendan Power. Its head office is in Brisbane, Queensland, and it presents itself as a pioneer in online training for the hospitality sector. The company states it has trained more than 600,000 students through nationally accredited courses and non-accredited short capability-building courses.

Training offering: hospitality, food safety and child protection

Clear to Work's catalogue is organised into several subject areas. In hospitality, it offers courses such as Provide Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA, SITHFAB021), Provide Responsible Gambling Services (RSG, SITHGAM022), Customer Liaison Officer (CLO), as well as barista for beginners and waiter skills training. In food safety, it delivers the Food Safety Supervisor course (SITSS00069), the Retail Food Safety Supervisor course (SIRRFSA001), a NSW food safety supervisor refresher course, an introduction to food safety and allergen management. In the area of child protection, the offering includes the CHCPRT025 course to identify and report children and young people at risk, a refresher course on the same subject, an introduction to child protection and an introduction to the National Child Safe Standards. It also has community support courses, non-accredited short courses and police checks.

Business solutions and management platform

In addition to training aimed at the general public, Clear to Work has developed corporate solutions. The company states that leading brands in the hospitality, retail, food safety, child protection and community sectors rely on it for compliance systems. To this end, it has created platforms that make it easier to purchase and manage its products and services, and includes a corporate dashboard for training administration. The company indicates that its platform is available 24/7 and that it has a local support team in Australia.

Background and leadership team

Clear to Work was founded in 2011 by Brendan Power, whose career has been linked to the hospitality sector since his birth in a pub. Power was the owner and operator of several venues in Australia and abroad, and served on the board of the Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club between 2016 and 2024, serving as chairman from 2020. The company states that its executive team has experience in the vocational education and training (VET) sector and in the online training industry. In 2025, Clear to Work expanded its activity into child protection, with accredited and non-accredited training for all sectors that work with children and young people.

Stated mission and values

The company states that its goal is to reduce barriers to entry into the sector through low-cost, accessible training and certifications. Among the values that guide its activity, it mentions agility in adapting to the changing needs of the sectors it serves, a service culture focused on customer experience, collaboration with industry leaders, regulators and experts to develop training content, continuous improvement of its products and processes, and integrity as a guiding principle.