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LMS for Engineering Firms

LMS for engineers

Keep tickets, registrations and technical skills current, from the office to the field. Engineering training doesn’t happen in one office, with one team, on one project.

Engineers split time between design work and client sites. Graduates build competence on live jobs. Field crews need tickets and site inductions before they start. Standards and procedures shift between clients, projects and disciplines. Tribal Habits brings licences, registrations and training into one place, so you can see who’s qualified for what before anyone sets foot on site.

LMS for engineers
Industry Reality

The biggest training challenges in engineering

Engineering firms often have two workforces, office and field, and a stack of qualifications, registrations and site requirements that all have to stay current and provable.

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Every licence and registration has to stay current.

White cards, high-risk work and trade tickets, first aid, plus professional engineer registration, now expanding across states, all expire and all need evidence.

Tribal Habits tracks competencies, qualifications and expiries, including externally issued ones, so nothing lapses unnoticed.

02

Two workforces: office and field, never in one place.

Engineers and project staff work from offices; crews, technicians and operators work on sites, often without a work email.

Tribal Habits reaches both, on any device, and assigns the right training by role, project or location.

03

Everyone on site is part of your compliance risk.

Inductions, WHS and project-specific requirements apply to your people, your contractors and anyone visiting a site.

Tribal Habits runs inductions and compliance for staff and external users, and keeps completion visible per site and project.

04

Scattered records, and expertise stuck in senior heads.

Training records are spread across a safety system, spreadsheets, your HRIS and SME-led sessions, while design methods and standards live with your most experienced people. Tribal Habits brings training into one platform and turns engineering know-how into structured training for graduates and new starters.

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Industry Reality

The complete training system for engineering firms

Start with existing content where it helps. Build the training that is specific to your business. Manage delivery and records from the same platform. 

Pre-built Training

Editable Training Library

Start with the hundreds of editable modules in the training library, including AU/NZ compliance, workplace and site safety, leadership and workplace skills. Add your own standards, procedures and project inductions without waiting on a specialist to build or publish them.

Build your own

Interactive Course Builder

Turn your engineering standards, SOPs, project inductions and technical know-how into structured, engaging modules using interactive building blocks and Sage AI. Add observation and sign-off for practical, on-site assessment, and customise courses, certificates and branding.

Training Management

Full LMS Features

Automate enrolments, reminders and training pathways. Integrate with your HRIS and safety systems. Full reporting including completions, competencies and licence expiries. Give project and site managers visibility over their own team only.

The Tribal Habit user support mechanisms are also best-practice. I have never failed to achieve a very fast resolution to a query via support articles, help-desk chat or TH training courses.

Greg M - Mesh & Bar

Rated 5 out of 5
The Difference

What a better training system looks like

The same organisation. A completely different training operation.

Before Tribal Habits

With Tribal Habits

Licences, tickets and registrations are tracked across spreadsheets and people's memory.

They're tracked in one place, with expiries flagged before they lapse.

Office and field staff are trained differently, if at all.

The right training reaches both, on any device, by role and project.

Contractor and visitor inductions are handled ad hoc at each site.

They run and are recorded through the platform, for staff and external users.

Training records live in a safety system, HRIS and spreadsheets.

They're consolidated into one source of truth you can report on.

Engineering standards and methods sit with senior people.

They become structured training for graduates and new starters.

Pre-Built Training Library

Training that supports the work happening on site 

Site and professional obligations covered, your standards built by you

The library includes 500+ editable modules spanning workplace topics, among them AU/NZ compliance, workplace and site safety, leadership and people management. Start with what’s built, then tailor it to your projects, sites and roles.

Modules referencing AU/NZ legislation are reviewed by external legal firms as required, including McCullough Robertson, LegalVision and Dentons.

For the training unique to your firm, use the course builder and Sage AI to turn engineering standards, SOPs and project inductions into structured, trackable training you can update as projects and codes change.

Current relevant library topics include (we are regularly adding more)
01

WHS fundamentals for employees (AU)

02

Manual handling safety (AU & NZ)

03

Working at heights - prevention & vigilance refresher

04

Working in confined spaces - refresher

05

Job Safety Analysis (AU)

06

Permit to Work: Issuing / Working under a permit (AU)

07

Plant and Equipment Safety Awareness (AU)

08

Chain of Responsibility (AU)

01

Risk management for workers and managers (AU & NZ)

02

Workplace incident investigation (AU & NZ)

03

Alcohol and drugs in the workplace (AU & NZ)

04

Workplace fatigue awareness and management

05

Psychosocial hazards (employees and managers)

05

Safety leadership in practice (AU)

01

Anti-bullying and anti-harassment

02

Sexual harassment awareness

03

Equal employment opportunity

04

Modern slavery awareness (AU)

05

Privacy in the workplace (AU & NZ)

06

Whistleblowing awareness (AU & NZ)

01

Project Management series

02

Contract management series (AU)

03

Writing effective business cases

04

Risk management for managers (AU & NZ)

01

Managing staff underperformance (AU & NZ)

02

Coaching and developing staff

03

Mentoring series

04

Transitioning from employee to manager

Pricing

Transparent pricing, based on who actually trains

In reality most staff don’t do training every month, so why should you pay for everyone every month? Tribal Habits charges on monthly active users (someone who logs in at least once during the month). So you only pay for the staff who log in and train each month.

How Monthly active user pricing works

You only pay when someone actually trains

Most staff don’t do training every month, which is why Tribal Habits charges on monthly active users (someone who logs in at least once during the month). This means you only pay for the people who log in and train each month.

View Tribal Habits Pricing here!

How Monthly active user pricing works

What it looks like in practice

An engineering firm with 250 staff across several projects commits to a 100 MAU plan. Usage rises during project mobilisation and onboarding, when new starters complete inductions and safety training, and falls between. In a busier month, extra users are charged at the plan rate. Project-based and stored staff who don’t log in that month don’t count toward usage.

What matters beyond the training content

Why do engineering teams choose Tribal Habits?

Inductions, site and WHS training, licence and competency tracking, and your own engineering courses can all sit in one learning platform.

Training can be assigned by role, project or site, with reporting that shows what’s complete, what’s due, and where a licence or registration is about to expire.

Pricing
Pricing

Pay for who trains, not stored users

Monthly active user pricing means project-based and casual staff only count when they log in. No per-seat fees for people who aren't using the platform 

Support
Support

Australian-based support team

No offshore helpdesks. Our Customer Support comes from a local Australian-based team who understands how firms operate in ANZ and the compliance environment they work in. 

Security
Security

Australian hosted, ISO 27001 certified

Your training data, and the data of everyone connected to it, stays in Australia. ISO 27001 certification and Australian hosting satisfy the IT and security assessments engineering procurement runs. 

Integrations
Integrations

Works with your existing tools

HR, rostering and WHS platforms, SSO, and thousands more via Zapier or the Public API. Automate enrolments and keep records in sync across depots and sites without manual admin. 

The tool is quick and easy to use, publish and report on. It has no limitations and the team at Tribal Habits are not only innovative, but they are willing to hear your feedback and develop enhancements that solve for the problems you have as a learning organisation. Thanks so much.

Melissa H - Mercer

Rated 5 out of 5

Frequently Asked Questions

Can we track licences, tickets and competencies, including external ones?

Yes. Qualifications, competencies and expiries can be tracked in the platform, including externally issued tickets and certifications recorded against a learner, with reporting that flags what’s due or expiring.

Can we run site and project inductions, including for contractors and visitors?

Yes. Inductions and compliance can be delivered to staff and external users, and child portals can be used where contractors or visitors need separate management. Observation and sign-off support practical, on-site components.

Can field staff without a work email use it?

Training is accessible on any device, so field staff can complete it without a workstation.

Can we build training on our own standards, SOPs and project processes?

Yes. This is one of the strongest engineering use cases for Tribal Habits. Your team can build training around engineering standards and processes using the course builder, and existing documents and videos can be incorporated.

Do we need an instructional designer to create our own courses?

No specialist authoring software is required. Tribal Habits uses a guided course-building process designed for engineering, operations, HR and safety staff. Sage AI provides additional assistance during content creation.

Can we assign training by role, project or site?

Yes. Enrolment rules, groups, teams and learning pathways control which training different learners receive, including by project or location.

Can we bring our existing content and users when we switch?

Yes. Existing users can be imported via bulk upload, and existing SCORM content can be hosted in the platform.

Where is Tribal Habits hosted?

Tribal Habits data is hosted in Australia. The platform is ISO 27001 certified.

How does pricing work?

Tribal Habits primarily uses Monthly Active User pricing. Users count toward usage when they log in during a calendar month. You can store project-based staff who aren’t currently training without paying for them as active users.