Blue cards for schools

You will need a blue card if your work is at a school and includes if you:

• do work with children at a school, including school excursions and school camps
• are a teacher's aide
• do other work at a school such as a cleaner, including employees of the school and of other companies
• are a student doing a practical placement in a school.

Under this category you don't need a blue card to work at a school if you are a:

• parent who is volunteering at your child’s school, unless you are a restricted person who cannot rely on this exemption
• a teacher registered with the Queensland College of Teachers.

School means either:

• a state school that provides primary, secondary or special education
• a school that is accredited, or provisionally accredited, under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools ) Act 2017.

School boarding facilities

You will need a blue card if your usual work is in a boarding facility at a school.

Under this category you don't need a blue card if you are a teacher registered with the Queensland College of Teachers.

School crossing supervisors

You will need a blue card if your work includes supervising a road crossing at a school, for example a lollipop person.