Review sought after questions raised about child safety training in schools

Entering a few personal details and clicking play on the video will allow you to download a certificate.

There are no tests to ensure the video has actually been watched, let alone its important child safety messages heard and understood.

The training is a new initiative of the Department of Education, Children and Young People.

It was a recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.

In response to our questions on Monday, Education Minister Roger Jaensch said he would seek an urgent review.

"It is my expectation that all required training includes appropriate measures to ensure that the viewer understands their responsibility in safeguarding our children," Mr Jaensch said.

"Noting protocols of caretaker, I will be seeking Labor's agreement to request the Department of Education, Children and Young People urgently review the training module to ensure this happens."

Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff said the training was "definitely not what the Commission of Inquiry would have had in mind".

Ms Woodruff said she was "shocked" at the lack of any assessment, arguing there is a "much harder bar to jump to get an RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol certificate)".

"It just goes to show he (the Minister) was never paying attention," she said.

Earlier, the department said the training - already completed by about 5000 people - was designed not to have an assessment task.

"The training for volunteers and service providers has intentionally been made as accessible as possible, to deliver a high completion rate, while still relaying all necessary information and to raise understanding and awareness of child abuse and signs of grooming," a spokesperson said.

By contrast, the department requires its staff to undertake two separate safeguarding training modules annually, and complete and pass an assessment task for each module.

The Commission of Inquiry "identified the need for baseline knowledge and skills for all frontline staff and volunteers working with children and young people".

Among its many recommendations were the introduction of "a mandatory training certification program for staff and volunteers working with children in schools".