Workplace Health and Safety Awareness

What You'll Learn

Topics covered in the Workplace Health and Safety course include:

WHS Basics

Employee and employer responsibilities under WHS laws and the options available to WHS regulators should a breach occur, plus a practical guide on how to respond to an incident.

Eliminating Health and Safety Risks

How to identify hazards and their risk level, implementing control measures, and reporting.

WHS Requirements for Managers and Employers

WHS obligations of directors, managers and supervisors, WHS legislation, fines, and defending a prosecution.

Risk Management Process

Manager responsibility and employee involvement in risk management, hazard identification, and risk assessment, level and rating.

Hazard Control and Monitoring

Hierarchy of controls, hazards with special requirements, and monitoring, reviewing and evaluating hazards.

Handling Investigations

Inspectors’ power of investigation, complying with notices, and reporting and recording incidents/accidents.