Online Workplace Health and Safety Certificate Course Australia

The Certificate of Workplace Health and Safety is an online professional development program that will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to understand work health and safety (WHS) Acts, regulations and codes of practice, and to contribute to actions to achieve compliance with WHS legislation in the workplace. In this online workplace health and safety course you will learn to assist with providing advice about the legislative duties, rights and obligations of individuals and parties prescribed in work health and safety (WHS) laws. It includes identification of WHS legislation, duties, rights and obligations and the necessary actions to ensure compliance in the workplace.

The Certificate of Workplace Health and Safety will also take you through the implementation and maintenance of work health and safety (WHS) consultation and participation processes in the workplace as part of a systematic approach to managing WHS. It includes determining relevant legislation and contributing to any actions to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation, codes and standards. You will learn to identify work health and safety (WHS) hazards; assessing WHS risks; and developing, implementing and evaluating risk controls appropriate to own job role and work area.

Printed learning materials are available for purchase for this course and can be ordered during enrolment.

Course Structure

Unit 1 - Apply knowledge of WHS laws in the workplace

Legal framework
Currant WHS Legislation
Regulations
Employer’s and Employees’ duties
Safe Work Australia
Health and safety information
Identify WHS requirements
Identify duty holders
Health and safety committee
External consultation
Training and competency
Issue Resolution
Industrial issues
Monitoring and compliance
Communicate information
Policies and procedures
Effective communication

Unit 2 - Contribute to implementation and maintenance of WHS consultation and participation processes

Consultation and participation processes
WHS Acts
Regulations
Codes of practice
Policies and procedures
Rights and responsibilities
3 step consultation process
Compliance indicators
Worker participation
Sharing WHS information
WHS training requirements
Effective H & S consultation

Unit 3 - Contribute to WHS risk management

Health and safety legislation
Hazard identification and risk control
Compliance
Data/Information
Information sources – (Meetings, conversations, observation of work practices)
External information sources
Model code of practice
The Regulator
Safe Work Australia
Determining risk, hazards and risk controls
Hazards in the workplace
Nature and scope of risk control
Who are stakeholders ?
Technical advisors
Employee contribution
Policies, procedures and systems
Contributing to compliance with legislation
Specific roles, duties, rights and responsibilities
Employer duties
Worker’s duties
The duty of others in the workplace
Hazard identification tools and techniques
Tools used for risk control
How to use identification tools
Common workplace hazards
Hazard registers
Advising relevant personnel of hazard identifications
People at risk
Severity and likelihood of harm
Risk assessment tools
Potential severity rating
Risk prioritisation
Risk registers and record keeping
Communicating outcomes of risk assessments
Selecting risk controls -the selection process
Documenting risk controls
The hierarchy of control
Implementation
Reviewing controls
Evaluation measures
Monitoring procedures

Unit 4 - Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws

Legal framework for WHS
Current WHS legislation
Obtaining WHS information
Advice on WHS compliance
Legal duties
Functions of WHS regulators
Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
Developing/implementing changes
Workplace procedures

Unit 5 - Manage implementation of emergency procedures

Identifying and classification of potential emergencies
Hazardous situations
Response plans
Specialist advisors and emergency services
Developing a risk register
Major types of emergencies
Australian Standard emergency codes
Actions required
Removing adjacent hazards before they become an issue
Containing or limiting potential emergencies
Trials and tests
Limiting the risk of injury
Limiting impact on personnel, property and the environment
Limiting the impact of emergencies
Liaising with emergency services
Prioritising initial response actions and resources
Schedules for checking and maintaining equipment
Planning emergency responses
Documenting emergency plans assigning responsibilities
Why is it necessary to document plans
Training requirements for responding to an emergency
Initial response actions
Roles in the initial response
Emergency control organisation structure
Ensuring personnel follow designated roles
Compliance obligations
Monitor a response to an emergency
Recording outcomes/ reviews after an event
Second phase response and personnel
Debriefing

Estimated Duration

75 hours

Course Delivery and Start

Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online

Assessment

Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

Career Outcomes

Workplace Health and Saftey Advisor
Workplace Health and Saftey Officer

I enjoyed the pace at which I could complete my units. I liked getting reminders that the tutors were always available and the literature was easy to understand.