Why do this course?

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It is the primary duty of every business, organization, corporation, or undertaking to manage health and safety risks in the workplace. 

 

Directors and CEOs must ensure the health and safety management system exists, operates, and is reviewed as necessary to ensure the business is meeting it's overarching legal duty.

 

Directors must identify, assess and control or eliminate risks, including non-physical risks. They utilize their line managers, supervisors, and team leaders to gather information to make decisions and supervise staff on new or renewed control measures. All staff, including contractors, and workplace visitors must follow the measures, rules, and protocols of the WHS management system that are in place to protect all persons from harm at the workplace. Everyone in a workplace has to know their role in the WHS risk management process.

 

Course Aims

 

To raise the awareness and certainty of participants about why and how the risks of hazards in their workplace must be eliminated or minimised so far as reasonably practicable in accordance with requirements of the WHS Act and WHS Regulation specific to the management of WHS risks.

To ensure that participants are familiar with whom in the workplace (“duty holders”) have responsibilities to manage health and safety risks and how each duty holder interacts with other duty holders in order to achieve this. 

 

Competency Guidelines

 

The theory and practical content of this course is mapped to the specific Sections and Clauses of the NSW WHS Act and NSW WHS Regulation in regards to management of WHS risks; and the How To Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice published by SafeWork New South Wales.

 

Suitable participants

 

Managers, Supervisors, Team leaders, and any other persons involved in the administration and operation of your WHS management system.

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Duration

 

1 Day

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