WHS Risk Management principles

What is Work Health and Safety Risk Management?

WHS Risk Management is the systematic process of identifying hazards, assessing the risks associated with those hazards, instituting control measures that will minimise or eliminate the risks, and review the control measures to confirm they are effective.

The steps, which participants will learn about in Courtenell's WHS Risk Management Courses, are shown below

Duty to Manage Risks

Work Health and Safety Legislation requires persons operating businesses or undertakings to identify reasonably foreseeable hazards that may present a risk to health and safety and implement appropriate control measures. (WHS Act Section 17 and WHS Regulations 32 to 38)

Essentially this means that:

1. all hazards in the workplace need to be identified and their risks assessed

2. all risks in the workplace need to be eliminated or minimised so far as is reasonably practicable

3. risk control measures must be reviewed to confirm they are effective

Therefore, it is very important to have the knowledge and skills to effectively manage risks.

WHS Regulation 39 requires that information, training and instruction must be given to all workers including supervisors and managers having regard to:

1. the nature of the work that they do

2. the nature of the risks associated with the work they do, and

3. the control measures

For more information, or if you would like help to make your WHS management system even more robust, please feel free to contact us at train@courtenell.com.au or phone us on 02 9552 2066