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WHS Training for new people

The answers to this question are not always obvious. The main places to look for the answers are in the Work Health and Safety Act (WHS Act), the Work Health and Safety Regulation (WHS Regulation), and any Code of Practice that applies to your workplace. Here are some suggestions that may be applicable to your business, job position, and workplaces.

All staff - management and workers


  • The first training anyone who is new to the subject should do is: WHS Responsibilities for Duty Holders (courtenell.com.au) This training establishes the framework of WHS Law and how each person as a WHS duty holder interacts with other WHS duty holders and contributes to the WHS management system in place. It is for all staff no matter if they are management or workers. Each course should have people of the same level in the company and the course will be delivered according to the audience.

  • Once managers and supervisors have done foundational training in WHS basics as above, they may benefit from doing a WHS risk management course. Managers and supervisors are not the decision-makers on risk management but they need to know WHSRM principles so they can correctly identify and recognise risks and hazards and consult on behalf of the business to come up with solutions. This course may be beneficial: WHS Risk management for managers and supervisors (courtenell.com.au)


Company Directors and Business Owners



Board members, Directors, CEOs, Senior management


  • This course provides an overarching view of the WHS laws, the fundamental principles including all duty holders and duties, PCBU primary duty of care, PCBU consultation and risk management responsibilities. It is applicable to business owners and company directors and expands on their duties as officers to ensure the business is meeting its legal obligations in the first place. WHS Law for Directors (courtenell.com.au)


  • A PCBU (business, organisation, corporation) has the duty to manage risks in the workplace, which includes identifying hazards, assessing the risks, controlling risks and reviewing control measures (WHS Regulation 34-38.) If you assess the risks of a hazard and work out how to control the risks then you could identify any need for training that is needed in respect of that hazard. Training in WHS risk management addresses risk management principles used to manage risks. Senior managers may benefit from this course: Management of WHS Risks Course (courtenell.com.au)


  • For businesses that might be considering formalising their workplace consultation arrangements or are seeking to expand or revise their consultation arrangements, this short course gives the options and principles for formalizing consultation as stated in the WHS Act and WHS Regulation. It covers creating work groups and having HSRs, or further streamlining or improving the arrangements you already have in place. The course aims to equip participants with enough knowledge to be able to next make decisions. WHS Consultation Compliance (courtenell.com.au)

 

For more information feel free to contact us at train@courtenell.com.au or phone us on 02 9552 2066

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