Description

Welcome to Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws course. This course has been designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to assist with establishing and maintaining workplace compliance with work health and safety (WHS) laws. It includes identifying applicable WHS laws, duties, rights and obligations, and the necessary actions to ensure WHS compliance in the workplace.

It also includes assisting with providing advice about the legislative duties, rights and obligations of individuals and parties prescribed in WHS laws and those of WHS regulators.

It also applies to those working in a broad range of WHS roles across all industries.

About this course

Training Provider: OHS.com.au with AlertForce (RTO Code 91826)

Location: Online

Course length: Approx. 4 hours (awareness version)

Time: Self-paced

Certification / Accreditation: Certificate of Completion* or Statement of Attainment depending on what is purchased

CPD Points: Yes. 4 points as certificate of completion or 5 points as Statement of Attainment.

Background – Why is workplace compliance with WHS laws important?

Compliance with Workplace Health and Safety regulations means that you take steps to ensure that everyone who enters or works in your workplace is as safe and healthy as possible. Not only is compliance legislation important for employees but also customers, clients, contractors and visitors. To comply with Workplace Health and Safety Laws, you need to constantly assess your workplace for potential threats to safety and work to reduce, eliminate or mitigate them.

There will be specific compliance obligations that vary according to the industry or workplace environment. It is a good idea, therefore, to get advice about your particular obligations. The obligations that all businesses must comply with are, in principle, as follows:

1 - Safe work environment creation

2 - Conducting a continuous assessment for new and evolving risks

3 – Employer WHS obligations training

When dealing with hazardous substances, machines, or materials, ensure that you have the right safeguards in place and use risk elimination or reduction techniques.

Your Workplace Health and Safety compliance requirements will help you keep your employees safe. It will also benefit your business by reducing downtime and compensation claims. This will increase staff retention and productivity.

However, the Chain of Responsibility has been part and parcel of Workplace Health and Safety law. The concept basically states that every person in the management chain can be held legally responsible for any breaches in an area they have oversight of. Although the law is primarily applicable to heavy goods vehicles and drivers, many provisions also apply to the workplace.

Recent changes to Chain of Responsibility have made it more important for employers to adopt a proactive approach to reducing and eliminating risks. In the past, legal action was only possible if an incident occurred. However, the new laws allow for the mere existence of unaddressed risks to be grounds for legal sanctions. Employers must now take a proactive approach if they wish to avoid violating Workplace Health and Safety laws.

Aims and Objectives of this course

This course Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws (based on BSBWHS412 ) will help you earn the skills necessary to assist with identifying and confirming duties, rights and obligations of individuals and/or parties as specified in WHS laws.

Our Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws course is based on the unit of competency of BSBWHS412 . Whilst this course is not nationally recognised, it follows the learning outcomes and elements associated with that unit. The course contains

1. Narrated e-learning learning resources online 
2. Online Assessment tasks
3. Ability to download your Certificate of Completion once assessment tasks are completed

What will you learn by completing the training course?

This course will include an understanding of awareness of the relevant legislation and your responsibilities in assisting with workplace compliance with WHS laws .

Learning outcomes include:

1. Access current WHS laws and related documentation relevant to organisation’s operations
2. Assist individuals and/or parties to locate information about their WHS duties, rights and obligations
3. Assist with providing advice to individuals and/or parties about their WHS duties, rights and obligations, within scope of own role
4. Assist with providing advice to individuals and/or parties about the functions and powers of the WHS regulator and workplace regulatory compliance matters
5. Assist with determining and documenting recommendations that address identified non-compliance
6. Assist with determining related WHS training needs of work team, and with providing the WHS training to meet legislative and organisational requirements
7. Assist with developing or modifying workplace policies, procedures, processes and systems that support compliance according to organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legislative requirements
8. Assist with communicating developed or modified workplace policies, procedures, processes and systems
9. Assist with monitoring implementation of developed or modified workplace policies, procedures, processes and systems to ensure legislative compliance

How Is the Training Delivered?

Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws course is available online and completed in your own time. This Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws training course is based on the learning outcomes outlined above.

The course is typically designed to be completed in a minimum of four hours. However, the exact length of the course may depend on your ability and prior knowledge around the subject. 

As the training is delivered online, you are able to complete it at your own pace.

What Accreditation Will You Get?

After completing the Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws course , an assessment is conducted to determine if you have understood the information presented during the training course. If you pass this assessment, you receive a Certificate of Completion.

IMPORTANT NOTE whilst this course is based on the learning outcomes of the course provided, it is important to note that it is not a Nationally Recognised Statement of Attainment unless you opt for that option. Nationally Recognised training is only really required If you specifically require that unit of competency for a qualification or licence (typically this will require a practical component, further assessment and increased costs).

This course has been designed to comply with the best practices of national health and safety standards. Terminology has been chosen for clarity and ease of comprehension across jurisdictions. For example, ‘employer’ has been used to signify the broader term ‘PCBU’, while ‘WHS’ represents both work and occupational health and safety.

This training is not a substitute for professional legal advice. If you require further advice or information, please contact the health and safety regulator in your jurisdiction.

A Certificate of Completion is issued on successful completion of the course and you are required to get an 80% pass mark to be deemed as understanding the content. It is recommended that training is conducted every 2 years to stay refreshed.

Is the course tax deductible?

Whilst you should get advice from your financial advisor to confirm, generally speaking further training and education related to advancing your career is 100% tax deductible.

Approx. run time: 4 hours