Description

Welcome to Ensure a safe workplace for a work area course. This course has been designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to establish, maintain and evaluate an organisation’s work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs in a work area to ensure a safe workplace, according to WHS legislative requirements. It takes a systems approach and addresses compliance with relevant legislative requirements.

It applies to those working in a range of contexts who have, or are likely to have, responsibility for WHS as part of their broader management role. It is relevant for people with obligations under WHS laws, for example persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) or officers, as defined by WHS laws.

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 – What are safe work procedures?

Safe work procedures are documented procedures that allow for the safe execution of tasks. A safe
work procedure has two purposes.

1. - It is designed to minimize the risks to safety and health in the workplace.
2. - It also helps to prevent injuries by making sure that employees are able to safely perform their job tasks.

Safe work procedures can also be called safe work methods statements (SWMS) A task analysis is used to break down the job into steps. Then, a risk assessment is conducted on each step to determine the appropriate control strategies and hazards. These instructions are then used in competency assessments and training.

Some tasks do not require a safe work procedure. Sometimes it is sufficient to address safety concerns verbally while training workers.

Consider the following:

1. - How severe could an accident have devastating consequences?
2. - How often does the task get completed?
3. - How difficult is this task?

Consider the following for hazardous tasks:

Complex tasks can be difficult, so important steps are not overlooked Frequently performed tasks Workers who are performing less routine tasks may need to be reminded about hazards and ways to reduce them.

Aims and Objectives of this course

This course Ensure a safe workplace for a work area (based on BSBWHS521) will help you earn the skills necessary to identify duty holders and define WHS responsibilities for all workplace personnel in the work area according to WHS laws, policies, procedures and programs Our Ensure a safe workplace for a work area course is based on the unit of competency of BSBWHS521. 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 ensuring a safe workplace for a work area.

Learning outcomes include:

1. Work with required personnel to set up and maintain consultative arrangements according to required WHS laws
2. Resolve issues raised through participation and consultation arrangements according torequired WHS laws and organisational protocols
3. Provide information about consultation and participation outcomes to required personnel
according to organisational policies and procedures
4. Develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification, and assessment and control of associated risks
5. Include hazard identification at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any workplace change to ensure that new hazards are not created by proposed changes and existinghazards are controlled
6. Develop and maintain procedures for selecting and implementing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control measures and WHS legislative requirements
7. Identify inadequacies in existing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control measures and WHS legislative requirements, and promptly provide resources to enable implementation of new measures
8. Identify requirements for expert WHS advice, and request this advice as required, according to organisational procedures
9. Develop and provide a WHS induction and training program for required personnel in a work area as part of organisation’s training program
10. Use a system for WHS recordkeeping to allow identification of patterns of occupational injury and disease in the organisation, and to maintain a record of WHS decisions made,including reasons for decisions
11. Measure and evaluate the WHSMS according to organisation’s quality systems framework
12. Develop and implement improvements to WHSMS to achieve organisational WHS objectives according to organisational procedures
13. Ensure compliance with WHS legislative framework to achieve, as a minimum, WHS legal requirements

How Is the Training Delivered?

Ensure a safe workplace for a work area course is available online and completed in our own time. This Ensure a safe workplace for a work area 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 Ensure a safe workplace for a work area 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 toget 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