Description

Welcome to Lead WHS risk management course. This course has been designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to lead the management of work health and safety (WHS) risks in an organisation. The unit includes facilitating the identification of hazards and potential hazards, leading the assessment of associated risks, selecting and implementing suitable risk controls, and evaluating the overall effectiveness of the organisational WHS risk management process. It involves communicating with stakeholders throughout the process.

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 is risk assessment?

A risk assessment is a review of the task am employee performs at work that could possibly cause harm.

Understanding potential hazards is the goal. Then, outline and take reasonable precautions to avoid harm. A risk assessment is a tool that can help you understand the potential hazards and make sure you are prepared for them.

Employers review and assess their organizations during the risk assessment process to:

1. - Identify situations and processes that could cause harm, especially to people (hazard identification).
2. - Risk analysis and evaluation determine the likelihood of each hazard occurring and what the consequences would be.
3. - Determine what the organization can do to prevent these hazards from happening or to manage the risk when they cannot be eliminated (risk management).

It is important to distinguish between risks and hazards. Anything that could cause harm is a hazard. This includes work accidents, emergency situations, toxic chemical exposures, employee conflicts, stress, or other factors. A risk is the possibility that a hazard could cause harm. 

Your risk assessment plan will identify potential hazards, then calculate the likelihood or risk of them occurring.

Although the goals of a risk assessment may vary from industry to industry, the overall goal is to help companies prepare for and combat risks. The following are other goals:

1. – Possible threat analysis
2. – Injury/illness prevention
3. - Respecting legal requirements
4. - Sensitizing people to hazards and risks
5. - Accurate inventory of assets
6. - Establishing the budget for remediating risks

Risk assessment is an integral part of your organization's safety and health management plan. It ensures that your organization can handle any type of risk.

Aims and Objectives of this course

This course Lead WHS risk management (based on BSBWHS513) will help you earn the skills necessary to Identify and review internal and external sources of WHS information and data that apply to risk management processes.

Our Lead WHS risk management course is based on the unit of competency of BSBWHS513 . 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 leading WHS based risk management processes .

Learning outcomes include:

1. Identify legislative requirements for WHS risk management
2. Identify duty holders, individuals and/or parties to consult about and participate in risk management processes, according to organisational and legislative requirements
3. Identify and communicate roles and responsibilities of individuals and/or parties that impact on risk management
4. Identify organisation-specific factors that will impact on hazard identification, risk assessment and risk controls
5. Confirm that risk management scope is clearly defined according to organisational policies and procedures
6. Apply knowledge of WHS laws, workplace WHS information and data, and identified hazards and risk factors to analyse and assess risk
7. Document risk assessment according to organisational policies and procedures, and legislative requirements
8. Communicate outcomes of risk assessment to required personnel according to organisational and legislative requirements
9. Implement selected risk controls according to organisational policies and procedures
10. Document and communicate selected risk controls to required personnel, according to organisational and legislative requirements
11. Document risk management process according to WHSIS requirements
12. Communicate evaluation findings according to organisational requirements

How Is the Training Delivered?

Lead WHS risk management course is available online and completed in your own time. This Lead WHS risk management 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 Lead WHS risk management 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