Health and Safety from a Management Perspective
Know and understand your obligations under the Health and Safety at Work (HSW) Act and why a positive health and safety culture is important to your organisation. Understand the context of risk management as an essential part of Health and Safety in the workplace.
Description
If you are in charge of people as a manager, supervisor or team leader, in HR or Health and Safety this is the Health and Safety course for you. It will clarify your duties and give practical tools to implement Health and Safety practices in your workplace.
What you’ll learn...
Business leaders, owners, managers and supervisors all need to know how to keep people safe (HSW Act primary duty of care).
This course will guide you through your legal obligations and introduce strategies to ensure a positive health and safety culture can exist in your business.
You’ll understand your legal duties under the HSW Act and learn the importance of understanding, promoting, and implementing effective health and safety practices, including how to apply risk management techniques that are understandable and relevant to your business.
After, you’ll be able to...
- Understand the legislative framework around HSW Act, including the various duties and responsibilities for officers, managers, supervisors and workers.
- Play a valuable role in health and safety, including how you can contribute to improving the safety culture of your business.
- Facilitate the identification, assessment, control and review of hazards and risks.
- Know if your hazards and risks are being managed effectively.
- Manage and support a worker and contractor engagement model.
Duration: 1 day
Level: Advanced
Delivery: Face to face (in class)
Course Costs:
Member (Standard) $940 + GST
Non-member (Standard) $1,340 + GST
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