Purpose and Description
This course is designed for people with supervisory responsibility and provides participants with and understanding of Occupational Health and Safety while giving them the tools to implement and monitor Occupational Health and Safety policies, procedures and programs. The course informs participants on the Occupational Health and Safety legislation, how they can maintain Health and Safety standards and the principles which need to be adopted for them to become effective OH&S managers
The Course learning aims are:
- Understand how the adoption of OH&S policies and procedures makes for a productive safe Workplace
- To ensure that the provisions of OH&S legislation is implement and monitored. Including the duties of the employees and the other key provisions included in the Act.
- To enhanced the supervisors/managers skills by initiating and ensuring effective participatory management practices in the area of OH&S.
- Understand the importance of implementing and monitoring workplace procedures to identify hazards, assess risks and control them in the workplace
- Understand how the reduction of OH&S incidents in the work place and reduces costs to the organisation.
- Understand the relationship between management system breakdown and the causes of incidents/accidents in the workplace
- 3+ weeks prior to program: full refund
- 2 weeks prior to program: fee refund less 25%, unless transferred to another COHST program.
- Less than 2 weeks: no refund, unless transferred to another COHST program.
- Swinburne University reserves the right to cancel courses at any
time. In this case, money paid is fully refunded.
Course Content
Law
- Statute
- Common
- Role of Compliance Codes; Aust Standards etc
- Victorian OHS Act 2004 including
- Objects
- Specific duties for employers, occupiers,
- contractors, employees, designers, manufacturers, suppliers
- Consultative processes
- Role of HSRs
- ARREOs
- Issue resolution
Workplace Hazards
- Hazard identification
- Risk assessment
- Controls and solutions
- Implementation/monitor/review
Incident investigation
- Incident investigation strategies
- Incident notification requirements
Certification
Certificate of attendance will be issued upon successful completion.
Duration
1 day
Fees, Bookingsand No-obligation Quotes
Fees for our group courses are different from course conducted on campus. A fee structure is calculated on number of participants, course requirements and location. For an obligation free quote please phone 03 9214 8841 or email cohst@swin.edu.au.
Course Cancellation Policy
3+ weeks prior to program: full refund.
2 weeks prior to program: fee refund less 25%, unless transferred to another COHST program
Less than 2 weeks: no refund, unless transferred to another COHST program
Swinburne University reserves the right to cancel courses at any time. In this case, money paid is fully refunded.
Bookings
This course is only available on site for groups of 10 or more participants.
Please complete a Group Booking Form
Phone 9214 8841 or 9214 5419 for more information or email cohst@swin.edu.au
