Introduction to Health and Safety @ Work
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Introduction to Health and Safety @ Work (Contribute to health and safety of self and others – BSBWHS201)
Introduction to Health and Safety @ Work – Course Outline (PDF Printable version)
General Information
Duration: 1 day
Cost: $445 GST-Exempt, Includes Training Manual
Who should attend?
New employees as part of their induction and employees who need work health and safety training to learn about safety in the workplace, responsibilities and accountabilities, recognising hazards and associated risk and work health and safety legislation.
Content:
Element 1 ‐ Work Safely
- Follow provided safely procedures and instructions when conducting work
- Carry out pre‐start systems and equipment checks according to workplace procedures
- Follow workplace procedures for responding to emergency incidents
Element 2 ‐ Implement work safety standards
- Identify designated persons to whom queries and concerns about safety in the workplace should be directed
- Identify exiting and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures
- Identify and implement WHS procedures and work instructions
- Identify and report emergency incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures
- Identify WHS duty holders in own work area and their duties
Element 3 ‐ Participate in WHS consultative processes
- Contribute to workplace meetings, inspections and other WHS consultative activities
- Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures
- Take actions to eliminate workplace hazards and reduce risk
