Health & Safety Risk Management Fundamentals

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the core health and safety duties of businesses, officers and workers.
• Identify workplace hazards and assess the level of risk.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls to reduce workplace risks.
• Report and investigate incidents to prevent them from happening again.
• Consult with workers and encourage active participation in workplace safety.

Course Topics & Core Skills

• Duties and Responsibilities: Core duties and responsibilities, including PCBU, officer and worker concepts.
• Hazards and Risk: Hazard identification and risk assessment basics.
• Controls: The hierarchy of controls and practical risk reduction.
• Incidents: Incident reporting, investigation and learning.
• Consultation: Worker consultation and participation.

Why This Training Matters in Industry

Health and safety law in both Australia and New Zealand sets out duties for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs), officers and workers. In Australia, PCBUs must, so far as is reasonably practicable, consult with workers who are directly affected by a health and safety matter.

The hierarchy of controls ranks control measures from the highest level of protection to the lowest, starting with elimination and ending with personal protective equipment. Understanding these duties and applying the hierarchy gives your team a consistent way to reduce risk, learn from incidents and show that health and safety is central to how your business operates.