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intermediateOccupational Health & Safety

Occupational Health and Safety

Understand the core principles of workplace health and safety, including hazard identification, risk assessment and control, and how to build a safer working environment that meets recognised OHS standards.

Handsworth Institute108 learners4.2 (2 reviews)

What you will learn

  • Identify common categories of workplace hazards
  • Carry out a basic risk assessment using the hierarchy of controls
  • Explain the employer and employee responsibilities for workplace safety
  • Investigate a workplace incident and recommend corrective action
  • Draft a simple safety procedure or checklist for a work area

About this course

Every workplace carries some level of risk, and this course teaches you how to spot it, assess it and control it. You will cover common categories of workplace hazards such as physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial risks, along with the hierarchy of controls used to eliminate or reduce them.

Practical sessions cover how to carry out a basic hazard identification and risk assessment, investigate incidents, and put together simple safety procedures and signage appropriate for offices, workshops, warehouses and field sites. It is designed for supervisors, safety officers, HR staff and anyone responsible for the wellbeing of a team at work.

Requirements

  • Access to a stable internet connection
  • A smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer
  • No prior OHS experience required

Course content

1 section · 5 lessons

Section 1

5 lessons
  • Fundamentals of OSH
  • Fire and Safety
  • Prohibitory Signs and Symbols
  • Assessment One
  • Assessment One00:00:00

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