Occupational Health and Safety Management Programme
About this course

Overview

Safety practitioners are expected to hold the law, the risk methods and the system architecture all at once. Over ten days this builds all three: legal duties and liability, risk assessment as it is actually done, and designing a management system that holds the parts together across an organisation.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Apply OHS legal requirements in the workplace
  • Assess risk and select effective controls
  • Build and run a safety management system
  • Investigate incidents to prevent recurrence
  • Lead safety improvement across an organisation
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Explain the occupational health and safety legal framework
  • Conduct risk assessments and set controls
  • Design a safety management system
  • Investigate incidents and drive corrective action
  • Build a functioning safety culture
Course content

Modules

01

Legal framework

The OHS Act, regulations, and duty holder responsibilities.

02

Hazard identification and risk assessment

Identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risk.

03

Safety management systems

The elements and design of an SMS.

04

Incident investigation

Investigating incidents and driving corrective action.

05

Emergency and operational control

Emergency preparedness and safe operating controls.

06

Safety culture and leadership

Building culture and leading safety performance.

Who it is for

Target audience

SHE officers, safety practitioners, and line managers taking on responsibility for occupational health and safety.

Before you start

Prerequisites

A safety, SHEQ or operational management role. No prior formal safety qualification required.

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