COURSE OVERVIEW:

Health and safety management is defined as the organised efforts and procedures for identifying workplace hazards and reducing accidents and exposure to harmful situations and substances. It also includes training of personnel in accident prevention, accident response, emergency preparedness, and use of protective clothing and equipment.

The management of health and safety is also concerned with organisational structures, the climate for change within an organisation, individual roles within the organisation and the problem of stress which takes many forms.

Health and safety management is no different from other forms of management. It covers: (a) the management of the health and safety operation at national and local level – planning, organising, controlling, objective setting, establishing accountability and the setting of policy; (b) measurement of health and safety performance on the part of individuals and specific locations; and (c) motivating managers to improve standards of health and safety performance in those areas under their control.

The way forward for successful health and safety management is to involve everyone in the organisation, using a proactive approach to identify hazards and to control those risks that are not tolerable. This ensures that those employees at risk are aware of the risks they face and of the need for the control measures.

Organisations that are successful in achieving high standards of health and safety have health and safety policies which contribute to their business performance, while meeting their responsibilities to people and the environment in a way that fulfils both the spirit and the letter of the law. In this way they satisfy the expectations of shareholders, employees, customers and society at large.

The first part of this course explores the employers’ duty to manage health and safety at work and defines ‘Management’ and how communication is an essential feature of the management process. Also explains how health and safety management is successful by complying with legislation and then provides detailed information on what a health and safety management covers including documentation of procedures and systems, monitoring performance, and the implementation of systems for improving knowledge, attitudes and motivation.

The second part discusses why managers must be aware of current information sources in order to manage health and safety effectively and how employers are required to show evidence of operating formally established health and safety management systems. Also, explores the relationship between quality management and health and safety, then explains WHS benchmarking and WHS emergency procedures. Finally, outlines risk management and the processes, strategies and programs involved.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

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

·       What is management?

·       What does management resources include?

·       What is health and safety management?

·       How to measure management performance?

·       The role of health and safety supervisors        

·       The importance and benefits of supervisor training   

·       Quality management and health and safety

·       The features of an effective supervisor

·       The status review of the health and safety management system

·       The statements of health and safety policy

·       Planning requirements for health and safety

·       The principal requirements for planning

·       The risk assessment process for health and safety

·       The effective implementation, monitoring and management review of a health and safety management system

·       Examples of proactive monitoring data

·       What the auditing process should include?

·       Benchmarking and the benchmarking process

·       The five-step health and safety benchmarking

·       How to succeed in health and safety benchmarking?

·       Emergency procedures and approved code of practice

·       How to identify the risks?

·       How to establish and devise emergency procedures?

·       What must be taken into account when establishing an emergency procedure?

·       What risk management is?

·       The role of risk management?

·       The risk management process?

·       The identification of the exposure to risk

·       The prevention or control of the risk

·       Techniques of risk management

·       Risk identification and risk evaluation (or measurement)

·       How risk evaluation may be based on economic, social or legal considerations?

·       The types of risks

·       Risk management strategies

·       Risk management programs

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.