COURSE OVERVIEW:

Workplace hazards are any aspect of work that cause health and safety risks and have the potential to harm. Some hazards are more likely to be present in some workplaces than others, and depending on the work that you do, there will be hazards that are more or less relevant to your business.

Businesses have a responsibility to reduce or eliminate hazards on the job, even if it means shelling out a few extra dollars to ensure employees' safety. Addressing workplace hazards requires managers to be able to identify the full range of potential dangers on the job; understanding the full definition of workplace hazards can ensure that you do not miss any potential threats.

In order to manage workplace health and safety and help prevent accidents and sickness absence, it’s important to identify and reduce the risk associated with workplace hazards. Hazard identification is part of the process used to evaluate if any particular situation, item, thing, etc. may have the potential to cause harm. The goal of hazard identification is to find and record possible hazards that may be present in your workplace. It may help to work as a team and include both people familiar with the work area, as well as people who are not – this way you have both the experienced and fresh eye to conduct the inspection.

Managing health and safety effectively in the workplace is often seen as the responsibility of a designated ‘expert’. However, everyone in the organisation has responsibility for making sure their actions do not cause harm or injury to others. It is vital, therefore, that everyone understands their role in managing health and safety risks

This course explains the principles of identifying hazards, assessing risks and making sure adequate controls are in place to safeguard people from harm. It is intended to help the reader identify hazards and risks associated with their own workplace, making sure that they (and other workers) take appropriate actions to eliminate or reduce these risks. It is primarily a practical tool to help team leaders, supervisors and managers ensure their own health and safety as well as that of others in their team.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

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

• What is meant by safety hazards?
• Hazards associated with vehicles and what to look for to identify vehicle hazards?
• Hazards associated with machinery and what to look for to identify machinery hazards?
• Hazards associated with sharp tools and objects and what to look for to identify sharp tools and object hazards?
• Hazards associated with heat and what to look for to identify heat hazards?
• Hazards associated with electricity and what to look for to identify electricity hazards?
• Hazards associated with working at heights and what to look for to identify working at heights hazards?
• Hazards associated with confined spaces and what to look for to identify confined spaces hazards?
• Hazards associated with slips, trips and falls and what to look for to identify slips, trips and falls hazards?
• Hazards associated with lifting and carrying and what to look for to identify lifting and carrying hazards?
• Hazards associated with repetitive strain injuries and what to look for to identify repetitive strain hazards?
• Hazards associated with personal safety and what to look for to identify personal safety hazards?
• Hazards associated with travel
• Hazards associated with chemicals and what to look for to identify chemical hazards?
• Hazards associated with the use of compressed air or LPG and what to look for to identify gas hazards?
• What is meant by health hazards?
• Hazards associated with physical working conditions
• Hazards associated with noise levels and what to look for to identify noise hazards?
• Hazards associated with lighting levels and what to look for to identify lighting levels hazards?
• Hazards associated with temperature levels and what to look for to identify temperature levels hazards?
• Hazards associated with air quality and what to look for to identify air quality hazards?
• Hazards associated with computers and VDUs and what to look for to identify computers and VDUs hazards?
• Hazards associated with micro-organisms and airborne contaminants and what to look for to identify micro-organisms and airborne contaminants hazards?
• Hazards associated with radiation and what to look for to identify radiation hazards?
• Hazards associated with the use of materials and fibres and what to look for to identify materials and fibres hazards?
• Hazards associated with smoking and what to look for to identify smoking hazards?
• Hazards associated with manual handling and what to look for to identify manual handling hazards?
• Hazards associated with stress and work organisation and what to look for to identify stress and work organisation hazards?
• Hazards associated with fire and how to identify fire hazards?
• The Fire Triangle
• Fuel sources and what to look for to identify fuel sources hazards?
• Typical hazards from sources of oxygen and what to look for to identify sources of oxygen hazards?
• The risk assessment
• How to identify who could be harmed?
• People that could be more vulnerable to hazards
• The severity of harm and how to decide on severity ratings ?
• The likelihood of harm or injury and how to assess the likelihood of harm?
• The order of actions to establish effective controls (hierarchy of control)
• The types of control measures
• Elimination to control hazards
• Substitution to control hazards
• Restricted access to certain areas to control hazards
• Guards and physical controls to control hazards
• Organisational procedures to reduce risks
• Training and supervision to control hazards
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) to control hazards

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:

Purchase and download course content.

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”.