WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY VBS103

YOUR GUIDE TO HEALTH & SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE.

This course contains essential information for workers and managers in the workplace. It is far better to avoid accidents in the first place, than deal with their potentially catastrophic aftermath.

100 Hours (Nominal Duration).

There are 7 lessons as follows:

1. Introduction
2. Legislation
3. Handling Chemicals
4. Handling Equipment
5. Handling Objects
6. Standards & Rules
7. Signs & Signals
   
   

On successful completion of the course you should be able to do the following:

• Determine procedures followed in the workplace to control workplace health and safety practices.
• Determine workplace health and safety legislation which is relevant to your industry and locality.
• Identify procedures for the safe use of chemicals in the workplace.
• Identify procedures for the safe use of equipment, including tools and machinery, in the workplace.
• Identify procedures for the safe manual handling of objects in the workplace.
• Develop workplace health and safety rules and practices, for a specified workplace.
• Identify standard signs and hand signals used in workplace health and safety in Australia.
  
  

Here are just some of the things you will be doing:

• Define workplace health and safety, for a specified industry.
• List different individuals and groups within a workplace who have a responsibility with respect to workplace health and safety.
• Identify the role of the workplace health and safety officer in a workplace.
• Explain the operation of consultative processes in the management of workplace health and safety.
• Define duty of care, for a specific industry.
• Outline the scope of federal legislation in workplace health and safety.
• Outline the scope of state legislation in workplace health and safety.
• Explain workplace health and safety regulations within a specified industry.
• Explain the legal standing of workplace health and safety codes of practice.
• Assess different specified workplace situations to determine which are liable to prosecution, and which are not liable to prosecution.
• including:
  • petroleum products
  • cleaning chemicals
  • explosives
  • pesticides
• Explain factors that contribute towards problems with dangerous chemicals.
• Analyse a workplace situation to determine potential safety problems with dangerous chemicals.
• Recommend changes in the workplace in response to the potential safety problems with dangerous chemicals.
• List legal requirements for storage and use of dangerous chemicals in a specified workplace situation.
• Explain appropriate storage procedures for different types of chemicals, including:
  • pesticides
  • petroleum products
  • cleaning chemicals
  • explosives
• Explain appropriate disposal procedures for different types of dangerous chemicals.
• Identify potential problems in the workplace with different types of dangerous chemicals.
• List factors that contribute towards safety problems with equipment.
• Analyse a workplace situation to determine potential safety problems with equipment.
• Recommend changes in the workplace in response to the potential safety problems with equipment
• Develop a procedure for the safe operation of a piece of machinery.
• List factors that contribute towards problems with manual handling, in a specific industry.
• Analyse three different case studies of injuries which resulted from incorrect manual handling.
• Recommend changes in three different specified workplaces, in response to the analysis carried out on manual handling injuries.
• Determine health risks in a specified workplace.
• Determine accident risks in a specified workplace.
• Develop a code of practice to minimise health risks in a specified work place.
• Develop a code of practice to minimise accident risks in a specified workplace.
• Distinguish between different classes of dangerous goods, for a specific industry
• Interpret different standard hand signals used in a specific workplace.
• Interpret different standard signs used in the workplace, including:
  • hazardous chemicals
  • vehicle and pedestrian
  • fire
  • dangerous machinery
  • noise
  • eye protection