The Ensure a safe workplace for a work area credential covers the skills and knowledge that assist you in creating a workplace that is attractive, well supported, and productive by creating a workplace that continually strives to offer a safe and healthy environment to its employees.

Ensure a safe workplace for a work area comprises of 1 micro-credential stacked course of learning, followed by completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding. 

Course Series: 1 of 1

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 5 Hours Course 

Complexity: Foundation

It comprises 14 lessons of learning, followed by a completion quiz to test your knowledge and understanding.  By the end of this course, you will demonstrate understanding in:

  • The importance of workplace safety and your role in upholding this as a manager.
  • Importance of reducing workplace injuries, and the impact this has in Australia.
  • Key elements of Australia's work health and safety legal framework
  • Use of Workplace health and safety management systems
  • How to effectively develop and implement safe work procedures
  • Development and implementation of risk controls.
  • Undertaking processes that review risk controls and reporting obligations
  • Processes that should be adhered to regarding the keeping of documentation.
  • Practices to implement that promote continuous improvement






Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Ensure a safe workplace for a work area

  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Workplace safety and the manager's role

  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Impact of workplace injuries in Australia

  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Key elements of Australia's work health and safety legal framework

  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Key terminology

  • 6

    Lesson 5

    • Workplace health and safety management system

  • 7

    Lesson 6

    • Implementing safe work procedures

  • 8

    Lesson 7

    • Consultation

  • 9

    Lesson 8

    • Workplace hazards

  • 10

    Lesson 9

    • Assessing risk

  • 11

    Lesson 10

    • Implement risk controls

  • 12

    Lesson 11

    • Developing and implementing risk controls

  • 13

    Lesson 12

    • Reviewing risk controls and reporting obligations

  • 14

    Lesson 13

    • Keeping documentation

  • 15

    Lesson 14

    • Continuous improvement

  • 16

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Next steps

  • 17

    The boring stuff

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