The Understanding safety at work credential covers the skills and knowledge in understanding the importance that safety plays in a workplace, and how through the right leadership, processes and procedures this assists in reducing workers from injury and illness and your role in achieving this.

The Understanding safety at work comprises of 3 micro-credential stacked courses of learning, followed by a completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding.

Course Series: 1 of 3

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 2 Hours Course 

Complexity: Foundation

It comprises 4 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 role of WHS and the associated responsibilities and leadership 
  • Identifying and addressing hygiene hazards and safe procedures
  • Introduction and management of security in the workplace.
  • Using WHS templates and checklists when managing safety in the workplace.




Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Understanding safety at work
  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • WHS roles, responsibility and leadership

  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Hygiene hazards and safe procedures
  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Security in the workplace
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • WHS templates and checklists

  • 6

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Next steps
  • 7

    The boring stuff

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