WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY VBS103

COURSE STRUCTURE
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

Duration:  100 hours

AIMS

• 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.

WHAT THE COURSE COVERS
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