Workplace Health And Safety Course Australia
Choosing a workplace health and safety course Australia wide runs into a structural point that generic content ignores.
Work health and safety is state and territory legislation. Most jurisdictions adopted a model law, which makes the core duties broadly consistent. Victoria did not, and retains its own occupational health and safety legislation with different terminology and some different requirements.
Regulations, codes of practice and the regulator you deal with also differ by jurisdiction.
For a single-state employer this is simple. For one operating across borders it means content that names the right regulator and the right terminology for each workforce, or content pitched at the shared principles with local detail supplied separately.
Check which legislation applies to each of your sites before selecting a course.
Safe Work Australia publishes the model laws. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
See Sentrient’s work health and safety course and compliance training courses.
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