Online Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Training Course for Managers

What is Work Health and Safety?

Work health and safety is about managing the risks to the health and safety of every person in the workplace. Every person has a responsibility to promote and maintain a work environment that is without risk to the health or safety of others.

Course Overview

This online course on creating a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers will help you to promote and maintain a work environment that is without risk to the health or safety of others and includes guidelines for identifying and responding to workplace health and safety concerns.

This online Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Supervisors and Managers course is legally compliant, kept up to date with legislation for all states and territories in Australia and New Zealand. It has been written in partnership with Mills Oakley Law Firm for Australia and Simpson Grierson Law Firm for New Zealand.

Target audience

This creates a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers. Training is suitable for supervisors and managers who are responsible for the management of employees, contractors and volunteers.

Topics covered

The following topics are covered in the Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Supervisors and Managers course:

• What is a safe and healthy workplace?
• Duty to provide a safe and healthy workplace
• Developing mental health strategies
• Responding to incidents that pose a threat to work health and safety
• Reporting health and safety incidents in the workplace
• How to manage work health and safety risks
• Contributing to a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace

Duration

This Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Supervisors and Managers course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Learner experience

This online course for creating a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers is simple to navigate, easy to understand and will accommodate all learning styles. During this creating a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers training, learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce practical ways to ensure they understand the duty that supervisors and managers have to act on behalf of their employer to promote and maintain a work environment that is without risk to the health or safety of others, and the steps to mitigate against work health and safety incidents. At the end of this Create a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Supervisors and Managers course, there is a short online assessment. There is also a declaration that every supervisor and manager understands their duty to prevent and respond to workplace health and safety incidents in the workplace and to promote a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace culture.

Learning outcomes

Work Health and Safety (WHS) is a serious issue, and you should be aware of your role and duties to eliminate work-related incidents to the extent possible or minimise them. Apart from physical safety, you should also understand the impact that mental health issues can have in your workplace.

Once your supervisors and managers have completed this course on creating a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers, they will be able to:

• define what a safe and healthy workplace is
• understand your duty to provide a safe and healthy workplace
• identify and respond to work health and safety incidents
• handle reports of work health and safety incidents
• manage work health and safety risks
• develop mental health strategies
• contribute to a workplace that is safe, inclusive and respectful.

Business outcomes

Businesses have an obligation to take all reasonable steps to ensure the workplace is safe. To achieve this, it is expected that everyone:

• takes care of their own health and safety and that of others while at work, working from home or working in any other location
• works together to ensure a healthy and safe work environment.

Once your supervisors and managers have completed this online Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Supervisors and Managers course, your organisation will be able to:

• Reduce incidents of work health and safety incidents.
• Mitigate the risk of claims for vicarious liability associated with unlawful workplace behaviour carried out by workers or agents.
• Protect your reputation from the damage caused by incidents of workplace health and safety incidents.
• Present a vision for all workers to do the right thing.
• Ensure a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace culture.
• Gain a competitive advantage by becoming an employer of choice.

Other online compliance courses

The Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Supervisors and Managers training is one of a suite of online compliance courses that deal with the duty that supervisors and managers have to represent their employer and contribute to a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace culture.

• Preventing and responding to workplace bullying for supervisors and managers
• Creating a safe and healthy workplace for supervisors and managers
• Enabling diversity and workplace flexibility for supervisors and managers
• Preventing and responding to psychological safety for supervisors and managers
• Preventing and responding to domestic and family violence for supervisors and managers