Demonstrate knowledge of workplace Health and Safety requirements US 497

Course Description

This course will take you through the Health and Safety responsibilities of workers in New Zealand. You will learn what is expected of you in a workplace, including what steps you are expected to take to ensure the safety of others. The course will also give you a comprehensive understanding of risk management, protective clothing and equipment, emergency procedures and your right to refuse unsafe work and be adequately trained for a job.

Keep yourself and others safe in the workplace

What you'll learn

Through both theory and practical assessments, you will learn about the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and how it defines risks and hazards. You will understand and be able to describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety, as well as describe the systems approach to workplace Health and Safety.

What you'll be able to do with this training

This course is suitable for all workplace environments, but is aimed towards those wanting to use chainsaws in a professional capacity; anyone who requires chainsaw competency for commercial purposes or for those wishing to receive safe chainsaw operation training. 

Topics

• Responsibilities Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking, PCBUs; taking all practicable steps to ensure safety of workers, providing personal protective clothing and equipment, managing risks, providing supervision and training
• Responsibilities of workers; protecting health and safety of self and others, using protective clothing and equipment, the right to refuse unsafe work, to be adequately supervised and/or trained
• Principle systems; emergency procedures, training, worker participation and engagement, risk identification, hazard reporting, risk management
• Hierarchy of controls; elimination, minimisation
• Defining risks and hazards