Work Health and Safety

Workplace Safety


Creating a safe workplace is everyone’s responsibility, and frontline leaders play a key part in shaping how safety is understood and practised.

This course helps you build the knowledge and habits that support safer decisions, stronger awareness and more confident participation in your organisation’s WHS systems.

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What to expect

Promoting a safe working environment is fundamental to every organisation. This course introduces you to the principles and practices that underpin effective Work Health and Safety systems and helps you understand your role in supporting them. You will explore the legislative framework that guides workplace safety and how it applies to your daily work.

You will learn practical tools for identifying hazards, controlling risks and contributing to the development and maintenance of WHS processes. The program also highlights how everyday behaviours, communication and role modelling influence the safety culture of a team.

With clear guidance and simple, usable techniques, you will develop the confidence to participate in and support a safer, more accountable workplace.

Is this course for you


This course is ideal for people working at the frontline of an organisation, from supervisors and team leaders through to business unit and divisional managers.

This course is suited to individuals who want to:

  • strengthen effectiveness in frontline roles

  • lead and support others in operational environments

  • balance day-to-day demands with people responsibilities

  • improve performance, engagement, and outcomes at the frontline

What you will explore

During this training course, you will develop a foundational understanding of workplace health and safety and how it is applied in practice. The course focuses on the legislative framework for WHS, identifying hazards, applying risk controls, and using practical tools and systems to support safe and compliant work practices.

By the end of this training course, you should be able to:

  • Understand the legislative framework that underpins workplace safety

  • Use tools, techniques and processes that support safe work practices

  • Identify hazards and apply appropriate risk controls

  • Participate in establishing, implementing, maintaining and monitoring WHS management systems

Where this course can take you


During this training course, you will explore the legislative requirements for workplace safety and the essentials of an effective WHS management system. You will learn how to identify hazards, apply risk control techniques, and embed safe work practices and daily safety behaviours across the workplace.

The course also focuses on participation and communication in WHS processes. You will develop an understanding of how active involvement and clear communication support stronger safety outcomes and shared responsibility for workplace health and safety.

Related Results


This refresher course helps Health and Safety Representatives stay up to date with changes to the WHS Act and understand how these updates are being applied in real workplaces.

You will revisit your responsibilities, strengthen your confidence in the role and explore practical examples that show how different organisations are putting the legislation into action.


Psychosocial hazards can affect anyone, and understanding them is an important part of staying safe at work. This course helps you recognise risks such as high job demands, low support or bullying, and understand how they influence mental health.

You will learn what to look for, when to speak up and how you can play an active role in creating a safer, more respectful workplace.


Mental health and wellbeing at work are influenced by individual circumstances and by how work is designed, managed and experienced. This half-day course examines what a mentally healthy workplace looks like and how people can contribute within the scope of their role.

You will consider workplace risk and protective factors, practical ways to support personal wellbeing and respectful approaches to reducing stigma, building psychological safety and starting a supportive conversation.


Leaders play a central role in shaping environments where people feel safe to speak up and work without fear of harm.

This course helps you understand your responsibilities under the Work Health and Safety Act and gives you practical tools to lead with clarity, reduce psychosocial risks and create a culture where wellbeing, respect and trust are part of everyday work.

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