How to Become Whs Officer

By completing the Diploma of Work Health & Safety (BSB51319) at the College for Adult Learning, you’ll develop key occupational health and safety skills and strengthen your ability to make informed decisions, preparing you to take on leading WHS roles within any organisation with the backing of a Nationally Recognised formal qualification. This course will help you consolidate and develop your skills in risk analysis and incident response, while increasing your ability to develop safe workplace policies and return to work strategies.

Key Skills:

• Plan, implement and evaluate a process for managing work health and safety (WHS) risk in a work area
• Lead and manage the initial response to one work health and safety (WHS) incident
• Contribute to developing, implementing, reviewing and improving a work health and safety management
• Manage the planning, implementation and review of initial response procedures and return to work practices

You may be eligible for an AIHS membership

If you are studying WHS and not currently working full time you may be eligible for a free 12-month student membership with The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS). As an AIHS member, you’ll have access to professional development resources, webinars led by health and safety recruiting agencies, professional networking groups plus much more.

By completing the Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety at the College for Adult Learning, you’ll develop a basic understanding of occupational health and safety law, and how to navigate the technical aspects related to WHS processes within any organisation. 

You’ll learn how to best contribute to WHS decisions, supporting their implementation and influencing change within your organisation. Throughout the course, you’ll develop skills essential to any role within occupational health and safety, including responding to workplace incidents, identifying (WHS) hazards and controlling the associated risks, and planning the implementation of a work health and safety management system (WHSMS). You’ll also develop transferable skills in problem-solving, report writing and documentation best practices.

Delivered entirely online, this comprehensive course can be studied at your own pace. Schedule study time around your work and life commitments, completing your course in anywhere from 12 to 24 months. So don’t hesitate – commit to yourself and your career and enquire about this online diploma today!

You may be eligible for an AIHS membership

If you are studying WHS and not currently working full time you may be eligible for a free 12-month student membership with The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS). As an AIHS member, you’ll have access to professional development resources, webinars led by health and safety recruiting agencies, professional networking groups plus much more.

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Over the period of your studies you will undertake 12 subjects with a choice of studying a general pathway with no major or specialising in Acute Care, Chronic and Complex Care, Quality and Safety or Leadership and Management (sub-major).  This course will allow you to offer advanced care and achieve a leading level of evidence-based clinical practice in your chosen field.

This recognised Masters course will allow Registered Nurses who meet the criteria outlined in the ACMHN Framework to use this qualification as part of their application to become a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse.

UTS is the #1 ranked university for nursing in Australia and #11 in the world. In this course, you will learn from world-leading educators and clinicians to enhance your critical care knowledge, which you can apply to your current clinical practice.

If you’re the type of person who is focused on detail and enjoy creating an improving work processes in order to optimise safety and well-being of people at a workplace, then this BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety qualification from Australian Institute of Management (AIM) Education and Training could be your pathway to a rewarding career.

Over the last decade, work health and safety (WHS) has become a focus across many industry sectors, and demand for qualified WHS professionals is at an all time high. If you’re looking to take advantage of this demand and join the booming WHS sector, this course will give you all the skills and confidence you need to commence a rewarding career. You will gain essential knowledge such as how to contribute to implementation and maintenance of WHS consultation and participation processes; how to contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safety; how to contribute to WHS risk management and how to assist with managing WHS compliance of contractors. By the end of the course you will be fully qualified and certified to start working in one of many WHS roles available nationally across almost all industry sectors.

This course is delivered 100% online, requires roughly 10 hours of study per week and can be completed in 12-18 months.