BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health Safety

Work health and safety (WHS) legislation in Australia aims to prevent injury and disease to persons in the workplace. State, Territory or Commonwealth legislation applies.

Importantly, several Australian jurisdictions have ‘harmonised’ their legislation from 2012. Harmonised legislation means that each jurisdiction enacts its own legislation, but the legislation is as much alike as possible in its provisions.

Common to all WHS legislation in Australia are the following features:

• Support for WHS in the workplace
• Provision of systems of work that are safe and without risk to health
• Prevention of injury and disease through the elimination or minimisation of risks
• Protection of the general public’s safety and health
• Workplace representation, consultation, cooperation and issue resolution
• Inspectors
• Regulations

This qualification is designed for individuals who work within a wide variety of WHS contexts as a Work Health and Safety Practitioner.

Syllabus

The core units for this qualification are mandatory. Industry consultation suggests that workers may seek to have a limited range of elective options to reflect different WHS requirements such as return to work coordinator and this is reflected in the following table. Learners are to select 5 from any of the 7 electives listed below. Finally, there are no pre-requisites or co-requisites associated with the units listed in the following

CORE UNIT | BSBWHS412 – Assist with compliance with WHS laws

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with establishing and maintaining workplace compliance with work health and safety (WHS) laws.

CORE UNIT | BSBWHS413 – Contribute to implementation and maintenance of WHS consultation and participation processes

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to implementing and maintaining work health and safety (WHS) consultation and participation as prescribed in legislation.

CORE UNIT | BSBWHS414 – Contribute to WHS risk management

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to WHS risk management, which includes the processes for identifying work health and safety (WHS) hazards and assessing and controlling the risk relating to those identified hazards.

CORE UNIT | BSBWHS415 – Contribute to implementing WHS management systems

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to implementing a plan for a work health and safety management system (WHSMS) that applies to own role.

CORE UNIT | BSBWHS416 – Contribute to workplace incident response

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with actions and activities performed in response to workplace incidents according to work health and safety (WHS) legislative and organisational requirements.

ELECTIVE | BSBRES411 – Analyse and present research information

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to gather, organise, analyse and present workplace information using available systems and sources. This includes identifying research requirements and sources of information, applying information to a set of facts, evaluating the quality and reliability of the information, and preparing and producing reports.

ELECTIVE | BSBWHS417 – Assist with managing WHS implications of return to work

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with managing the WHS implications of activities that facilitate an injured worker’s return to work. It involves identifying those with roles, duties, rights and responsibilities for return to-work, as well as assisting in preparing, implementing and evaluating the return to work.

ELECTIVE | BSBWHS418 – Assist with managing WHS compliance of contractors

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with managing the work health and safety (WHS) implications of using contractors. It involves identifying contractor duties, establishing organisational WHS compliance requirements associated with those duties, establishing and communicating the requirements expected of contractors, monitoring contractor compliance with WHS requirements, and implementing required responses to identified non-compliance.

ELECTIVE | BSBWHS419 – Contribute to implementing WHS monitoring processes

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to monitoring a range of physical agents and conditions relating to work health and safety (WHS) in the workplace. It involves the use of a range of measuring devices to collect, interpret and report on workplace information and data in relation to those physical agents and conditions.

ELECTIVE | BSBCMM401 – Make a presentation

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to prepare, deliver and review a presentation to a target audience. This unit applies to individuals who may be expected to make presentations for a range of purposes, such as marketing, training and promotions. They contribute well-developed communication skills in presenting a range of concepts and ideas.

ELECTIVE | BSBMGT403 – Implement continuous improvement

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to implement the organisation’s continuous improvement systems and processes. It covers using systems and strategies to actively encourage the team to participate in the process, monitoring and reviewing performance, and identifying opportunities for further improvements.

COURSE CONTENT

The BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety will teach students how to:

• Comply with WH&S legislation,
• Identify hazards and how to assess and control risks,
• Contribute to WH&S in a workplace environment,
• Aid in the implementation of WH&S strategies to control risks and emergency procedures.

All learners’ activities and assessment tasks have been mapped against the units of competence.