CISA
3 CPD points
7 modules
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This course is useful for employees, managers, supervisors and safety representatives who need practical awareness of OHSA responsibilities, workplace safety expectations and reporting duties. Customisation is available where the training needs to reflect your organisation’s health and safety policy, reporting channels, site rules, role appointments, PPE requirements or incident procedures.
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OHSA awareness for real workplace responsibility
The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) is not only about rules written for a safety file. It affects how employers, managers, safety representatives and employees understand their responsibilities in the workplace.This course helps relevant employees understand why OHSA matters, who carries responsibilities under the Act, and how safety duties, risk controls and reporting obligations fit into everyday work.
The course
From duties to controls
The course introduces the purpose of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations, who the Act protects, who must comply, and how liability and enforcement work in practice. It explains employer responsibilities, management commitment, safety management planning, health and safety policies, resources, legal appointments, safety representatives, health and safety committees and reporting mechanisms. The course also covers risk assessments, eliminating and controlling risks, workplace information, training, PPE, performance monitoring, emergency planning, Department of Labour reporting, inspections, audits, investigations and employee responsibilities. The focus is practical OHSA awareness, not technical SHEQ specialist training.
OHSA awareness
Safety is not only a policy. It is a set of duties people must recognise in time.
Workplace responsibility
Why OHSA awareness matters
This course is commercially useful because OHSA responsibility is spread across the workplace. Management must understand its duty to provide and maintain a safe working environment. Safety representatives and committees need to understand their role. Employees need to know what is expected of them when they see hazards, follow controls, use PPE, report incidents or cooperate with safety measures. Customisation can make this awareness more practical by connecting the course to your organisation’s own safety policy, reporting channels, site rules, role appointments, PPE requirements, emergency procedures or incident reporting process. That helps employees connect the Act to the way safety is managed in their own workplace.
Give employees clear OHSA awareness for safer workplace decisions.
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Who should complete this OHSA course?
This course is useful for employees, managers, supervisors, safety representatives and other workplace role players who need a practical awareness of Occupational Health and Safety Act responsibilities. It is relevant where people need to understand both management responsibilities and employee duties in creating and maintaining a safer workplace.
Is this course only for safety specialists?
No. Safety specialists may need deeper technical training, but this course is designed for broader workplace awareness. It helps non-specialists understand the OHS Act, employer and employee responsibilities, safety management planning, reporting mechanisms, inspections, audits and the importance of following workplace safety procedures.
Can this course support health and safety induction?
Yes. The course can support health and safety induction by introducing employees to the purpose of the OHS Act, workplace safety responsibilities, risk controls, reporting duties and the consequences of ignoring safety rules. It should be used with the organisation’s own safety policy, site rules and role-specific procedures.
Does the course explain employee responsibilities?
Yes. The course explains what the OHS Act expects from employees, including taking reasonable care, cooperating with safety measures, avoiding shortcuts, reporting unsafe conditions and understanding that workplace safety depends on individual conduct as well as management systems.
Can the course be customised?
Yes. The course can be customised to reflect the organisation’s own health and safety policy, reporting channels, site rules, role appointments, PPE requirements, emergency procedures or incident reporting process. This helps employees connect OHSA awareness to the way safety is managed in their own workplace.
Does this training make the workplace compliant or safe?
No. Training supports awareness, but it does not guarantee compliance, prevent incidents or replace risk assessments, safe systems of work, supervision, PPE, inspections, audits, management controls or legal advice. It should form part of the organisation’s wider occupational health and safety approach.
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