Introduction to Workplace Health and Safety

Course curriculum

Introduction to Workplace Health and Safety

Learn how to keep your community radio station safe. Explore duty of care, spot and manage hazards, review your station’s policies and understand the effects of bullying. Takes about four hours.

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What will you learn in this course

Know Your Duty of Care

Understand your duty of care principle and the legislation behind it, and what workplace health and safety means for you, whether you are staff or a volunteer, so you can help keep everyone at your station safe.
Spot Hazards and Manage Risks

Learn to recognise the hazards most common in community radio stations, from studio equipment to fire, and follow a step-by-step approach to managing risk, using station policies, procedures and safety signs.
Respond with Confidence

Know how to act in an emergency, including fires and bomb threats, and understand how workplace bullying affects people, so you can respond well, speak up and know where to find more help.

About this course

Time:

4h

Lessons:

38

Section	Lesson
01 Introduction to WHS	🕮 What Will I Learn? 🕮 Who Wrote The Course?
02 The Duty of Care Principle	🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section? 🕮 Duty of Care - Legislation and Regulation ❓ Duty of Care Quiz Question
03 WHS in the Studio	🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section? 🕮 Workplace Health and Safety in the Studio ❓ WHS in the Studio Quiz: Question 1 ❓ WHS in the Studio Quiz: Question 2
04 Potential Hazards and Managing Risks	🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section 🕮 Step by Step approach to Managing Risks ❓ Potential Hazards and Managing Risks Quiz: Question 1 ❓ Potential Hazards and Managing Risks Quiz: Question 2 ❓ Potential Hazards and Managing Risks Quiz: Question 3 ❓ Potential Hazards and Managing Risks Quiz: Question 4 ❓ Potential Hazards and Managing Risks Quiz: Question 5
05 Station Policies and Procedures	🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section? 🕮 Station Policies and Procedures
06 Fire	🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section? 🕮 Fire 🕮 Operating a Fire Extinguisher 🕮 Identifying the Correct Fire Extinguisher ❓ Fire Quiz Question
07 Bomb Threats	🕮 What Will I Learn In Section? 🕮 How do I respond to a bomb threat?
08 Safety Signs and Signals	🕮 What Will I Learn In Section? 🕮 Identifying and Responding to Safety Signage ❓ Safety Signs and Signals Quiz: Question 1 ❓ Safety Signs and Signals Quiz: Question 2
09 Workplace Bullying	🕮 What Will I Learn In Section? 🕮 What is workplace bullying? ❓ Workplace Bullying Quiz Question
10 COVID-19 Response	🕮 COVID-19 Overview 🕮 COVID-19 Resource Hub
External additional resources	🕮 For more detailed information about WHS
Feedback	🕮 Feedback Survey 🕮 Student Declaration
Course Completion	🕮 You have completed the Workplace Health and Safety Online Course

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