An employer must appoint and maintain a qualified person as a Workplace Health and Safety Officer (WHSO) if 30 or more workers are normally employed at the Workplace. A Principal Contractor (PC) must appoint a WHSO if thirty or more persons work at a workplace during any 24 hour period or if the PC has built more than 30 domestic premises during the previous years. This course is also suitable for supervisors and managers who have a responsibility for the safety of workers.

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• Review key aspects of the Workplace Health and Safety Officer Course;
• Provide WH&S Legislation updates;
• Recent legislative initiatives taken in WH&S;
• Evaluation of the consequences of enforceable matters;
• Direction of WH&S and potential impacts.

• Current workplace health and safety legislation;
• The key areas of the Workplace Health and Safety Officer’s course;
• Recent legislative initiatives for Workplace Health & Safety;
• Evaluate the purpose and consequences of enforceable matters;
• The direction of workplace health and safety and potential impacts.

Participants to this course are required to bring with them a current version of the Legislation and relevant Codes of Practice.

To confirm version currency please visit,

http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/OQPChome.htm

Current accreditation as a WHSO