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Officer WHS Due Diligence

Officer WHS Due Diligence

The personal work health and safety duty that sits on directors, owners and senior decision makers, explained without legal jargon. Learn who actually counts as an officer, what the six steps of due diligence require you to do, why the duty applies whether or not anything has gone wrong, how verification differs from assurance, what evidence a regulator looks for and how the position differs across states and territories. Includes paced slides with diagrams, a board level decision scenario, quick self checks and a due diligence rhythm you can put in place straight away.

About 45 minutes100% online, self-pacedSix months of access

What You Will Learn

  • Work out whether you are an officer, and why a job title does not decide the question
  • Distinguish the business's primary safety duty from the officer's separate personal duty
  • Describe each of the six steps of due diligence and what each one asks you to do
  • Explain why verification, not assurance, is the step that most often fails
  • Recognise how the officer duty and the penalty position differ across Australian jurisdictions

Course Content

Final Assessment: 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available

Who This Course Is For

Company directors, business owners, chief executives, company secretaries, partners, senior executives and anyone who makes or takes part in decisions that affect the whole or a substantial part of a business, including those who control its budget or its financial standing.

Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.

Sources and Legal References

Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.

Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It provides general information about Australian work health and safety law and good governance practice and is not legal advice. It is not a substitute for your organisation's own safety management system, advice from your work health and safety regulator or advice from a lawyer about your own position or a specific matter.
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Officer WHS Due Diligence

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16 September 2026Date of issue
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This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.

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