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Plant and Machinery Safety (Machine Guarding)

Name: Plant and Machinery Safety (Machine Guarding)
Price: 49 AUD
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A practical, visual awareness course on working safely around plant and machinery. Learn what 'plant' is, the mechanical hazards of moving parts, entanglement, crushing, cutting and shearing, how machine guards and interlocks protect you, the plant duties in the WHS Regulations, pre-start checks and safe operation and how to report guard defects. Paced slides with diagrams, a real workshop and warehouse decision scenario and quick self-checks.

Also relevant for: Farm and Rural, Construction and Trades, Manufacturing and Industrial, Mining and FIFO, Warehouse, Transport and Logistics

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

What You Will Learn

Recognise what counts as 'plant' and the main mechanical hazards, entanglement, crushing, cutting, shearing and striking
Describe common machine guards and safeguarding devices, including fixed guards and interlocks, and what makes a guard effective
Outline the PCBU's plant duties under the WHS Regulations and the order set for selecting guarding
Apply safe-operation basics: pre-start checks, isolation and safe work around fixed and mobile plant
Respond correctly to a damaged, missing or bypassed guard, including tagging out and reporting the defect

Course Content

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

Who This Course Is For

Operators, supervisors, leading hands and safety reps in manufacturing, workshops and warehousing, anyone who works on or around fixed or mobile plant.

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 builds hazard awareness for people who work around plant and machinery; it is not a competency-based or accredited qualification. It does not authorise you to operate any particular machine, and it is not a High Risk Work (HRW) licence or a substitute for the licensed, verified-competency or accredited training required in your state or territory to operate high-risk plant (such as forklifts, cranes, hoists or pressure equipment) or to carry out plant maintenance and repairs.