A practical, visual guide to preparing, using and reviewing Safe Work Method Statements for high-risk construction work and Job Safety Analyses for everyday tasks. Learn what the WHS Regulations require, how to break a job into steps, identify hazards, choose controls from the hierarchy and consult your crew, with diagrams, a live-site decision scenario, quick self-checks and jurisdiction detail.
~40 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start
What You Will Learn
Explain what a Safe Work Method Statement is and identify the high-risk construction work that legally requires one
Distinguish a SWMS from a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and know when to use each
Recognise the content the WHS Regulations require in a SWMS, and the step-by-step method used to build one
Identify hazards, assess the level of risk, and select control measures using the hierarchy of controls
Consult workers when preparing a SWMS, and use, monitor and review it correctly on site
Course Content
1. What a SWMS is, and when the law requires one
2. Preparing a SWMS that meets the law
3. Identifying hazards and assessing the risk
4. Choosing controls from the hierarchy
5. Consult, use, monitor and review
6. Apply it: a SWMS on a live site
Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Construction supervisors, leading hands, site managers, subcontractors and workers on construction and other high-risk sites who prepare, sign on to or supervise work covered by a SWMS or JSA.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It builds understanding of Safe Work Method Statements and Job Safety Analyses but does not issue a unit of competency. It does not confer competence to prepare or authorise a SWMS. Competence to prepare or authorise a SWMS is determined by the PCBU carrying out the work. It is not a substitute for General Construction Induction training (the 'white card', CPCWHS1001) required to carry out construction work, nor for any high-risk work licence or other accredited or licensed training your work may require.
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$39 per person
$39.00
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Duration
~40 minutes
Format
100% online, self-paced
Lessons
6
Assessment
10 questions (80% to pass)
Certificate
Instant, verifiable
Access period
6 months access from the day of course start
Who it’s for
Construction supervisors, leading hands, site managers, subcontractors and workers on construction and other high-risk sites who prepare, sign on to or supervise work covered by a SWMS or JSA.
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