Step into safety leadership with the BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
Designed for supervisors, safety officers and employees with WHS responsibilities, it provides the essential skills to identify hazards, assess and control risks, interpret WHS legislation, and support compliance across industries. This nationally recognised qualification is considered the foundation for anyone seeking to build a career in workplace health and safety.
Need a skill set, not the full qualification?
Sometimes you may not need the full qualification, but rather the skill set or specific topics within a qualification. Our flexible ‘module’ option means you can choose to attend only the topic/s you need, and when you’ve attended, successfully completed your assessments, and are deemed competent you’ll receive a statement of attainment showing you’ve gained those units of competency. Complete all four topics and receive the full qualification.
By completing this program participants will:
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
We offer this program in two ways:
Workplace programs – on your site or live online program delivered within your workplace, tailored to your industry and organisational needs. For workplace enquiries, contact us here.
Public program – join our online WHS courses, run live with an experienced facilitator in an interactive training environment.
Throughout the program, participants work with real workplace scenarios, completing activities and assessments directly connected to their role. This ensures every skill learned is applied in practice and immediately relevant to their workplace.
OUR delivery FORMAT
Eight days of training is broken into 4 x 2 day modules, plus a workplace task per module.
Participants can undertake the full qualification, or choose the module of their choice and gain the competencies covered in that module. This program is designed for adult participants who are already or have recently been employed. Assessments are open book questions, practical activities and projects designed to be incorporated into their day to day job rather than adding to their workload.
Participants have up to 12 months to complete the qualification or the individual modules.
ABOUT THE program modules
To attain the BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety, participants must be deemed competent in 10 units of competency (five core, five elective) over an eight-day program, plus assessments and workplace tasks.
The eight days may be delivered in consecutive days or in four x two-day modules with gaps between each module to allow participants to practice skills learned back at their workplace.
Our 8 day public program allows for enrolment in either the full qualification or into the individual modules.
read more about THE program MODULES
Module outline
Within this module, workplace leaders gain the skills to contribute to hazard identification and risk assessments and learn how to communicate as a workplace leader to build trust. This module explores the skills and knowledge required to contribute to WHS risk management including the processes for identifying work health and safety (WHS) hazards and assessing and controlling the risks relating to those identified hazards according to legislative and organisational requirements.
Participants will gain the skills and knowledge required to understand different communication contexts, how to choose methods of communication to suit the audience and the importance of follow-up.
Units covered in this module:
Outcomes
At the end of this module participants will be able to:
- discover the role and importance of communication and consultation in minimising harm at work including accessing information and data used to identify hazards and to assess and control risks and how to clarify messages and create engaging and effective communication;
- define the purpose and need for follow-up actions for different communications;
- identify accurate communication context and contribute to identifying risk management requirements and compliance; and contribute to workplace hazard identification and risk assessment
This two-day module supported by workplace application and assessment delivers two units towards the BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
Module outline
Whether you are a contractor, or you work with contractors, the law is very clear about WHS obligations on both sides.
This module develops the required skills and knowledge to assist with establishing and maintaining workplace compliance with work health and safety (WHS) laws. This includes identifying applicable WHS laws, duties, rights and obligations, and the necessary actions to ensure WHS compliance in the workplace, assisting with providing advice about the legislative duties, rights and obligationsof individuals and parties prescribed in WHS laws and those of WHS regulators.
Participants will also develop an understanding of requirements to assist in managing the work health and safety (WHS) implications of using contractors. It involves identifying contractor duties, establishing organisational WHS compliance requirements associated with those duties, establishing and communicating the requirements expected of contractors, monitoring contractor compliance with WHS requirements, and implementing required responses to identified non-compliance.
Units covered in this module:
Outcomes
At the end of this module participants will be able to:
- identify the legal framework for WHS in the workplace;
- provide advice about WHS compliance;
- establish WHS legislative compliance;
- maintain WHS legislative compliance;
- prepare for, and assist with, contractor WHS induction processes; and
- monitor contractor WHS compliance requirements and address non-compliance.
This two-day module supported by workplace application and assessment delivers three units towards the BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
Module outline
This module provides participants with the skills and knowledge to contribute to the implementation and maintenance of WHS consultation and participation processes and monitoring WHS systems, policies, procedures and programs.
It enables participants to meet due diligence obligations by gaining an understanding of what is required in terms of due diligence in the Australian workplace and how to meet their legal obligations in respect of their role and organisational requirements.
Units covered in this module:
Outcomes
At the end of this module participants will be able to:
• contribute to developing, implementing and evaluating a work health and safety implementation plan;
• identify your (and others) roles and responsibilities in relation to WHS consultation and participation, then implement, review and make improvements as required;
• contribute to communicating and sharing WHS information and data;
• consult with relevant individuals to identify conditions to be measured;
• contribute to selecting measuring equipment; and
• collect information about the requirements of monitoring and contribute to testing.
This two-day module supported by workplace application and assessment, delivers three units towards the BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
Module outline
In this module participants gain an understanding of what is involved in incident response and investigation in order to prevent further harm. Participants explore, should an accident or incident occur, how to identify and conduct a comprehensive incident investigation in line with legislative and organisational requirements and how to collect, organise and analyse information using available systems and prepare, deliver and review presentations for target audiences.
Units covered in this module:
Outcomes
At the end of this module participants will be able to:
- understand what is involved in incident response and incident investigation;
- identify how to conduct a comprehensive incident investigation inclusive of research, analysis and recommendations;
- understand how to collect, organise and analyse information using available systems;
- practice incident investigation and presentation skills to enhance understanding and skill levels; and
- explore what makes an engaging and effective presentation.
Need a skill set, not the full qualification?
Sometimes you may not need the full qualification, but rather the skill set or specific topics within a qualification. Our flexible ‘module’ option means you can choose to attend only the topic/s you need, and when you’ve attended, successfully completed your assessments, and are deemed competent you’ll receive a statement of attainment showing you’ve gained those units of competency. Successfully complete all four topics and receive the full qualification.
OUR ONLINE DELIVERY FORMAT
This program is delivered via Zoom with a live facilitator, in a real-time, interactive training environment that you can access from anywhere via an internet connected computer or device. This is not a pre-recorded online program – it is the same experience as our highly interactive face-to-face programs.
PROGRAM FAQ’s
*Note GST does not apply to accredited training.
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