Overview

Non-compliance to occupational health and safety legislation may lead to conviction under criminal law and civil claim under civil law. This course highlights the importance of complying with occupational health and safety legislation to avoid committing criminal offence and compensation claim. 

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Understanding the importance of complying with Occupational Health and Safety Legislation
• Minimize legal risk by understanding key occupational health and safety legislation and how non-compliance can lead to criminal charges or civil claims.
• Learn to demonstrate due diligence, build compliance plans, and improve safety culture in your organization.
• Gain practical skills for handling incident reporting, record keeping, and communication to support legal and regulatory responsibilities.
• Clarify the roles and responsibilities of legal appointees to ensure accountability and proactive risk management.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Master OHS principles: Explain the essentials of workplace health and safety legislation and its relevance.
• Recognize legal consequences: Understand the risks and penalties of failing to comply.
• Show due diligence: Demonstrate compliance through effective risk planning and documentation.
• Clarify accountability: Identify legal appointee roles and responsibilities for compliance.
• Conduct risk assessments: Evaluate risks and propose practical hazard controls.
• Address compliance challenges: Understand how victimization and intoxication affect compliance.
• Create compliance plans: Develop records, reporting systems, and compliance plans.
• Promote safety culture: Drive health and safety through training and communication.
• Manage claims: Explain injury and disease claims, along with legal exemptions.

Program Outline

• Overview of occupational health and safety legislation
• Legal appointees and their responsibilities
• Risk assessment
• Victimization
• Intoxication
• Consequence of non-compliance
• Civil, criminal and vicarious liabilities
• Due diligence
• Compliance plan
• Record keeping
• Training and communication
• Incident reporting
• Injury and disease claims
• Exemptions
• Budgeting for occupational health and safety compliance

Who Should Attend?

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Engineers
• Technicians
• Designers
• Surveyors
• Principal contractors
• Subcontractors
• Clients
• Manufactures
• Sellers
• Importers
• Students/Trainees