White Card Training

Current Work Health and Safety (WHS) Legislation requires all employees that either work in the construction industry or enter any building or construction-site are to be trained in WHS in the workplace.

Upon successful completion of the course you will be issued with a SafeWork NSW  ‘Statement of Training’ certificate, which allows you to work in the construction industry immediately.

Within a period of four weeks following face-to-face training and assessment, SafeWork NSW will send you a NSW ‘Whitecard’ physical card.

Coure Outline

WHS Legislation in the Workplace

WHS Legislation in the Workplace aims to improve overall safety outcomes.

• WHS Act 2011 outlines the roles and responsibilities of the PCBU and workers.

• WHS Regulations 2017 work with the WHS Act to promote safety and introduce penalty units.

• SafeWork NSW closely align their activities with the information provided in the WHS Act 2011 and WHS Regulations 2017

WHS Consultation Information and Training

WHS Consultation is a crucial element to maintain in order to promote the health and safety of everyone in the workplace.

• The role of the WHS committee and representatives

• WHS information on the construction-site

• Induction and training

WHS Risk Management in the Construction industry

Risk management is a process that involves identifying hazards/risks, notifying others, controlling the hazards and risks and monitoring the controls.

• Hazards in the construction workplace

• Controlling risk

Incidents, Emergencies and Workers Compensation

An understanding of what constitutes an emergency and how to respond to one is a crucial part of safety in the workplace.

• An emergency can be considered as something that requires immediate attention (fire, gas leak, etc)

• Workplace Industry management and workers compensation