Microcredential in WHS Incident Handling and Analysis
Work Health and Safety is a crucial element of an organisation; therefore handling a WHS Incident comes with a certain level of responsibility.
WHS incidents can cause some chaos within the workplace, and a proper response procedure can help alleviate this stress. Develop your ability to swiftly act on workplace incidents or emergencies and learn to obtain appropriate and timely information, to ensure that your reporting and communication are relevant and succinct.
Learn the process to follow up on incidents and create preventative measures and recommendations for the future.
This Microcredential aligns to BSBWHS416 – Contribute to workplace incident response.
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Learning Outcomes
Prepare to assist with actions and activities associated with incident response
- Identify duty holders and WHS legislative requirements for incident response
- Identify workplace policies, procedures and processes concerning incident response planning and reporting
- Communicate requirements for responding to incidents to required personnel within the scope of their own role and work area
- Contribute to developing communication mechanisms to notify the manager of incidents
Assist with implementing response procedures during incident
- Provide initial assistance to those involved in incidents within the scope of their own role and expertise and according to organisational incident response policies and procedures
- Assist with documenting incidents according to workplace procedures and processes
- Assist with meeting legislative requirements regarding incidents, within the scope of own role and expertise
- Assist with reporting incidents to external authorities, according to legislative requirements and workplace procedures and processes
Contribute to collecting WHS information about the incident
- Assist with obtaining information and data from those involved about actions and events leading up to, during and after an incident, using appropriate data collection techniques
- Assist with identifying and accessing sources of additional information and data related to the incident
- Compile and enter information according to record-keeping requirements
Assist with incident investigation
- Assist with applying required incident investigation processes
- Use appropriate analysis techniques to interpret the causes of incidents and communicate with advisors when participating in workplace investigations
- Review incident reports according to organisational policies and procedures
- Contact responsible persons and relevant authorities as outlined in WHS laws, and organisational policies and procedures
- Contribute to communicating investigation outcomes to relevant stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures
Contribute to developing and implementing recommended measures and actions arising from incident investigation
- Contribute to developing incident investigation recommendations
- Assist with obtaining approval of developed recommendations from required stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures
- Assist with communicating approved recommendations to required stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures
- Contribute to implementing recommended measures and actions arising from incident investigation within the scope of own role and according to WHS legislative requirements
Delivery Modes
Online Study - 8 weeks
This microcredential is delivered fully online through the myAIM learning platform to provide interactive learning content, support forums, and access to live virtually delivered seminars, drop-in coaching sessions, and assessment workshops, all completely online.
Designed to accommodate the schedule of fulltime working professionals, this Microcredential is highly accessible and provides a self-paced learning experience for participants.
What is a Microcredential?
Microcredentials are certifications of assessed competency in high-demand skills and knowledge areas that are industry-recognised and can be achieved in shorter timeframes than other AQF award qualifications. Built from the individual units of Vocational Qualifications, AIM Microcredentials give you the opportunity to focus your study and upskill only in the area aligned to your goals.
Your Microcredential can stand alone as an independant credential or be used as recognition towards an AIM Vocational Qualification.
Learn Online
with Expert
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Progress through your unit in 8-weeks of self paced access
Complete
The
Assessment
Test and demonstrate your understanding of curriculum with an online facilitator-marked assessment
Earn a
Respected
Credential
Complete your study and gain a highly recognised and respected credential
Seize
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Future
Leverage your Microcredential with current and future employers to demonstrate your skills and commitment to development
Is this Microcredential right for you?
This Microcredential is designed to support individuals to handle workplace incidence in accordance with work health and safety (WHS) legislative and organisational requirements. The skills and knowledge provided are relevant across all industries, for any current or aspiring WHS professional.
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Upon successful completion of the Microcredential in WHS Incident Handling and Analysis, share your Microcredential on LinkedIn and other digital platforms to display your growing professional value to current and future employers.
Other Information
Payment Options
We require full payment to be made upfront prior to attending the training. Payment options we offer include:
- Credit Card (Visa/MasterCard/Amex)
What’s included?
- Access to myAIM.
- Downloadable course notes.
- Downloadable tools and resources
Payment Method
We require full payment to be made upfront prior to accessing the online short course.
Separate terms and conditions and cancellation policies apply for AIM Microcredentials.
Login Restriction Statement
Unique log-in details are provided to each student. Students must not share their log in details with other students.
Pathway
This unit is accredited and forms a pathway into the Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety. Upon successful completion of this Microcredential you can receive a credit and reduce the price and time to complete the Full Qualification.
Time Commitment
Access to materials for 8 weeks and it is recommended that students commit approximately 4-5 hours per week to developing their competency through a range of learning, work-based skills testing and assessment activities.
Assessment
Within the AIM assessment model, competency is demonstrated through answering knowledge questions and completing workplace-based practical assessment tasks.
These tasks may include the need to utilise workplace-based activities involving others or participation in role plays.
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