An Introduction to WHS
12 min! Run Time
Employees
only
of Completion
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Employing workers well versed in health and safety rules benefits every workforce in regards to insurance savings and lost time injury reductions. This Introduction to WHS course is a general, easy-to-follow overview of the importance of workplace health and safety, and the obligations of both the organization and workers. Once the course is completed, you will have learned about the duty of care, how having an effective WHS program can benefit yourself and your workmates, and the importance of setting a good example. This course is one part of a 36-part Induction Series aimed at blue-collar workers.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Our purpose back then was to produce a range of generic workplace training videos that would be marketed to Corporate, Educational and Governmental organisations around Australia and New Zealand.
In fact, the name Channel 1 was decided on because that was where Australians used to access their video cassette recorders on their televisions sets in 1990.
For the first 13 years of our existence, until 2003, Channel 1 also managed the entire production and placement of all advertising for JB Hi Fi. Having produced roughly 400 television commercials over that period as well as countless radio ads, press ads and catalogues certainly armed us with a unique ability to “sell the message”.
Move forward 28 years and not only do we boast a suite of over 300 generic training videos and online eLearning training programs but Channel 1 is now the preferred choice of many large and small Australian organisations for corporate video production.
A key focus for us has been workplace health and safety, staff development as well as sales and customer service training videos. Many of these videos are now available in self paced online learning.
An Introduction to WHS
Frequently Asked Questions
The course opens with duty of care, framing it as the shared obligation between the organization and blue-collar workers on site.
The course frames the benefit in personal terms, showing how an effective WHS program protects the worker and their workmates, not just the company.
It is part of a 36-part Induction Series aimed at blue-collar workers, distinct from the office-focused induction track built around desk-based settings.
Because blue-collar crews often learn safety habits from each other, the course stresses setting a good example as a practical safety tool.
It connects workers well-versed in health and safety rules to insurance savings and reduced lost-time injuries across the workforce, giving the training a measurable payoff.
