The College for Adult Learning
Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
- This is NOT a free course. We are a private RTO and therefore government funding is not available. Please check eligibility requirements before enquiring.
Course Information
By completing the Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety at the College for Adult Learning, you’ll develop a basic understanding of occupational health and safety law, and how to navigate the technical aspects related to WHS processes within any organisation.
You’ll learn how to best contribute to WHS decisions, supporting their implementation and influencing change within your organisation. Throughout the course, you’ll develop skills essential to any role within occupational health and safety, including responding to workplace incidents, identifying (WHS) hazards and controlling the associated risks, and planning the implementation of a work health and safety management system (WHSMS). You’ll also develop transferable skills in problem-solving, report writing and documentation best practices.
- Part-time: approx 10-12 months
- Full-time: approx 8 months
Our courses are 100% online and are self-paced. This means you can choose to study on a more intense time schedule, or just fit it around your lifestyle when you can.
The course can be completed in as little as 12 months with a full-time study load or in 12-16 months on a part-time study load, but we allow a 24-month standard course enrolment duration, depending on circumstances.
We provide engaging tutorials, industry-relevant assessments and work-ready learning outcomes.
- Assist with establishing workplace compliance with work health and safety
- Contribute to responding to workplace incidents
- Implementing and maintaining work health and safety procedures
- Identifying WHS hazards and controlling the risks associated with hazards
- Planning the implementation of a work health and safety management system
The Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety (BSB41419) is an excellent compliance training qualification for professionals beginning their WHS, safety or risk management career. With the WHS Certificate IV qualification, you can be confident in pursuing a variety of rewarding job roles such as Safety Officer, Work Health Safety Coordinator, or Health Safety Advisor, just to name a few. This WHS qualification is Nationally Recognised in Australia and is internationally respected. Certificate IV in WHS teaches in-demand technical skills including assisting with workplace compliance, contributing to risk management processes and systems, applying project scope management techniques, writing complex documents and more. WHS professionals undertaking this course will develop essential soft skills in stakeholder engagement and more.
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Career Pathway
- Safety Officer
- Work Health Safety Coordinator
- Health Safety Advisor
Course Features
- Complete the course your way – at your own time, pace and convenience
- You win from the start with no classes, no rush hour dash or parking hassles
- Tutorials are easily navigated and the order can be adapted to your priorities
- Unit quizzes serve to demonstrate knowledge obtained
- You will receive a personal learning plan, regular feedback and personal assistance from our experienced facilitators
- Learning occurs on the job and you can apply your knowledge while you study for immediate results
Professional Recognition
This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia
Eligibility
To be eligible to enrol in our online qualifications, our students are required to:
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Be 18 years or older at the time of registration.
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Demonstrate the required level of competency in English language, literacy, and numeracy skills.
If you have extensive experience in the industry with a high level of knowledge, competency and ability, you may be eligible for RPL.
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AIHS Membership
You may be eligible for an AIHS membership.
If you are studying WHS and not currently working full time you may be eligible for a free 12-month student membership with The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS).
As an AIHS member, you’ll have access to professional development resources, webinars led by health and safety recruiting agencies, professional networking groups plus much more.
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