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Health and Safety Inductions and Training

Health and Safety Training

Workers and Higher Degree Researchers may require health and safety training and licensing specific to the work activities they conduct or a legislative role they hold at ECU. The Health and Safety Training Guideline outlines the requirements for identifying health and safety training, licensing and competency requirements.

The Health and Safety Training Needs Analysis template may be used to identify and document work, health and safety training and licensing requirements and should be discussed with individual workers as part of the MPS review process.

Hazard Risk Management Training

If you would like to complete online Work, Health and Safety (WHS) Risk Management training please contact whs@ecu.edu.au to arrange this training. The online training module will provide you with a basic understanding of the WHS risk management process. By the end of the module you should be able to:

  • Understand the importance of risk management in preventing and controlling hazards in the workplace;
  • Identify and participate in the key steps in the risk management process;
  • Apply hazard identification techniques;
  • Assess the level of risk associated with hazards;
  • List in order the steps in the Hierarchy of Control (HoC);
  • Understand that you need to use ECU's risk management database - Riskware - to record your WHS Hazard Risk Assessment (HRA) or view your School/Centre Hazard Risk Register (HRR).

You should allow approximately 30 minutes to complete this module. At the end of the module you will be asked to undertake an online assessment to check your understanding of the key concepts presented.

Health and Safety Inductions

Workers based on campus are required to complete a Health and Safety Induction at commencement and every two years to refresh their knowledge. An Emergency Evacuation and Training module is also to be completed at the commencement and then every two years after. You can register for these inductions on the Staff Kiosk using the links below:

Health and Safety Induction

Emergency Evacuation and Training

Once registered, you will receive an email with a direct link to the training.

Workers who are based off campus or who are employed at ECU on a short term casual basis are able to undertake a shorter tailored induction program and will be automatically enrolled on each course as part of the onboarding process or can click the links below:
Off Campus Health and Safety Induction
Short Term Casual Worker Induction

Higher Degree Researchers (including Doctoral (PhDs) and Masters by Research (MSc) students) are required to complete the Health and Safety Worker Induction here. If based on campus, the Emergency and Evacuation Training must also be completed here.

Students should be provided with relevant safety information at the beginning of each semester or as required. Please refer students to the student safety information induction.

Contractors, Consultants and Visitors must complete a Campus Access Induction.

For more information on the induction types please see Induction Requirements page in the 'See Also' section.

Staff who perform manual tasks as part of their work should complete training on how to perform these tasks safely.

The Safety and Employment Relations team has developed a short online training course to provide an overview of safe manual handling and ergonomic practices. This training may also be completed by students who undertake manual tasks as part of their studies. Please contact whs@ecu.edu.au for further information on how to register.

For further information on managing manual tasks please refer to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.

Please refer to the First Aid Section on our Emergency Management Page for information regarding First Aid Training.

Work Health and Safety for Leaders

Managers and Supervisors with line management responsibility for one or more staff members and Supervisors who Supervise Higher Degree Research Supervisors are required to complete the Work Health and Safety for Leaders course and refresh this training every 3 years.  It is also highly recommended that workers who lead fieldtrips or study tours or who aspire to undertake a leadership role complete this training.

The training is available for registration on Staff Kiosk under the Managing People and Processes course category (direct links below) and is in two parts:

  • ML100 Work Health and Safety for Leaders Part 2 (Workshop).  This is a one hour face to face workshop and is only required to be completed once.
    Joondalup Sessions

    Mt Lawley Sessions

*Please note that staff who completed the 3 hour WHS for Managers and Supervisors training (ML033) prior to 2019 are only required to complete the ML099 Work Health and Safety for Leaders online component every 3 years as a refresher.

Work Health and Safety Representatives

The Health and Safety Representative training at ECU is conducted by Training Services Australia (TSA). Course enrolment registration is available on their website under the “Joondalup (ECU)” location.

Please note that TSA Mt Lawley courses are not run through ECU and full price will be charged to your school/centre for your attendance.

Newly appointed Health and Safety Representatives are required to attend an initial five-day training course. The five-day courses can be split over two separate course sessions, allowing you to attend three days in the first course, and the final two days in a second course. To split your training over two courses please contact Training Services Australia once you have completed your enrolment. Enrol to attend the five-day training course via the link below:

Health and Safety Representative training course registration

Health and Safety Representative refresher training should be completed every three years. The refresher course is a one-day training session that can be accessed via the link below, please select from the ECU Joondalup location listings:

Health and Safety Representative refresher training course registration

View the ECU Joondalup training schedule under the downloads of this page.

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