Ensure the health and safety of your colleagues in the workplace.
The Certificate III in Work Health and Safety allows participants to adopt a health and safety role within their workplace.
Throughout this course, you will learn how to:
- Comply with Work, Health and Safety laws and regulations to support workplace requirements
- Collect and analyse workplace safety data such as incident reports
- Identify hazards and assess risks on domestic and commercial building sites, and establish appropriate control measures for these hazards
- Consult with management, subcontractors and workers on health and safety concerns
- Participate in the effective communication of health and safety information, techniques and procedures to other team members
- Contribute to team innovation when addressing health and safety issues in the workplace
- Provide support to health and safety specialists in resolving health and safety issues
- Research alternative pathways when seeking expert advice on health and safety issues
Throughout this course, you will gain skills in:
- Work, Health and Safety communication and report writing
- Relevant legislation
- Hazard identification and risk management
- Chemical hazard identification and control
- Emergency management and incident response
- You wish to extend your knowledge and experience in safety management in the context of your current employment
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You wish to improve future employment opportunities in safety management through formal training
There are no entrance requirements for this course.
This qualification prepares you for roles such as:
- Work health and safety assistant
- Work health and safety committee member
- Site safety representative
- Safety and security officer
Job titles and qualification requirements may vary between organisations.
For more information about job and career pathways, visit JobOutlook(opens in a new tab) or Jobs and Skills WA(opens in a new tab) .
Delivery locations and study options
Available all year
Qualification details
| Duration | 6 Months | ||||||||||||
| When | Available all year | ||||||||||||
| Where |
Broome Campus Kununurra Campus Newman Campus Pundulmurra Campus |
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| How |
Off campus On campus |
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| Course fee |
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Our estimated fees are based on:
- Full time study in 2022
- A selection of elective units designed to meet local industry demand for skills (different unit selections will attract different fees)
- The government rate for Australian Citizens over the age of 18, permanent visa holders, visa sub-class 309, 444, 820 or a 457 dependent visa
These fees are estimates only and depend on your eligibility for government funding, concession rates, the units you choose to study or seek to be recognised under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Additional resource, material and/or equipment costs may apply. Visit our Fees and Charges page for more information, including on consumer rights.