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Further Enquiries

For all enquiries please contact the Human Resources Service Centre
Phone: +61 8 831 31111
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4353
Email

Human Resources
Level 13, 115 Grenfell Street
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 AUSTRALIA

 

General Courses

General courses

Contractor Management
Ergonomics
Events Management
Hazard Management for High Risk Areas
Hazard Management for Low Risk Areas
HSR Training*
HSR Training - a University Context
HSW for Academics/Managers/Supervisors (Medium to High Risk Areas)
HSW for Academics/Managers/Supervisors (Low Risk Areas)
HSW Committee Training
HSW for Health and Safety Officers
Job Safety Analysis*
Manual Handling
National Legislation Information Session
RMSS Information Session
RMSS Risk Assessments with practical
RMSS Incidents
RMSS Inspections
RMSS for Executives
Voice Training*

*Please note any course fees are to be paid by School/Branch.

Please note: All attendance are required to be booked, courses without bookings will be cancelled without notice.

General Courses

Contractor Management

Course aim: To provide participants with a basic knowledge of Contractor Management processes and how to use the templates provided.

Course content:

  • What is a contractor
  • Safety responsibilities
  • Stages of contractor management (including induction and job safety analysis)
  • Potential penalties

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Suitable for: Staff who are engaging contractors.

Duration: 1 hour

Other recommended courses:
Job Safety Analysis
RMSS Training Inspection
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical
RMSS Training Incidents
Hazard Management

 

 
Ergonomics

Course aim: To provide participants with basic knowledge of ergonomics hazards.

Course content:
• What is ergonomics? 
• The results of poor ergonomics
• How to prevent poor workplace ergonomics
• Working with computers
• Identifying, assessing and controlling risks


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Suitable for: Managers, HSOs, and all staff involved in office based work.

Duration: 1 hour

This course will also be conducted on demand, please contact Louise Dunn to register your interest.

Other recommended courses:
Hazard Management
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical
Manual Handling
Events Management

 


Events Management

Events Management, Health Safety & Wellbeing Team

Course aim: To provide participants with a basic knowledge of Events Management processes and how to use the templates provided.

Course content:
• OHSW Legislative Framework
• Risk Management
• The Events Management process: booking the event, hazard identification, building a safety management plan, induction, evaluation of the event (debrief), documentation and records.

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Suitable for: Staff involved in organising events.

Duration: 1 hour

Other Recommended course:
Hazard Management

 

Hazard Management for High Risk Areas

Course aim: To provide participants with a basic understanding of the workplace hazard management process with a focus on hazard identification and risk assessment process in high risk areas.

Course content:
• Overarching Legal Requirements
• Corporate Responsibilities
• What is Hazard Management
• Hazard Identification
• Risk Assessment
• Control

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Suitable for: All staff who are working in a high risk area

Duration: 30 minutes

Other recommended courses:
HSW for Academics, Managers & Supervisors 
 and
RMSS for Executives
 or
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical
 or
RMSS Information Session

 
Hazard Management for Low Risk Areas

Course aim: To provide participants with a basic understanding of the workplace hazard management process with a focus on low risk  hazard identification and a simple risk assessment process.

Course content:
• Overarching Legal Requirements
• Corporate Responsibilities
• What is Hazard Management
• Hazard Identification
• Risk Assessment
• Control

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Suitable for: All staff who are working in a low risk areas

Duration: 30 minutes

Other recommended courses:

HSW for Academics, Managers & Supervisors
 and
RMSS for Executives
 or
RMSS Training Risk Assessment with Practical
 or
RMSS Information Session


HSR Training

Booking contacts:
BusinessSA
Telephone: 8300 0104

SA Unions
Telephone: 82792222 or 1300 364 536

Adelaide Training and Employment Centre
Telephone: 8444 1608

Suitable for: Health & Safety Representatives


Other recommended courses:
RMSS Training Inspection
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical session
RMSS Training Incidents
HSR Training  - a University Context

 

HSR Training - a University Context


Note: This is not a substitute for formal HSR external training

Course aim: To complement material presented in the external training course. It is to provide a university context to the material presented in the HSR external training course.

Course Content:
• Role of the Health and Safety Representative (HSR)
• OHSW Legislative framework
• Duties of Employers under the Legislation
• Employer vs HSO vs HSR
• SafeWork SA and WorkCover
• Cost of Workplace Injury
• Role of the HSR (In accordance with the Legislation)
• OHS challenges for the University
• The OHSW Framework
• Your role within the OHSW Framework

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Suitable for: Health and Safety Representatives either before or after they have attended formal HSR training.

Duration: 1 hour 

Other recommended courses:

HSR Training Level 1 (external)

HSW for Academics/Managers/Supervisors in Medium to High Risk Areas

Course aim: To introduce Supervisors and Executives to Health Safety and Wellbeing requirements in medium to high risk areas.

Course Content:
• Legislative framework
• Acts
• Responsibilities
• Enforcement
• OHS Management System
• Injury Management and Wellbeing

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Suitable for: Academics, Managers, Supervisors

Duration: 1 hour

Other recommended courses:
RMSS for Executives   
or  
RMSS Information Session 
or
Hazard Management

 

 

HSW for Academics/Managers/Supervisors in Low Risk Areas

Course aim: To introduce Supervisors and Executives to Health Safety and Wellbeing requirements in low risk areas.

Course Content:
• Legislative framework
• Acts
• Responsibilities
• Enforcement
• OHS Management System
• Injury Management and Wellbeing

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 Suitable for: Academics, Managers, Supervisors

Duration: 1 hour

Other recommended courses:
RMSS for Executives 
or
RMSS Information Session
or
Hazard Management

 

National Legislation Information Session

Course Aim: To provide an overview to Supervisors, Executives and staff to changes in Health Safety and Wellbeing from the new national legislation.

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Suitable for: Staff

Duration: 1 hour

 

HSW Committee Training


Course aim: To provide participants with a basic understanding of HSW committees.

Course content:
• Inform you of Legislative requirements for committees
• Outline the functions of an Health & Safety Committee
• To inform you of the University’s Health & Safety Committee structure including outlining composition, roles and responsibilities
• Committee documentation (including UHSC reports) and time frames

 
Suitable for:
HSW committee members

Duration: 1 hour

On Demand: Please contact louise.dunn@adelaide.edu.au

Other recommended courses:
RMSS Training Inspection
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical
RMSS Training Incidents
  or
RMSS for Executives
  or
RMSS Information Session

Hazard Management

 HSW for Health and Safety Officers 

Course aim: To guide new (and reminding existing), Health and Safety Officers about the system of Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the University.

Course Content:
• Legislative framework
• Responsibilities
• Enforcement
• OHS Management System
• WorkCover & Injury management
• Reporting

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Suitable for: Health and Safety Officers (Core)

Two Sessions
Duration:
4 hours tutorial + 4 hours at HSO's desk.

Other recommended courses:
RMSS Training Inspection
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical
RMSS Training Incidents

Job Safety Analysis

Construction Industry Training Centre

Suitable for: Staff who are engaging large/complex contracts.

Other recommended courses:
Contractor Management

 
Manual Handling

Course aim: To provide participants with basic knowledge in the application of manual handling principles and techniques in the workplace.

Course content:
• What is Manual Handling
• Legislative requirements
• How a Musculoskeletal Injury can occur
• Principles of Risk Identification, Assessment and Control
• Application of Risk Management Principles (Exercise)
• Things that you can do to prevent an injury 

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This course will also be conducted on demand, please contact David Burford to register your interest.

Suitable for: Managers, HSOs, and all staff involved in office based work.

Duration: 1 hour

Other recommended courses:
Hazard Management
RMSS Training Risk assessment with practical

RMSS Information Session

Course aim: For staff who don't need to enter data into RMSS but still require an understanding of the system.

Course content:

  • Introduction to the system
  • Risk assessment, incident and inspections
  • Business processes
  • Reporting and trends

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Suitable for: Managers and Supervisors

Duration: 1 hour

Other recommended courses:
HSW for Academics / Managers / Supervisors
Hazard Management
 

 
RMSS Training on Risk Assessment with Practical

Course aim: To provide assistance to staff & post graduate students who are required to complete risk assessments in RMSS.

Course Content:
• Recording a risk assessment using RMSS
• Review of hazard management principles
• Business processes around risk assessments
• Reports
• Practical session (bring along a risk assessment to complete on the live version)

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Suitable for: Staff and postgraduate students who are required to undertake risk assessments using the RMSS software system.

Duration: 1-2 hours

Other recommended courses:
All staff
Hazard Management

PhD students
Hazard Management for Postgraduate Research Students.
 

RMSS Training on Incidents

Course aim: To provide assistance to staff & postgraduate students who are required to complete incidents in RMSS.

Course Content:
• Recording of incidents using RMSS
• Business processes around incidents
• Reports

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Suitable for: Staff who are required to enter incidents using the RMSS software system.

Duration: 1 hour

Other recommended courses:
Hazard Management

RMSS Training on Inspections

Course aim: To provide staff information on how to record inspections in RMSS.

Course Content:
• Inspection business process
• Inspection elements
• Recording inspections in RMSS
• Reports

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Suitable for: Any staff undertaking inspections and required to use the the RMSS software system

Duration: 1 hour

 

RMSS for Executives

Course aim: Heads and Managers of School/ Branch and Executives to understand how to use the software to monitor the area under their control.

Course content:
• Introduction to the system
• Your role in the process
• Reporting and trends

 
Suitable for: Heads / Managers of School/Branch, VCC, Executives

Duration: 30 mins 

This course is conducted on demand, please contact Jane Knipe to register your interest.


Other recommended courses:
HSW for Academics/Managers/Supervisors
Hazard Management

 

Voice Training - Professional & Continuing Education

Course content:

  • Learn to speak clearly and develop flexibility and accuracy, so that sounds and words are clearly expressed
  • control your breath through diaphragmatic breathing exercises
  • develop resonance and project a fuller, richer sound
  • use pace, pause, pitch, emphasis, and volume to enhance the way you speak
  • convey appropriate emotions through vocal and facial expression
  • care for your voice and warm up your voice
  • be fully aware of the sound of your voice and its impact

Suitable for: All staff who conduct lectures, tutorial workshops, work on telephone help desks, or in any other jobs which their voice is critical.

Contact: Professional & Continuing Education

040112 

Professional & Continuing Education