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OHS Health and Wellness in the Workplace: A Complete Guide

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Practical OHS Skills to Identify Health Hazards, Safety, Prevent Workplace Illness, and Promote Employee Wellbeing
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the principles of occupational health and workplace wellness.
  • Identify physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psychosocial health hazards in the workplace.
  • Apply occupational hygiene principles to recognize, assess, and control workplace health risks.
  • Evaluate the effects of workplace air quality, lighting, noise, vibration, radiation, and thermal exposure on employee health.
  • Implement safe manual handling and ergonomics practices to reduce musculoskeletal injuries.
  • Understand hazardous chemical substances and apply appropriate exposure control measures.
  • Explain the purpose and application of Lockout and Tagout (LOTO) in protecting workers from hazardous energy.
  • Promote mental health and psychosocial wellbeing to improve employee health and productivity.
  • Understand workplace first aid requirements and emergency response responsibilities.
  • Identify reportable occupational injuries and diseases and understand reporting requirements.
  • Explain incapacity management, sick leave, and fitness for work following occupational illness or injury.
  • Understand compensation principles and the requirements of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases
  • Support employee rehabilitation and return-to-work programs after injury or illness.
  • Apply occupational health best practices to improve legal compliance, employee wellbeing, and organizational performance.
This course includes:
1.5 total hours on-demand video
0 articles
24 downloadable resources
24 lessons
Full lifetime access
Access on mobile and TV
Certificate of completion
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Course content

Requirements

  • Understanding of Workplace Environment

Description

This course uses Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A healthy workforce is essential for a safe, productive, and successful workplace.

This course provides practical knowledge of occupational health, workplace hazards, occupational hygiene, employee wellbeing, and legal responsibilities.

You will learn how to identify and control common workplace health hazards, including poor air quality, noise, vibration, heat and cold stress, radiation, chemicals, and ergonomic risks.

The course also covers mental health, stress, fatigue, and psychosocial risks that can affect employee wellbeing and performance.

Key practical topics include Lockout and Tagout, safe lifting, first aid, reportable injuries and diseases, incapacity management, occupational illness and injury, compensation, rehabilitation, and return-to-work practices.

It also develops your understanding of how workplace health programmes support prevention, early intervention, compliance, productivity, and long-term employee wellbeing.

Practical examples and clear explanations help you connect occupational health principles to everyday workplace situations and make informed decisions about protecting employees and organizations.

By the end of the course, you will be able to identify workplace health risks, apply appropriate preventive measures, support employee wellbeing, and contribute to a safer, healthier, and legally compliant workplace.

This course is suitable for:

  • HSE professionals

  • Supervisors and managers

  • HR practitioners

  • Occupational health practitioners

  • Safety representatives

  • Anyone responsible for workplace health and wellness.

Who this course is for:

  • Aspiring professionals, employees, supervisors, managers, safety representatives, and Health and Safety Committee members who want to make a meaningful difference in promoting and managing workplace safety, health, and employee wellbeing.
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