Stay ahead with Health and Safety Month webinars

With WorkSafe’s annual roadshow wrapping up this week, a series of 12 free online information sessions will help drive conversations about workplace safety between 27 and 31 October.

The expert-led webinars provide an opportunity to learn about current health and safety trends and issues, including new psychological health regulations to be introduced later this year.

Sessions will also explore challenges facing specific industries, such as enhancing health and safety in a hospital environment, keeping employees safe while working from heights, and regulatory requirements for planning and managing dangerous goods in renewable projects.

WorkSafe Chief Health and Safety Officer Sam Jenkin said the sessions were designed to address industry trends, with a focus on adapting to innovations and upcoming challenges.

“The strong response we’ve had through early registrations shows there’s great interest from Victorian employers and workers who understand there is always more that can be done to improve health and safety in workplaces,” he said.

“The webinars align with WorkSafe’s purpose to reduce workplace harm and help employers support people returning to work, providing a great opportunity to build the knowledge to help drive positive change in Victorian workplaces.”

Each session will include a question and answer segment for participants to seek guidance on workplace health and safety issues.

The full list of webinar topics includes:

• Improving Health and Safety in the Workplace
• Violence and Aggression in the Workplace: Know the Risks
• Psychological Health Regulations: A Focus on Risk Management
• WorkSafe’s New Safety Strategy
• Workplace Dangerous Goods Calculator and Notification Requirements
• Scaffolding Safety: Practical Advice to Stay Safe in the Workplace
• Psychosocial Hazard Fundamentals
• Future Fuels, Present Hazards: Managing Dangerous Goods in Renewables Projects
• SWMS: Staying Safe in High-Risk Construction
• Planning for Return to Work
• LEAP: Understanding Safe Systems of Working in a Hospital Environment
• Critical Changes to Workplace Exposure Standards for Airborne Contaminants

Registrations are now open.