Health & Safety in the Workplace is a non-accredited short course from Australian Salesmasters Training Co (ASTC), delivered on ASTC Online. It gives you a practical grounding in work health and safety (WHS) in NSW.
The course is for new and existing workers, supervisors, team leaders and small business owners in any industry, from offices and shops to warehouses, building sites and community services. You don't need any prior WHS knowledge.
By the end you will be able to:
- explain how work health and safety is regulated in NSW and use the key terms PCBU, worker, workplace, hazard, risk and reasonably practicable
- identify the WHS duties of PCBUs, officers, workers and other persons, and explain what reasonably practicable means and when a worker can stop unsafe work
- explain when and how a PCBU must consult workers, and describe the roles of health and safety representatives and health and safety committees
- apply the four-step risk management process and the hierarchy of controls to identify hazards, assess risks, choose controls and review them
- identify common physical hazards at work, including hazardous manual tasks, workstations, machinery and hazardous chemicals, and select suitable controls
- identify common psychosocial hazards, explain the duty to manage psychosocial risks, and apply suitable controls
- respond correctly to notifiable incidents, explain emergency plan and first aid requirements, and outline the basics of workers compensation in NSW
What's included: 7 narrated video lessons with captions, interactive drag-and-drop activities and practice checks, a participant book (PDF) to keep, an online final quiz (marked automatically, 3 attempts, 80% to pass) and a Certificate of Completion.
Time: about 2 hours, including the activities and the final quiz (allow longer if English is your second language or you replay lessons). Study online at your own pace through ASTC Online.
This is a non-accredited short course and is not nationally recognised training. Any legal content is general information current as at October 2026, not legal advice.