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OHS Management Systems

Management Responsibility

• Introduction
• Legislation Flow Chart
• OHS Policy
• OHS Plan
• OHS Program
• Evaluation of OHS
• Accreditation Standards & OHS

Consultation and Communication

• Your obligations
• OHS Committee
• OHS Representative/s
• Other agreed arrangements

Risk Management

• Introduction to Risk Management
• Aggression and Violence
• Amenities
• Contractor Management
• Electrical Safety
• Emergency Procedures
• First Aid
• Hazardous Substances
• Manual Handling
• Office Ergonomics
• Pets
• Plant and Equipment Maintenance
• Purchasing and Hiring of Equipment
• Safe Work Procedures
• Slips
• Smoking Clients
• Warm Water Systems
• Working Alone
• Working at Night

Records and record management

Training, learning and skills development

• Responsibilities
• Employment of staff
• Induction
• Safe work procedures
• Continuing training, learning and skills development

Workers Compensation

Workers Compensation Premiums

• Requirements
• Industry classification
• WorkCover employer categories
• Wages declaration
• Disagreements about your premium
• Who is a worker?

Workers Compensation Claims

• Introduction
• Eligibility to make a claim
• New procedures for claims
• Time frames
• Common law claims

Worker Benefits

• Benefits for injured workers
• Weekly benefits
• Permanent impairment
• Commutations

FAQ

• OHS - Aged Care
• OHS - Community Care
• Workers Compensation premium
• Injury Management
• Disputes and disagreements

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• Associations
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• Related government sites

Injury Management System

Flow Chart of Injury Management

Employer Return-to-Work Programs

• What to include in your program
• Consultation
• Inform workers, contractors and visitors
• Review

Injury Notification

• Reporting incidents and injuries
• Investigating accidents
• Notifying your insurance company and WorkCover
• Provisional liability payments
• Car accidents

Communication

• Communicating with the treating doctor
• Communicating with the insurance company
• Communicating with the injured worker
• Confidentiality

Workplace responsibility

• Return-to-work coordinator
• Creating a RTW file
• Accredited rehabilitation providers

Suitable Employment

• Organising suitable duties
• Return-to-work Plan (RTW)
• Injury management consultant
• Failing to provide suitable duties
• Strategies for permanently injured workers

Resolving Disagreements & Disputes

• Obligations
• Disagreements about injury management
• Disputed workers compensation claims