Work Health and Safety Manager
Control operational health and safety for an organisation.
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- What's it like to be a Work Health and Safety Manager?
- How to become a Work Health and Safety Manager
- Latest Work Health and Safety Manager jobs
- Top skills and experience for Work Health and Safety Managers
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What's it like to be a Work Health and Safety Manager?
Work Health and Safety Managers are responsible for ensuring an organisation’s health and safety compliance. They assess and manage risks, and develop strategies, plans and policies that help to drive a safe working culture.
Tasks and duties
- Developing, implementing and reviewing plans, processes and policies that increase safety.
- Controlling and mitigating workplace hazards and risks.
- Ensuring operational compliance with relevant health and safety acts and legislation.
- Advocating for health and safety in organisational policy.
- Staying updated with changes to health and safety acts, legislations and awards.
- Managing Health and Safety Officers and other staff.
- Inspecting and auditing workplaces, processes and equipment for safety and compliance.
- Reporting and managing incidents and safety breaches.
How to become a Work Health and Safety Manager
You usually need to complete a tertiary qualification in health and safety and have extensive industry experience to become a Work Health and Safety Manager. A First Aid certificate and additional licences may be required by some employers. Certification with the Australian Health and Safety Institute may improve your employability.
- Gain a First Aid certificate by completing a short course with a Registered Training Organisation (RTO).
- Complete a relevant qualification. This could be a Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety (BSB41419), Diploma of Work Health and Safety (BSB51319) or Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety. Alternatively, if you already have a bachelor degree or experience in a relevant industry, you can complete a Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety.
- Complete additional certificates and licences as required by employers.
- After gaining extensive experience in an OHS related role, consider gaining certification with the Australian Health and Safety Institute (AIHS). Once certified, you will need to renew annually and complete ongoing professional development.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Work Health and Safety Manager employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Workplace Health and Safety Management
Workplace Health and Safety
Injury Management
Workers Compensation
Risk Assessment
Incident Investigation
Safety Management Systems
Workplace Health
Safety Management
Investigation
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Latest Work Health and Safety Manager reviews
Jan 2025
Makes or brakes a job
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Law
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationMining, Resources & Energy
The good thingsYou will have to have some experience in safety for quite a few years before you’re able to become a safety manager as experiencing the position is vital. The position is quite stressful and demanding...
The challengesI like that I get to help people so it’s more than just the safety aspect. A lot of workers have problems at home where they might have problematic children and unfaithful partner money problems so yo...
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Jan 2025
Makes or brakes a job
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Law
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationMining, Resources & Energy
The good thingsYou will have to have some experience in safety for quite a few years before you’re able to become a safety manager as experiencing the position is vital. The position is quite stressful and demanding...
The challengesI like that I get to help people so it’s more than just the safety aspect. A lot of workers have problems at home where they might have problematic children and unfaithful partner money problems so yo...
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