Planning Work Health and Safety An Introduction to Best Practice

Planning Work, Health and Safety: an introduction to best practice is a convenient handbook for anyone who needs an overview of the legal and managerial aspects of managing workplace risks in organisations. It provides a practical guide for risk management.

This book uses a framework based on the Australian standards for risk management and OHS management systems. Also incorporates changes proposed by the new model Work, Health and Safety laws, due to come into place on 1 January 2012.

*Note: formerly Planning Occupational Health & Safety: a guide to OHS risk management

Features:

• Keep up to date with legislation changes, new industry standards, and commentary on hot topics
• Focuses on risk management, rather than compliance with regulations or reactions to individual occurrences
• Helps employers meet the challenge of fulfi lling their legal obligations to provide safe working conditions
• Includes a table that enables TAFE teachers to map the contents of the book to TAFE units of competency