k8bug79 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hello, A lot of jobs I am looking at say must be fully compliant with OH&S regulations. I work in theatre so it is not as though I need particular skills or qualifications to trade but I do need to know the local regulations. I figured that I can do some courses over here whilst I am saving, does anyone know of some providers of training, preferably online otherwise by correspondance? Or if not can you tell me a bit about how long courses are etc to see if there is a possibility of me doing one as soon as I arrive (whenever that may be!!) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eera Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Depends on what state you're in, the basic qualification is Cert IV OH&S, you may be able to do it online but I wouldn't recommend it as it's pretty intense and legislation is far easier when you're got someone explaining the salient bits. It takes about 9 days from a registered training authority, but is probably over the top if you just have to be aware of the regs rather than working in the OHS industry. It may be more relevent to look at what you're going to be doing; if you're up in the gantry do a Working at Heights course, if you're dealing with chemicals do a handling hazardous substances course. You can download the Act and Regs free by googling your state and OHS Act. They're about 1000 pages of utter tedium though. As of next year they'll be merging all the state OHS into one set of legislation but that Act is in consultancy phase at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Have a chat with Olly on here she may be able to help. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k8bug79 Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Thanks, I'll look into those courses and I'm off to find Olly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I'm here - have pm'd a message to Kate. Cheers other Kate:smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunshineonme Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Hi there, I would suggest you do a Google search for TAFE (Technical And Further Education), these are located across all of Australia and although they are linked with the government, they are privately run so have different names i.e. in SE Victoria there is Chisholm TAFE, Holmesglen, Boxhill etc and they offer OH&S courses. This is the enrolment period (January and the next may be mid-year (different TAFE's vary slightly)) and fees vary depending on whether you are elgible to government supported fees or not, the institute can confirm what fees you will have to pay. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed1865 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Hi Eera, What could be the possible course fee of OHS Certification IV (classroom)? Regards, Syed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premm Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I'm here - have pm'd a message to Kate. Cheers other Kate:smile: Thank you so much informative post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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