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Online safety webinars

These online safety webinars are designed to help you learn more about work health and safety (WHS).

The webinars are led regularly by industry experts on trending work, health and safety topics.

They are hosted on a range of platforms, including GoTo webinars and YouTube.

Webinar categories

  • Basic work health and safety (WHS) webinars
  • Agriculture
  • Amusement devices
  • Building and construction
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Heat – working in extreme heat
  • Prevent musculoskeletal disorders
  • Tree work
  • Workplace sexual harassment prevention

Basic work health and safety (WHS) webinars

The following webinars are suitable for most industries and businesses.

Small business easy to do WHS

The Small business easy to do WHS webinar explains the seven key components of WHS to help you to create a safer, healthier and more successful business. This webinar is suited to small businesses.

Note: This webinar is for educational purposes only. It is not an eligible activity for the small business rebate program.

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Work health and safety legislation: the basics

The Work health and safety legislation: the basics webinar explains WHS legislation and how it applies to your business. This webinar is suitable if you are unfamiliar with the legislation, or would like a refresher.

Talking to your workers about safety - consultation in the workplace

The Talking to your workers about safety webinar explains why, where and how to consult your workers about safety. You will learn through practical examples of consultative arrangements.

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This webinar is also available in:

  • Arabic
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • Vietnamese

Protecting hearing at work

The Protecting hearing at work webinar explains how your hearing can be damaged at work. You will learn about WHS legislation relating to noise, the hierarchy controls, and audiometric testing requirements.  This webinar is suitable for individuals, businesses and organisations who have management and control of a workplace.

Mould in the workplace

The Mould in the workplace webinar explains how you can identify, control, remediate and prevent mould at work. This webinar is suited to all industries and businesses.

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Agriculture

Recovery at work in agriculture

The Recovery at work in agriculture webinar explains how to return to work after an injury. You will learn about your obligations, and the obligations of your employer.

Silo safety

The Silo safety webinar explains the steps to complete a self-assessment checklist on your silo. This webinar is suitable if you are unfamiliar with the obligations and considerations for working safely around silos.

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Amusement devices

National audit tool for amusement devices webinar

The National audit tool for amusement devices webinar explains how the national audit tool is applied in NSW. This webinar is suitable if you own or operate fixed or mobile amusement devices in NSW. It also provides information on how to meet legislated WHS obligations for amusement devices.

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Building and construction

Asbestos Clearance Inspections and Clearance Certificates

The Asbestos Clearance Inspections and Clearance Certificates webinar explains best practices for undertaking asbestos clearance inspections and issuing clearance certificates. This webinar is suitable if you’re a licensed asbestos assessor, competent person, or wish to become an asbestos assessor.

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Construction site supervisor webinar series

Construction site supervisors have critical responsibilities and duties for health and safety on a construction or building site. This webinar series will help supervisors understand their responsibilities and legislative requirements in relation to the topics below.

This webinar series can be viewed in any order:

  • WHS responsibilities and influence
  • Risk management
  • Consultation
  • Mentally healthy workplaces
  • Electrical safety
  • Crystalline silica in construction
  • Safe work method statements (SWMS)
  • High risk work licences
  • Young and at risk workers

Visit our events page to view upcoming dates for live construction site supervisor online workshops hosted by SafeWork inspectors.

Electrical safety in construction

The Electrical safety in construction webinar explains simple measures to work safely with, or near, electricity and electrical equipment. This webinar is presented by SafeWork NSW and NSW Fair Trading Inspectors.

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Engineers in formwork

The Engineers in formwork webinar explains the changing legislation and standards, duties of a designer, and SafeWork Australia guides. This webinar is suitable if you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), engineer, or principal contractor engaged in the erection and dismantling of formwork.

Working safety at heights in construction

The Working safety at heights in construction webinar explains the legislative requirements to manage working at height risks. The webinar also looks at past incidents and statistics to assist with compliance.

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Hazardous chemicals

Engineered stone ban

This webinar explains what the ban on engineered stone means and what PCBUs that work with engineered stone need to know.

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Health monitoring – regulatory requirements

The Health monitoring – regulatory requirements webinar explains your obligations for health monitoring, and when it is required. This webinar is suitable if you are in a management position or have control of a workplace.

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Health and Safety Representative (HSR) series

This series of five webinar modules is designed to provide Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) with an understanding of their role in the workplace.

Modules 1-3 provides an introduction and explains consultation.

Watch the webinar: Modules 1-3

Module 4 describes the role of HSRs in the workplace.

Watch the webinar: Module 4

Module 5 focuses on the role of a health and safety committee (HSC) and introduces the Consultation toolkit, a resource for employers, HSRs and HSCs to refer to on consultation.

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Meeting your officer duty

The Meeting your officer duty webinar from Safe Work Australia features workers from a range of industries, exploring due diligence and how they meet their officer duty. This webinar is suitable if you’re a WHS professional, business owner, business principal, Director, Chief Financial Officer, or Trustee.

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Health Care and Social Assistance

Working in People’s homes

Learn about your WHS obligations when providing care and services in someone’s home and the free resources and guidance available from SafeWork NSW. This webinar is suitable for Service and Platform Providers (NDIS), workers, and Participants (NDIS) and age care providers and their clients.

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Heat – working in extreme heat

Managing the risks of working in extreme heat indoors

The Managing the risks of working in extreme heat indoors webinar explains the serious health problems that can be caused by extreme heat. This includes buildings that are poorly ventilated and/or without air-conditioning.

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SeasonalSAFE Summer hazards

The SeasonalSAFE Summer hazards webinar will help you to prepare your businesses for the summer season. It explains summer hazards and your legislative requirements. This webinar is suited to all industries and businesses.

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Protect your outdoor workers from UV radiation

The Protect your outdoor workers from UV radiation webinar explains what UV radiation is, the risks of UVR exposure and how to manage those risks. It's suitable for businesses and individuals who work outdoors. The webinar is co-presented by SafeWork NSW and Cancer Council NSW.

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Manufacturing

Falls in manufacturing

The Falls in manufacturing webinar explains how falls in the workplace can cause serious injury and fatality in NSW. You will learn how to improve falls safety in your business through risk assessment and controls.

Labour hire in manufacturing

The Labour hire in manufacturing webinar explains WHS for labour hire workers. This webinar is suitable for labour hire organisations as well as manufacturers who use labour hire workers.

Noise safety in manufacturing

The Noise safety in manufacturing webinar will help you to manage noise risk in your workplace. The webinar explains WHS legislative requirements and provides guidance on how you can implement strategies to reduce noise risk. This webinar is suitable if you work in the manufacturing industry.

Prevent musculoskeletal disorders

Watch the three-part webinar series. It will show you how to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in your workplace.

Understanding musculoskeletal disorders (such as sprains and strains)

The Understanding musculoskeletal disorder webinar explains what they are, their causes, and key factors. It also covers their impact on workers and businesses.

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This webinar is also available in:

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese

Legal duties to consider when managing musculoskeletal disorder risks (such as sprains and strains)

The Legal duties to consider when managing musculoskeletal disorder risks webinar covers work health and safety laws. It also covers the legal duties to manage those risks. It discusses employers' and workers' legal duties regarding MSDs in the workplace.

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This webinar is also available in:

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese

Managing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (such as sprains and strains)

The Managing the risk of musculoskeletal disorder webinar is about MSD risks at work. It takes a systematic approach, including the risk management process. It also offers practical methods to identify and control MSD risks.

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This webinar is also available in:

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese

Hazardous manual tasks

The Hazardous manual tasks webinar explains how to identify and manage hazardous manual tasks in your workplace. It will help you to easily understand your legislative requirements and provide you with useful resources and tools. This webinar is suited to all industries and businesses.

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Tree work

Safety in the tree work industry

The Safety in the tree work industry webinar will introduce you to common terms in WHS legislation. It also explains business obligations and duties, identifying hazards, risk management and Workers Compensation. This webinar is suitable if you are a worker undertaking tree lopping, pruning, thinning, felling or removal.

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Workplace sexual harassment prevention

The Essentials: Webinar 1 – Understanding workplace sexual harassment

The first webinar in the Essentials series is designed to help businesses to better understand sexual harassment in the workplace and their responsibilities to prevent it.

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The Essentials: Webinar 2 – Safety steps to preventing workplace sexual harassment

The second webinar in the Essentials series explains what businesses can do to take a work health and safety approach to prevent workplace sexual harassment.

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The Essentials: Webinar 3 - Next steps for reporting and response

The third and final webinar in the Essentials series explains how to respond to reports of workplace sexual harassment, and how to support those affected by it.

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