Business Safety services
Safeguarding your people and profits by creating a safe and healthy workplace for your employees makes good business sense - for productivity, employee satisfaction and retention, and legal compliance.
To meet your obligations Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland's Business Safety (WHS) team can provide a full range of practical and cost effective Business safety consultancy services, training and advice.
Workplace health & safety management systems
The core of a safe workplace is its robust health and safety management system. Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland has the expertise to assist with the:
- development and implementation of systems to manage health and safety in any business
- development of health and safety and workplace rehabilitation policies and procedures
- review of existing health and safety and workplace rehabilitation, systems, policies and procedures
Safety planning & strategy
Every organisation has competing priorities and limited resources to devote to safety. Through strategic planning, an organisation is able to focus their efforts where they will make the most difference.
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland has helped many organisations, large and small to develop and implement safety plans that are specific to their needs. The plans are realistic and build the capacity and the maturity of the organisations safety management system over time.
The safety plan is often part of a larger program whereby Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland initially conducts a needs assessment on the organisation to identify the priorities of the safety plan. Then once the safety plan is developed, Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland can provide training and support to the management team to build their capacity to implement the safety plan.
Worker's compensation & rehabilitation
Workers' compensation and rehabilitation are difficult issues for many businesses. Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland is able to assist by providing the following services:
- strategic reviews of current Workers Compensation and injury management systems against an agreed industry best practice standards
- case management, advice and support of outstanding complex or potentially complex rehabilitation claims,
- development of training, systems and resources to enhance current managers' skills and knowledge in early intervention injury prevention and management
- development of proactive health programmes that increase employee awareness participation and ownership in their physical, mental and emotional well being.
Business acquisition, divestment due diligence
The divestment and or acquisition of companies and businesses contain a certain amount of risk. The prospect of inheriting a company with outstanding health, safety and environmental issues is almost always overlooked during this process. To ensure businesses are aware of the risks, Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland's team of experienced auditors are ideally placed to provide the full range of workplace inspections, compliance audits, corporate reviews, asbestos material reports and machinery audits.
Workplace health & safety - training & development services
To help business meet their legislative requirements and move towards best practice Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland offers a full range Business safety training including:
- Workplace Health and Safety Officer (WHSO)
- Manager/supervisor Workplace Health and Safety Essentials
- Workplace Health and Safety Representative
- Workplace Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Workplace Health & Safety Committee Member
Workplace health & safety - specialised training services
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland team of trainers are able to develop and deliver specialised courses designed to the particular businesses' needs. For example:
- manual tasks
- safety leadership
- risk management
- incident management and investigation
- hazardous substances
- dangerous goods legislation
- emergency procedures
- electrical legislation
- ergonomics including workstation setup
Further Information
To find out more, view the WHS Retainer Services brochure (PDF) or contact your nearest Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland office.
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