
Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
Overview
A safe workplace is a necessity. The Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety course teaches you the essentials: incident response, managing claims, and hazard identification. This is a practical program with projects and assignments you can integrate into your existing role or organisation. Upon completion you can assist with workers’ compensation claims, rehab and return-to-work programs.
This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia.
Skills you’ll learn
- Managing workers compensation claims
- Plan and produce documents
- Manage external WHS contractors
- Understand how to comply with WHS laws
Learning outcomes
- Assist with determining the legal framework for WHS in your workplace
- Assist with establishing and maintaining WHS legislative compliance
- Contribute to WHS risk assessment and create, implement, and evaluate risk control processes and policies
- Assist with monitoring contractor WHS compliance requirements and addressing contractor WHS noncompliance
- Contribute to implementing, assessing, and improving of WHS consultation and participation feedback processes
- Develop, implement, maintain, and review a WHS management system
- Contribute to a wide range of WHS compliance requirements and workplace hazard identification
- Assist with implementing response procedures during incidents
- Contribute to developing and implementing recommended measures and actions arising from incident investigation
- Assist with preparing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating return to work for injured workers
- Plan and produce documents; and draft and prepare final text
Your career opportunities
- Work health and safety consultant
- Work health and safety contractor
Location options
- Online
Why Swinburne?
Delivered by facilitators who are industry experts
Participant course training manual
Live Online delivery allows you to do the course from anywhere
Access to our team of Customer Development Advisors

Our Live Online delivery
Our Live Online delivery is a dynamic, engaging and interactive way to learn remotely. It’s just like face-to-face but with the added benefits of digital technology. Your facilitator will present in real-time, and you will be able to participate in group discussions and collaborate on exercises and group activities using our interactive platforms.