Occupational Health and Safety Resources

safe@work

safe@work is an occupational health and safety program for secondary school students undertaking work experience. It is designed to help students improve their knowledge and understanding of occupational health and safety matters before entering a workplace.

• safe@work
• safe@work User Guide - instructions for teachers on how to access and deliver safe@work
• safe@work hazard fact sheets

A Job Well Done

A Job Well Done video is an occupational health and safety program for secondary students with disabilities or impairments undertaking work experience. The program provides these students with a general awareness of workplace health and safety. It can assist in preparing students for work experience by exposing them to issues relating to the 'world of work'.

For more information, see: A Job Well Done - Teacher Resources

Choosing OH&S resources

• For Structured Workplace Learning, under Ministerial Order 55, 8 (1) g:
  “Prior to entering into an Arrangement, the Principal must be satisfied that – […]
  the student has undertaken training in accredited occupational health and safety relevant to the workplace where the student will be employed under a structured workplace learning arrangement before the Arrangement can be entered into.”
• For Work Experience, under Ministerial Order 56, 8 (3):
  “The principal of a school must be satisfied that a student has undertaken and satisfactorily completed an occupational health and safety program prior to entering into a work experience arrangement.
  All secondary school students undertaking work experience (with the exception of students with disabilities or impairments, referred to below) must therefore satisfactorily complete safe@work before commencing their work experience.
• For Work Experience, under Ministerial Order 56, 8 (4):
  The principal of a school, with respect to a student with a disability or impairment, may modify an occupational health and safety program having regard to the disability or impairment of an individual student.”
  A video (A Job Well Done - An Occupational Health and Safety Program for Secondary School Students with Disabilities or Impairments) and accompanying teacher resource and student activities sheets have been developed for this purpose.
  It is up to the Principal to determine which Occupational Health & Safety program is the most appropriate for the student to undertake, taking into account the disability or impairment of the student.

Health and Safety Guidelines for Work Experience Students

The following guidelines have been developed to assist teachers in placing students in safe work experience arrangements, and update the previous document Guidelines for Work Experience Pupils Under 15 Years of Age in the Declared High Risk Industries.

Given the additional requirements for work experience students aged 14 (e.g. Declared High Risk Industries and Criminal Records Checks), separate guidelines for students aged 14, and students aged 15+ have been developed.

Information on Declared High Risk Industries, Criminal Records Checks and the implications of the Child Employment Act 2003 are contained in the following document, which covers all the requirements for students aged 14 undertaking work experience:

• Work Experience Students Aged 14: Health and Safety Guidelines, Criminal Records Checks and Declared High Risk Industries (Word - 563Kb)

Information on restricted industries and activities for ALL work experience students is contained in the document for students aged 15+:

• Health and Safety Guidelines for Work Experience Students Aged 15+ (Word - 444Kb)
• Work Experience Guidelines for Students Working with Animals (Students aged 15 years and over) (Word - 389Kb)
• Risk Assessment Form (Word - 61Kb) - including a completed sample form.