Emergency Planning Committee Online

Description

Remember, under OH&S Act (WA), the national WHS Act and the Australian Standard Planning for Emergencies in Facilities 3745-2010, your workplace is required to have an emergency evacuation plan, fire equipment, and First Aid resources.

This online course is suitable for:

• Your Emergency Control Organisation (Chief Warden, Area Wardens and Wardens)
• Professional development
• Job seekers
• Resume building

Course Content:

• Identifying events that could reasonably produce emergency situations.
• What is the committee and it’s functions
• Developing evacuation procedures and emergency resources
• Nominating the validity period for the emergency procedures and the evacuation wall diagrams
• Establishing an emergency control organisation to operate in accordance with the emergency procedures
• Ensuring that the register of Emergency Control Organisation members is current and readily available.
• Ensuring that the emergency response procedures remain viable and effective by reviewing, and testing the emergency response procedures at least annually.
• Ensuring that the emergency plan is reviewed at the end of the validity period, after an emergency, an exercise, or any changes that affect the emergency plan.
• Ensuring that a permanent record of events for each emergency is compiled and retained.
• Identifying and rectifying deficiencies and opportunities for improvement in the emergency plan and emergency response procedures.
• Identifying events that could reasonably produce emergency situations.