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Education and training

Student Work Placement Guide  (PDF 215kB ) 
The Student Work Placement Guide provides an overview of workplace health and safety advice to educators and employers so that they can prepare for work experience students. The guide provides a brief introduction to student work placement and offers avenues for further investigation.

Safeguarding the Student:School-to-Work Transition Programs and Occupational Health and Safety Law (PDF 125kB) Rozen, P, 2002
This report is concerned with the protection from harm of students involved in 'school-to-work' transition programs (including new apprenticeships) and the potential legal liability of the various parties involved in such programs.

Getting Students to Work...Safely (PDF 535kB)
This document outlines six key principles for teaching health and safety to students preparing to enter the workplace and provides references for educators to relevant resources in each state and territory. The guiding principles are aimed at educators and education policy makers.

Guidance on Preparing a Simple OHS Business Case (PDF 317kB)
This document provides guidance for occupational health and safety (OHS) practitioners, officers and managers on how to prepare an effective business case for introducing an OHS solution at the workplace.

Preparing an Effective OHS Business Case - Trainers' Guide and Learning Materials for a Module for OHS Practitioners 
This package of materials is aimed at occupational health and safety (OHS) trainers and sets out a training module to provide OHS practitioners with the skills necessary to effectively mount a business case for OHS improvement or prevention activities within their organisations.

Guidelines for Integrating OHS into National Industry Training PackagesThe Guidelines for Integrating OHS into National Industry Training Packages can assist training package developers and support material writers to incorporate OHS within units, to create new OHS units, and alerts them to existing OHS units and qualifications.