WFA
Research #27
Occupational Safety & Health
Occupational Safety & Health
Workplace Safety & HIRARC Training
Equip employees and supervisors to recognise workplace hazards, assess risk with HIRARC and apply effective controls.
Course overview
Turn learning into workplace capability.
Equip employees and supervisors to recognise workplace hazards, assess risk with HIRARC and apply effective controls. Participants work through realistic workplace scenarios, guided practice and structured reflection so they can apply the learning immediately.
The programme combines role clarity, hazard-based thinking, preventive controls, practical assessment, incident learning, communication, and documented workplace follow-through.
By the end
Learning outcomes
- Explain shared workplace safety and health responsibilities.
- Identify physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards.
- Complete a practical HIRARC risk assessment.
- Select controls and improve incident reporting.
By the end
Learning objectives
- Explain OSH roles and safety culture and connect it to the participant's workplace context.
- Apply hazard identification techniques using a structured method and appropriate supporting evidence.
- Use HIRARC risk assessment to complete a realistic task accurately and efficiently.
- Evaluate hierarchy of controls by applying quality criteria, controls, and professional judgement.
- Integrate incident reporting and investigation with related tools, people, information, and review points.
- Produce a practical, workplace-ready output together with a clear next-step implementation plan.
Practical curriculum
Course outline: Workplace Safety & HIRARC Training
A focused sequence designed for application, reflection and measurable next steps. Expand each module for its detail and practical exercise.
01. OSH Roles and Safety Culture
- Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for OSH roles and safety culture.
- Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
- Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
- Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.
Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying OSH roles and safety culture.
02. Hazard Identification Techniques
- Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for hazard identification techniques.
- Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
- Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
- Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.
Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying hazard identification techniques.
03. HIRARC Risk Assessment
- Defining work activities and identifying routine, non-routine, emergency, and human-factor hazards.
- Evaluating likelihood and severity using the organisation's approved risk matrix and criteria.
- Recording existing controls, residual risk, additional actions, owners, and target completion dates.
- Review triggers following change, incident, new information, control failure, or scheduled reassessment.
Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying HIRARC risk assessment.
04. Hierarchy of Controls
- Why elimination and substitution are considered before engineering, administrative, and PPE measures.
- Selecting controls that address the hazard source, exposure path, and affected people.
- Assessing feasibility without using cost or convenience as the only decision criterion.
- Checking control implementation, worker understanding, maintenance, and residual risk.
Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying hierarchy of controls.
05. Incident Reporting and Investigation
- Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for incident reporting and investigation.
- Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
- Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
- Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.
Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying incident reporting and investigation.
06. Workplace Safety Action Plan
- Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for workplace safety action plan.
- Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
- Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
- Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.
Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying workplace safety action plan.
Programme detail
How the course runs
Methodology
- Short instructor explanations that establish the principles, terminology, and workflow of Workplace Safety & HIRARC Training.
- Live demonstrations and hazard scenarios, inspections, controls, and practical demonstrations.
- Individual, pair, and group activities using realistic inputs that do not require disclosure of confidential information.
- Facilitated review, peer discussion, trainer feedback, and correction against clear quality criteria.
- A final application task plus a personal or team action plan for transfer to the workplace.
Assessment & evidence of learning
- Opening diagnostic questions to establish experience, needs, and relevant workplace scenarios.
- Observation of guided practice and completion of module activities relevant to Occupational Safety & Health.
- Knowledge checks, review questions, or scenario decisions at appropriate points in the programme.
- A final practical output, simulation, presentation, analysis, or implementation plan reviewed against stated criteria.
- Trainer feedback and participant reflection identifying strengths, corrections, and next-step workplace actions.
Prerequisites
- No formal prerequisite is required; relevant workplace experience will help participants contextualise the activities.
Course completion & workplace transfer
- Record corrections, open questions, support needs, and an accountable next action for workplace application.
- Review the final practical output against the learning outcomes and complete the trainer's closing knowledge check, reflection, or skills demonstration.
Who should attend
Who this course is for
Employees, supervisors, safety committee members and operational managers.
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Live online via Zoom Meeting
Join a scheduled public intake from anywhere. Trainer-led, camera-on, with hands-on exercises and Q&A throughout.
02
Private in-house group session on Zoom
The same programme run privately for one organisation on its own date, with examples tailored to your policies and roles.
03
Joining details by email
The Zoom link, meeting ID and passcode are sent automatically once payment succeeds, with reminders one day and one hour before the start.
Course questions
What organisations usually ask
Is Workplace Safety & HIRARC Training HRD Corp claimable?
The programme can be proposed as HRD Corp claimable training, subject to the employer’s eligibility, current scheme rules, course registration and final approval.
Who should attend this course?
Employees, supervisors, safety committee members and operational managers.
How long is the course and how is it delivered?
The standard duration is 2 days. Every session runs live on Zoom with a trainer — there is no face-to-face or physical classroom option. Available formats: Live online via Zoom Meeting, Private in-house group session on Zoom.
How do I receive the Zoom link?
Reserve a seat online and complete payment. The Zoom joining link, meeting ID and passcode are emailed automatically the moment payment succeeds, followed by an automatic reminder one day before and one hour before the session starts.
What do I need to join the session?
A computer with a stable internet connection, the free Zoom client, a webcam and a headset. Sessions run in Malaysia time (GMT+8). Software used in hands-on courses should be installed before day one — the joining email lists what to prepare.
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*HRD Corp claimability is subject to employer eligibility, current scheme rules, course registration and approval. Public fees are indicative until confirmed in writing. Certification, licensing and statutory pathways may require an approved provider, separate assessment, experience or registration set by the relevant authority or awarding body.