Short Courses

ICAM Lead Investigator

The course will provide you with practical investigation skills and knowledge of the issues associated with incidents such as a selection of incident causation theories, legal and Australian regulatory issues, and effective communication skills. You will be provided with a handbook that includes the incident investigation process, templates and resources to help you in your workplace.

This short course is designed for anyone who may be called upon to take part in an incident investigation, such as safety representatives, safety practitioners and operational team members.  The course provides some useful skills in why workplace incidents and how to prevent them, and would be useful to anyone who has an interest in this.

Why is this course for you

This course is designed to enable you to investigate a workplace incident and take part in an incident investigation team.  Written in 2020 and updated in 2021 by investigation and safety experts to incorporate the latest research and practice in this important area.

Courses content

• What is involved and who takes part in incident investigations?
• Secure the incident scene and other Australian regulatory issues
• Collect evidence and interview witnesses
• Work out what happened and why
• Analyse the evidence, using ICAM and other processes
• Write and communicate a meaningful and useful report
• Incident Investigation toolbox containing a suite of downloadable incident investigation tools and templates.

Optional assessment: This short course is a participation-only course (i.e. you will not be required to do any assessments).  This short course is based on a module from the OHS Risk Management unit in the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.  After you have completed this short course you may request an assessment, and submit a response (note: you can only submit once).  Your submission will be marked and you will be given feedback.  If you pass (i.e. 50% or more) you will be provided with a letter indicating you have completed this assessment.  If you then choose to enrol in the Risk Management Unit in Graduate Certificate in OHS you will not have to complete the assessment again.

So, if you have wondered about going to University, or you would like a University degree in Occupational Health and Safety, but are not sure if you can do it, have a go at this short course, meet some Lecturers and then you can decide whether to continue into the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.

Inclusions

At the start of the course, you will be provided with a handbook that includes the incident investigation process, templates and resources to help you in your workplace.  The facilitator will show you how to investigate incidents, using video interviews with experts, professional incident investigation tools and reporting templates.

About the presenter

The course has been developed by experienced investigators, safety managers, and researchers with significant know-how and expertise in incident investigation.  We have developed a practical and useful course to show you what to do to investigate an incident and prevent it from happening again.  ECU partners with Elect Group Pty Ltd to deliver this course in a face-to-face format.

Upcoming courses

This course is delivered in face-to-face mode over two days.

Duration: 2 days
Time: 8:30AM to 4:30PM 
Location: Exchange Tower, Perth CBD *see below
Price: $1100 (including GST)
Mode: Classroom

Following your registration you will receive a letter confirming the location of the training. Please ensure you follow the instructions on the letter, as the training location may change.

Dates:

Register: ECU partners with Elect Group Pty Ltd to deliver this course in a face-to-face format.  As part of enrolling in this course, you consent to allow ECU to provide Elect with such information as may be necessary to facilitate the delivery of this course.

Pay by credit card or opt for an invoice option.

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*Please note if using the pay-by-invoice option your enrolment won't be secured until payment is fully processed. Please notify shortcourses@ecu.edu.au if paying by invoice to ensure your place is secured.

For group bookings, please contact us via the  Elect Training and Consulting contact page

Further information

For further information contact the School of Medical and Health Sciences, email medical_shortcourses@ecu.edu.au