Upon completion of the course, the successful learner will understand how to adopt a detailed but simple approach to incident investigation procedures and techniques.

Formative assessment

• Various activities will be completed online.

Summative assessment

• Written assessment to be done online at the end of the course. Learners must achieve a minimum of 65%.

Course outline

By the end of the course, the learner will be able to:

• explain the:
  • specified requirements pertaining to conducting an investigation into workplace incidents
  • relevant standards for an investigation into workplace incidents
  • extent of the investigation
  • relevant hazard and risk control measures for workplace incident data gathering, and the consequences of not conforming to specified requirements, in preparing for data gathering
  • importance of identifying the causes of the incident being investigated and the consequences of non-compliance with any of the required steps.
• describe the:
  • relevant hazards and risks likely to be encountered during the investigation
  • purpose of conducting investigations into workplace incidents.
  • prepare to gather data for the investigation
• verify the:
  • purpose and extent of the investigation
  • persons, tools, equipment and material as fit for purpose and available
• gather and evaluate data, according to the requirements for the intended type of investigation
• determine the prevailing conditions at the scene of the incident by using accepted data-gathering methods
• identify the causes of an incident through the interpretation of variances
• perform post-investigation functions
• report the findings, recommendations and remedial action
• deal with the identified sub-standard acts and conditions reported appropriately
• evaluate and record remedial action accordingly
• explain the consequences of non-compliance with any of the above.