Recent prosecutions involving on-hire firms have reinforced the importance of properly identifying hazards, assessing risks and verifying control measures when placing workers with host organisations. Court decisions have made it clear that relying on assumptions, job titles or host documentation alone is not sufficient. On-hire firms must actively understand both the work to be performed and the environment in which it will be performed. 

This live training has been developed to build practical capability in gathering and assessing the information needed to manage WHS risks in on-hire placements. 

 How to Identify, Assess and Review WHS Risk in On-Hire 

Understanding the Work and the Work Environment 

What the session covers 

The session focuses on two distinct but connected areas: 

• Understanding the work environment 
  How to gather information about where workers will be placed, identify hazards, and understand risks arising from systems of work, supervision, workload and workplace conditions. 

• Understanding the work (job) 
  How to gather meaningful information about what workers will actually be expected to do, so hazards and risks associated with tasks and activities can be properly identified and managed. 

Across both areas, the session focuses on what the law requires in practice: identifying hazards, assessing risks, implementing and verifying controls, and reviewing risks over time, and how these duties apply to day-to-day placement decisions. 

The session is designed to provide foundational capability for participants to gather host information, identify hazards, assess risks, verify controls and recognise when WHS risks require review or escalation in on-hire placements. 

Who should attend 

This training is designed for people working within on-hire firms who are involved in role scoping, host engagement or placement oversight, including: 

• Recruitment consultants 

• Account managers 

• Team leaders 

• Branch managers 

• Anyone responsible for host assessments or ongoing placement oversight 

Session format 

• Two live facilitator-led sessions 

• 2 hours per session (4 hours total) 

• Practical and scenario-based learning 

Participants who attend the full training sessions will receive a Certificate of Attendance at the conclusion of the program. 

Fee: $420 ex GST per person. 

Facilitated by

Amy Towers 
Director - WHS, People & Compliance, Risk Collective