Free OHS Essentials Program

The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Essentials Program is a free safety consultation service, administered by WorkSafe but delivered by our experienced and qualified consultants.

The consultant will come to your workplace, learn about your business, identify any hazards and provide practical advice on how you might address them – all then documented in an easy-to-understand safety action plan.

The consultant will contact you post receipt of your action plan to discuss this in more detail and then visit your workplace again within 3-6 months of this visit to discuss any changes you have made based on your action plan and to provide further advice and support.

The consultant will then undertake a final visit within 9-12 months of your initial visit to discuss the progress of key actions identified, improvements made and any challenges that have impacted implementation of the action plan.

Safety essentials for small businesses

Who is eligible?

Victorian small businesses with less than 60 employees.

How long will it take? 

The initial site visit will take up to 3.5 hours, the follow-up site visit will take up to 2 hours and the final visit will take up to 3 hours.

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Please note that this is a WorkSafe funded program and you must submit your application through WorkSafe's OHS Essentials Program website. Please note that the program is confidential and WorkSafe do not receive any specific information about what is discussed during your visits.

When completing your application form, please remember to:

1. Indicate that you are a VCCI member when prompted
   
2. Enter 'Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry' as your preferred provider when prompted
   

Once your application has been approved we will be in touch to schedule a time for your initial visit.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us on 8662 5222.