For every worker: how drugs, alcohol and some medicines affect safety at work, what fitness for work means, and where to get help.
Alcohol, illegal drugs and some prescription and over-the-counter medicines can impair judgement, coordination and reaction time, putting the worker and others at risk. Impairment can last into the next day.
This talk covers fitness for work, the effects of common substances, medicines and declaring them where your policy requires it, what to do if a colleague seems impaired, the workplace's policy and any testing, and confidential sources of help.
After the session, participants will be able to:
No. It explains fitness for work and how a policy works, and the facilitator guide marks where to add your own policy and testing arrangements.
Yes. The slides, handout and guide are editable, and the facilitator guide marks the places to add your own procedures, contacts and photos of your workplace.
No. It is there if your business wants a record that each worker understood the key points. The attendance record on its own shows who attended and when.
Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The hazards and the controls in each toolbox talk apply in any workplace. The duties slide and the facilitator guide's "check before you deliver" table refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws, licences and standards, so a business elsewhere should swap those for its own country's rules. Everything is editable.
Yes. The package includes an editable certificate template, an attendance record (Word, plus an Excel register) and an optional 10-question multiple-choice assessment with an answer key, so you can record who attended and, if you choose, that each worker understood the key points. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.
Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.
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For every worker, and especially shift workers and long-hours workers: what causes fatigue, how it affects safety, and what the business and worker each do about it.
For anyone who drives for work, even occasionally: why the vehicle is a workplace, and the planning, checks and habits that prevent crashes.
For every worker: what sexual harassment is, the employer's positive duty to prevent it, and how to report it or support someone who has experienced it.
All 28 toolbox talk awareness packages in one purchase: a year of toolbox talks and more.