Workplace education services
Training should be provided to:
- outdoor employees and new staff
- supervisors and health and safety representatives
- safety officers, health and safety management personnel and employers.
Benefits of sun protection training include:
- raising the understanding of sun protection as a health and safety issue
- dispelling common misconceptions and barriers
- ensuring new staff are aware of sun protection practices
- increasing awareness of signs and symptoms of skin cancer and how to detect skin cancer early
- ensuring safety personnel have knowledge and skills to confidently address sun protection and supervise employees
- demonstrating commitment of management to providing a safe work environment.
SunSmart provides help to deliver workplace training, including:
- Working outdoors – a skin cancer risk: a one hour face-to-face education session for employees. Fill in the online Workplace education booking form.
- SunSmart workplace education program: download the SunSmart workplace education program booking form to learn about SunSmart's education program and book a session.
- Reducing UV exposure risks for outdoor workers: an inservice session for health and safety professionals. For bookings and further information, contact SunSmart on (03) 9635 5148 or SunSmart@cancervic.org.au
Also refer to:
- Sun protection: when working outdoors for information for employees
- Sun protection in the workplace Cancer Council Australia position statement
- Guidance note for the protection of workers from ultraviolet radiation in sunlight from the Australian Safety and Compensation Council
- Radiation protection standard for occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
- WorkSafe Victoria for industry specific sun protection information
- Creating effective shade: shade audit tool
