From 1 July 2026, the COP has legal teeth. Know the 14 hazards. Apply the hierarchy of controls.
Built around the SafeWork Australia Model Code of Practice (July 2022) and WHS Regulation 2025 (NSW) s.55C — which makes the hierarchy of controls a binding obligation for psychosocial hazards from 1 July 2026.
5 short lessons. Storytelling first, regulation second. Australian sites, real expressions, no corporate stock cliché.
One Newcastle foreman, one $42K workers' comp claim, one set of WHS Regulation 2025 (NSW) s.55C provisions that make this the most important shift in PCBU duty since 2017.
Concrete pour in Wollongong. Walk back from one near-miss and count how many of the 14 SWA Model COP hazards show up. Workload, role clarity, support, handover — that's four before you finish counting.
Two supervisors, same problem, different outcomes. The one who booked the resilience training day vs the one who sat down and asked what was hurting. Same 5-step risk process the COP requires.
Pizza Friday, free yoga, EAP posters — none of these are controls. Real controls start at elimination and work down. Why your hierarchy needs to flip from PPE-first to design-first.
What "comply with the Code" actually looks like under the new NSW rules. Quarterly wellbeing survey, claim trend dashboards, written-down review triggers. The readiness checklist you can hand to your CEO.
Scenario-based multiple choice, instant marking, certificate of completion. Logged to your CPD record. Citation-locked to the verbatim Model COP — no Claude paraphrases, no made-up convention.
WHS Regulation 2025 (NSW) s.55C — psychosocial hazards now sit under the Hierarchy of Controls. Same legal status as falls, plant or RCS silica.
1 July 2026 — every NSW PCBU must comply with the approved Code of Practice OR prove their alternative method delivers equivalent-or-higher protection.
146,700 serious workers' comp claims in 2024 (Safe Work Australia). Psychological injury claims are the fastest-growing category and cost ~3× more per claim than physical injury.
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