Most organisations have risk registers, procedures and “controls”, but few can confidently answer one question: which controls must never fail?

Critical controls are the final line between incident and catastrophe. This one-day course teaches participants how to identify critical controls, define their performance requirements, assess vulnerability and build a system that verifies effectiveness over time.

If you want to stop serious incidents before they happen, this is the training that builds the capability.

Who Should Attend

This course is specifically designed for:

• WHS and risk professionals responsible for critical risk programs

• Operational leaders, supervisors and frontline managers

• Safety advisors, auditors and assurance teams

• ICAM investigators linking learnings back into controls

• Anyone accountable for managing high-consequence risk

This is the next step for those who have completed the Risk Bowtie course, or who need deeper control assurance skills.

What You Will Learn

Participants walk away with the ability to build and run an effective Critical Control Management (CCM) program. You will learn how to:

✔ Identify controls vs non-controls using ISO & ICMM criteria

✔ Apply the Critical Control Decision Tree with accuracy

✔ Define control performance requirements + failure modes

✔ Develop practical Critical Control Standards (CCPS)

✔ Build verification activities to test control effectiveness

✔ Analyse failure pathways using real incident data

✔ Integrate findings into assurance & governance reporting

This is not conceptual learning, it’s implementation-focused capability.

Course Outline

Inclusions

• Refreshments, morning tea and lunch provided

• Certificate of completion and National Unit of Competency BSBWHS414 Contribute to WHS Risk Managemet

• Verification framework and CCPS and CCV templates

• Live scenario-based development workshop

• Ongoing workplace critical control implementation support

Course Duration and Format

1 Day: 9am - 5pm

Face to face delivery

This course is best completed after our Risk Bowtie Analysis Course

National Unit of Competency

Upon successful completion of this course and subsequence online assessment, students will be issued with a Statement of Attainment for BSBWHS414 Contribute to WHS Risk Management. Orana Skills Centre are in a working partnership with Training Education and Management Services (TEAMS) RTO 91852 who will be the issuer of Academic Transcripts and Qualifications, which means we can provide Nationally Accredited Training. 

Why Risk Bowtie Analysis?

Most incidents are not caused by a lack of paperwork; they occur because critical controls fail. Bowties uncover those weak points and critical control management implements the framework before the incident happens.

This course gives participants a clear method to:

• Improve control effectiveness

• Strengthen risk assurance programs

• Support critical risk decision-making

• Drive organisational learning and accountability

Why Choose Orana Skills Centre?

We are experts in critical control management and have hands-on experience! We have developed Critical Risk and Critical Control programs globally for clients including Glencore, BHP, Hudbay, South 32, Ampol Australia, local councils, state government agencies and countless small-medium businesses - we know what works!

Our philosophy is to develop effective solutions, with simplistic implementation, that prevent workplace fatalities and serious incidents. With our expertise in risk management, incident investigation, auditing and safety management systems, we provide robust solutions that seamlessly fit into your existing frameworks.

If your business wants fewer surprises, stronger governance and safer outcomes, this is the capability that delivers it.

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