- BSBOHS609B - Evaluate an organisation's OHS performance
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BSBOHS609B
Evaluate an organisation's OHS performance
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Issue Date: May 2024
This unit focuses on evaluation of the effectiveness of an organisation's management of OHS. Aspects of the integration with other organisational management systems, the appropriateness of participative arrangements and OHS improvements are some components of the evaluation. The scope may cover OHS performance measures and outcomes, strategies, policies, programs, procedures and the organisation's resources.
This unit applies to the auditing of systematic approaches to managing OHS, which may or may not be formalised as part of an OHS management system, and can apply to internal or external benchmarks. The scope and benchmark criteria for the OHS audit will be agreed before the commencement of information and data gathering, and may address all areas of the organisation or an identified function, business or geographical area.
Achievement of this competency requires a demonstrated knowledge of the requirements to evaluate the OHS management system (OHSMS) that is in place. An OHSMS is that part of the organisation's overall management system that, for example, covers developing, implementing, reviewing and maintaining the activities for managing OHS risks. Thus, an OHSMS is one systematic approach to managing OHS.
This unit is a companion unit to BSBOHS608B Conduct an OHS audit; together the units address the knowledge and skills required to conduct an OHS audit and to evaluate an organisation's OHS performance. People aspiring to skills for overall responsibility of an OHS audit will require competence in both units.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to make judgements as a consequence of an occupational health and safety (OHS) audit and to evaluate an organisation's arrangements for identifying hazards, assessing and controlling risks, and monitoring and improving the effectiveness of the management of OHS and compliance against agreed benchmarks.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
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Evidence Required
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The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: application of OHS risk control within a collaborative environment products developed for effective application of knowledge and skill in applying OHS risk controls how these products were developed use of these products knowledge of nature and use of information and data that provides valid and reliable results on performance of OHS management processes (including PPIs) and limitations of other types of measures. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure: access to organisation documentation, information and data access to workplace, including personnel involved in areas be evaluated. |
Method of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: analysis of responses to case studies and scenarios direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate demonstration of techniques used in reviewing the organisation's OHS performance observation of performance in role plays observation of presentations oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of roles and responsibilities under OHS legislation of employees including supervisors, contractors, OHS inspectors evaluation of the organisation's risk assessment tool/s and processes evaluation and documentation of performance outcomes review of report developed to document outcomes of evaluation of compliance. |
Guidance information for assessment | Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: BSBOHS608B Conduct an OHS audit. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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Required skills |
analytical skills to: use information and relevant workplace information and data, and to make observations of workplace tasks and interactions between people, their activities, equipment, environment and systems interpret information and data, to identify areas for improvement research skills to: access relevant OHS information and data use information and data gathering techniques such as brainstorming, polling, interviewing communication skills to: relate effectively with personnel at all levels of the organisation, OHS specialists and, as required, emergency services personnel prepare reports for a range of target groups including OHS committee, OHS representatives, managers, supervisors and other stakeholders employ consultation and negotiation skills to develop plans, and to implement and monitor designated actions conduct effective formal and informal meetings use language and literacy skills appropriate to the workgroup and the task project management skills to achieve continuous improvement and change, and to contribute to strategic OHS performance of the organisation numeracy skills to carry out simple statistical analysis e.g. mean, standard deviation, regression organisational skills to manage own tasks within a timeframe information technology skills to: access internal and external information and data on OHS prepare reports and to analyse and evaluate a range of information and data formats including graphs, maps, matrices, technical reports use electronic information and data systems to enter workplace information and data and to produce effective graphical representation use a range of communication media attention to detail when making observations and recording outcomes. |
Required knowledge |
roles and responsibilities under OHS legislation of employees including supervisors, contractors, OHS inspectors principles of duty of care including concepts of causation, foreseeability, preventability legislative requirements for OHS information and data, and consultation roles and responsibilities in relation to communication and consultation for OHS committees, OHS representatives, line management, employees and inspectors state/territory and commonwealth OHS legislation (acts, regulations, codes of practice, associated standards and guidance material) including prescriptive and performance approaches and links to other relevant legislation such as industrial relations, equal employment opportunity, workers compensation, rehabilitation structure and forms of legislation including regulations, codes of practice, associated standards and guidance material difference between common law and statutory law concept of common law duty of care requirements for record keeping that address OHS, privacy and other relevant legislation standards related to OHS information and data, statistics and records management including requirements for information and data under elements of systematically managing OHS nature and use of information and data that provides valid and reliable results on performance of OHS management processes (including PPIs) and limitations of other types of measures development of tools such as PPIs in assessment of OHS performance methods of collecting reliable information and data, commonly encountered problems in collection, and strategies for overcoming such problems requirements for reporting under OHS and other relevant legislation including notification and reporting of incidents difference between hazard and risk risk as a measure of uncertainty and the factors that affect risk requirements under hazard-specific OHS legislation and codes of practice principles of incident causation and injury processes characteristics, mode of action and units of measurement of major hazard types principles of human behaviour and response to interactions with human, physical and task environment to identify psychosocial hazards hierarchy of control and considerations for choosing between different control measures, such as possible inadequacies of particular control measures standard industry controls for a range of hazards types of hazard identification tools including job system analysis (JSA) limitations of generic hazard and risk checklists, and risk ranking processes sampling methodologies, application and related statistical measures principles and practices of a systematic approach to managing OHS range of risk analysis/assessment techniques and tools, and the application and limitations of those techniques and tools requirements of OHS and standards related to systematically managing OHS other functional areas that impact on the management of OHS internal and external sources of OHS information and data how the characteristics and composition of the workforce impact on risk and the systematic approach to managing OHS, for example: labour market changes structure and organisation of workforce e.g. part-time, casual and contract workers, shift rosters, geographical location language, literacy and numeracy communication skills cultural background/workplace diversity gender workers with specific needs auditing methods and techniques benefits, limitations and use of a range of communication strategies and tools appropriate to the workplace organisational behaviour and culture as it impacts on OHS and on change ethics related to professional practice methods of providing evidence of compliance with OHS legislation professional liability in relation to providing advice principles of effective meetings including agendas, action planning, chair and secretarial duties, minutes and action items organisational OHS policies and procedures nature of workplace processes (including work flow, planning and control) and hazards relevant to the particular workplace formal and informal communication and consultation processes, and key personnel related to communication language, literacy and cultural profile of the workgroup organisational culture as it impacts on the workgroup. |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
Hazards may include: | source or situation with a potential for harm in terms of: human injury or ill health damage to property damage to the environment or a combination of these |
Hazards of long latency may include: | conditions, illnesses and other health risks that result from longer term exposure to specific triggers such as: chemicals noise radiation psychosocial factors |
Hazards of low frequency/high consequence may include: | high impact events that may result in very serious injury, death or multiple death situations that occur rarely such as: explosions fires building collapses |
Persons other than employees may include: | contractors customers/clients neighbourhood or local community members visitors to premises |
Organisational factors may include: | authority geographical spread of sites nature of hazards and level of risk other management systems requiring interface or integration with management of OHS participatory arrangements reporting structure roster and shift arrangements supervision structure workplace culture including industrial relations and safety culture workforce structure such as: labour hire contractors part-time and casual workers cultural diversity |
Specialist personnel may include: | external consultants specialising in specific areas of OHS such as: safety engineering ergonomics hygiene toxicology psychology occupational health specialist staff within government agencies offering assistance in specialist or problem areas within OHS |
Benchmarks may include: | industry specific standards OHS management system standards organisation's business plan specific legislation |
Key personnel and stakeholders may include: | boards of management and shareholders customers/clients employees and other parties across a range of levels and roles including health and safety representatives and OHS committee members management, persons in control of the workplace, supervisors |
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Observation Checklist
| Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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| Identify workplace hazard identification activities being undertaken and compare them with organisational policies and procedures | |||
| Examine products, processes and systems to determine whether hazards of long latency and low frequency/high consequence are included and minimised | |||
| Examine products, processes and systems to determine whether risks to persons other than employees are identified and minimised | |||
| Identify organisational factors that impact on OHS | |||
| Review outcomes of the evidence gathering with specialist personnel, if required | |||
| Evaluate appropriateness of the organisation's risk assessment tool/s and processes | |||
| Assess outcomes of the risk assessment process for validity, reliability and inclusion of all major OHS risks, in particular demonstrated use of risk assessment methods in the organisation | |||
| Evaluate risk controls for suitability and effectiveness in relation to the organisation's systematic management of OHS | |||
| Evaluate the scope of organisational processes to monitor the implementation and status of systematic approaches to managing OHS | |||
| Evaluate the quality of information and data obtained from the monitoring processes | |||
| Evaluate the managerial level of response to the issues raised in the monitoring process in relation to the level of risk | |||
| Evaluate performance indicators, including positive performance indicators (PPIs) to determine whether they provide a true, reliable and timely measure of the effectiveness of the OHS management approaches to reducing OHS risk | |||
| Compare reported performance with evidence gathered and document differences | |||
| Evaluate outcomes of performance and document them in a clear and objective manner | |||
| Undertake systematic analysis to identify areas of OHS compliance and non-compliance with benchmarks | |||
| Provide advice on the impact of legislation and standards on the selection, suitability and implementation of a range of OHS performance interventions | |||
| Document outcomes of evaluation of compliance and report to key personnel and stakeholders |
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