Required knowledge: Look for evidence that confirms knowledge and understanding of: roles and responsibilities under OHS legislation of employees including supervisors, contractors, OHS inspectors etc responsibilities of designers etc under OHS legislation principles of duty of care including concepts of causation, foreseeability, preventability legislative requirements for OHS information and data, and consultation 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 human error and implications for design of equipment, work practices and controlling ergonomic hazards the basics of anthropometry and biomechanics basic human cognitive and perceptual capabilities relevant to the design of human/machine interfaces risk factors for manual handling injury and risk assessment techniques for manual handling principles of human behaviour and response to interactions with human, physical and task environment to identify psychosocial hazards direct and indirect influences that impact on OHS and the environment in the design of product/s interdependent relationships between ergonomics and workplace stressors such as psychosocial factors, occupational violence, shiftwork, repetitive work, awkward postures, lighting, thermal hierarchy of control and considerations for choosing between different control measures, such as possible inadequacies of particular control measures knowledge of a range of risk analysis/assessment techniques and tools and the application and limitations of those techniques and tools standard industry controls for a range of hazards strategies for minimising risk through application of ergonomic design and engineering, work layout, work processes, work organisation types of hazard identification tools including JSA pertinent sections of relevant Australian and other standards such as AS/NZS 4360: Risk management, National Standard for the Storage and Handling Workplace Dangerous Goods [NOHSC: 1015] and National Standard for Manual Handling [NOHSC: 1001] principles and practices of a systematic approach to managing OHS range of risk analysis/assessment techniques and tools and their application and limitations 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 e.g. 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 special needs organisational behaviour and culture as it impacts on OHS and on change ethics related to professional practice professional liability in relation to providing advice key personnel, including identifying 'change agents', within workplace management structure formal and informal communication and consultation processes and key personnel related to communication |