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 individual, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Relevant legislation may include: | federal, state and local health and hygiene WHS regulations privacy legislation. |
Store policy and procedures may relate to: | delegation emergency procedures job roles and responsibilities WHS use of technology. |
Hazards may include: | broken or damaged equipment or technology chemical spills damaged packing material or containers electricity and water fires manual handling sharp cutting tools and instruments stress unguarded equipment. |
Hazardous goods may include: | chemicals electrical equipment flammable goods waste. |
Equipmentmay include: | electrical equipment, including: cleaning equipment electrical tools food storage equipment food warming and preparation equipment retail technology hand tools knives and scissors manual cleaning equipment manual handling equipment steps and ladders. |
Emergency procedures may relate to: | accidents armed robbery bomb threats chemical spills events likely to endanger staff or customers fires locating and using alarms sickness store evacuations. |
Hierarchy of controls includes: | eliminating hazards substitution isolating hazards using engineering controls using administrative controls appropriate use of personal protective clothing and equipment. |
Risk assessment may include: | assessing individual tasks and job design conducting regular reviews of injury or accident registers consultation processes, including discussions with employees. |
Reporting procedures may be: | digital or electronic manual scheduled standardised. |
Training may include: | fire and emergency evacuation training induction training ongoing professional development training, including WHS implications on-the-job training, off-the job training or a combination of both training for specific hazards identified in the industry. |
WHS issues may include: | checking equipment prior to and during work chemical containment customers and staff, equipment, premises and stock first aid procedures range of responsibilities or job description, including general duty of care of employees and employers reporting process for and issues resolution, injury or accidents safe lifting and manual handling procedures sickness and accident reporting procedures storage and use of flammable materials store evacuation workplace inspection and safety audits. |
Staffmay include: | fulltime, part-time, casual or contract new or existing staff people from a range of cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds people with a range of job roles and responsibilities people with varying levels of language and literacy. |
Consultation processes may involve: | minutes from health and safety meetings staff meetings and management meetings suggestions for improvements put forward by employees. |
Records may include: | manufacturer instructions, including material safety data sheet (MSDS) maintenance records revision of policies and procedures to ensure relevance through audits against state and territory legislation and regulations training records for existing employees training records for new employees workplace inspection and audit reports. |