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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Understand and fulfil workplace health and safety responsibilities
   • Meet workplace health and safety responsibilities according to regulatory and workplace requirements
   • Recognise and explain workplace health and safety responsibilities of key personnel
2. Follow workplace workplace health and safety policies and procedures
   • Follow workplace health and safety policies, procedures and programs
   • Use, maintain and store Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as appropriate
3. Follow legal provisions related to workplace health and safety
   • Follow relevant provisions of workplace health and safety legislation and codes of practice
4. Contribute to workplace health and safety
   • Raise workplace health and safety issues with designated personnel in accordance with workplace requirements and relevant legislation
   • Contribute to WHS through participation appropriate to the scope of own responsibilities and competencies
5. Follow workplace requirements for hazard identification and risk control
   • Recognise and report hazards to health and safety in the work area to designated personnel according to workplace requirements
   • Follow workplace requirements for controlling risks to health and safety
6. Follow emergency procedures
   • Follow emergency procedures according to workplace requirements
   • Follow reporting procedures for emergencies according to workplace requirements
7. Operate machinery safely
   • Operate machinery according to safe work practices and procedures
   • Operate and maintain machinery according to manufacturer specifications and workplace requirements
8. Understand and fulfil workplace health and safety responsibilities
   • Meet workplace health and safety responsibilities according to regulatory and workplace requirements
   • Recognise and explain workplace health and safety responsibilities of key personnel
9. Follow workplace workplace health and safety policies and procedures
   • Follow workplace health and safety policies, procedures and programs
   • Use, maintain and store Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as appropriate
10. Follow legal provisions related to workplace health and safety
    • Follow relevant provisions of workplace health and safety legislation and codes of practice
11. Contribute to workplace health and safety
    • Raise workplace health and safety issues with designated personnel in accordance with workplace requirements and relevant legislation
    • Contribute to WHS through participation appropriate to the scope of own responsibilities and competencies
12. Follow workplace requirements for hazard identification and risk control
    • Recognise and report hazards to health and safety in the work area to designated personnel according to workplace requirements
    • Follow workplace requirements for controlling risks to health and safety
13. Follow emergency procedures
    • Follow emergency procedures according to workplace requirements
    • Follow reporting procedures for emergencies according to workplace requirements
14. Operate machinery safely
    • Operate machinery according to safe work practices and procedures
    • Operate and maintain machinery according to manufacturer specifications and workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be observed consistently complying with workplace health and safety requirements in the workplace under normal production conditions.

The candidate must:

work safely as an individual and as a member of a team

explain and report on workplace health and safety issues

demonstrate safe work practices in all worksite activities

follow workplace health and safety policies and procedures

identify and apply relevant regulatory requirements as applicable

identify and follow emergency procedures, including evacuation procedures, according to workplace requirements

identify workplace health and safety hazards especially slips, falls and manual handling

list hazards at the work site and control measures that have been implemented

outline and observe own workplace health and safety legal responsibilities

outline the employer's workplace health and safety legal requirements

seek advice from more experienced colleagues or from manuals in order to operate new machinery and equipment safely

use relevant communication skills

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

use, maintenance and storage of PPE required for different areas of the worksite, according to workplace requirements and manufacturer specifications

ways of minimising manual handling hazards

safe operating procedures for machinery at own work station

procedures for reporting accidents at the work site

functions of workplace health and safety committees and representatives at the work site

PPE that must be worn for different areas at the work site

process for making suggestions for improvement

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