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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Participate in workplace inspections
   • Facilitate group processes to identify potential workplace health and safety hazards
   • Participate in workplace inspections to identify potential hazards
   • Fulfil reporting obligations
   • Implement risk control processes
2. Participate in workplace health and safety risk control process
   • Participate in risk assessment processes
   • Control hazards in accordance with hierarchy of controls
   • Initiate workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events
   • Inform relevant parties about any action taken and/or report it to designated personnel
3. Monitor implementation of safe work practices
   • Demonstrate, by example, compliance with safe work practices
   • Monitor safe work performance by employees
   • Implement safe work practices in accordance with regulatory requirements
4. Assist development of safe work practices
   • Develop changes to work procedures or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in accordance with risk control processes and regulatory requirements
   • Consult employees in relation to the development of safe work practices
   • Reinforce employee understanding of safe work procedures on-the-job
5. Contribute to participative arrangements for the management of workplace health and safety
   • Implement and monitor consultation procedures about workplace health and safety issues to ensure that all workers may contribute
   • Deal with, resolve promptly, or refer to appropriate personnel issues raised through consultation in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Disseminate outcomes of consultation over WHS issues to the work group promptly
6. Contribute to workplace rehabilitation program as appropriate
   • Contribute to workplace rehabilitation programs in accordance with the requirements of a rehabilitation co-ordinator and/or provider
7. Participate in workplace inspections
   • Facilitate group processes to identify potential workplace health and safety hazards
   • Participate in workplace inspections to identify potential hazards
   • Fulfil reporting obligations
   • Implement risk control processes
8. Participate in workplace health and safety risk control process
   • Participate in risk assessment processes
   • Control hazards in accordance with hierarchy of controls
   • Initiate workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events
   • Inform relevant parties about any action taken and/or report it to designated personnel
9. Monitor implementation of safe work practices
   • Demonstrate, by example, compliance with safe work practices
   • Monitor safe work performance by employees
   • Implement safe work practices in accordance with regulatory requirements
10. Assist development of safe work practices
    • Develop changes to work procedures or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in accordance with risk control processes and regulatory requirements
    • Consult employees in relation to the development of safe work practices
    • Reinforce employee understanding of safe work procedures on-the-job
11. Contribute to participative arrangements for the management of workplace health and safety
    • Implement and monitor consultation procedures about workplace health and safety issues to ensure that all workers may contribute
    • Deal with, resolve promptly, or refer to appropriate personnel issues raised through consultation in accordance with workplace procedures
    • Disseminate outcomes of consultation over WHS issues to the work group promptly
12. Contribute to workplace rehabilitation program as appropriate
    • Contribute to workplace rehabilitation programs in accordance with the requirements of a rehabilitation co-ordinator and/or provider

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time.

The candidate must:

apply participative problem-solving techniques to identify and resolve workplace health and safety issues

identify and apply extent of responsibility

identify and apply relevant WHS and workplace requirements

demonstrate safe work practices associated with work tasks

identify WHS hazards in the workplace

identify relevant hazard control equipment and explain function, safe operation, maintenance and storage requirements

use facilitation skills to ensure participation from all group members

use relevant communication skills

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a broad factual, technical and theoretical knowledge of:

procedures for reporting hazards, accidents and incidents

risk management principles

process for developing and altering work procedures or SOPs

current workplace health and safety legislative requirements

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