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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Scope the WHS program
   • Identify and interpret relevant legal requirements and obligations for WHS
   • Determine scope of enterprise operations in relation to WHS systems, including establishing requirements for managing hazardous events
   • Document current enterprise systems and measure performance against internal and external benchmarks
2. Develop WHS policies and plans
   • Develop policies documenting and defining the commitment of CEO and enterprise to WHS
   • Set short, medium and long term enterprise goals and targets for WHS performance
   • Identify and commit to resource requirements for operating the system
   • Prepare implementation plan detailing resources and strategies
   • Prepare and implement communication strategy for informing stakeholders of policies, obligations and responsibilities
3. Develop enterprise commitment to WHS
   • Incorporate WHS responsibilities and duties in all relevant policies, position descriptions, operating procedures and work instructions
   • Ensure enterprise WHS policies, strategies and requirements include all enterprise personnel, contractors, suppliers and work site visitors
   • Establish consultative and participative mechanisms to facilitate the identification and prevention of WHS issues and their prompt, effective resolution
   • Consider WHS issues, including hazard and risk identification and control, in planning, designing and evaluating job design, procedure, technology, work/process flow, plant layout and construction
4. Develop and maintain procedures for identifying hazards
   • Analyse WHS records to determine trends
   • Correctly identify existing and potential hazards
   • Develop hazard identification procedures and integrate into enterprise procedures and systems
5. Manage and maintain risk assessment procedures
   • Correctly determine risks through identifying hazards
   • Develop risk assessment procedures and integrate into enterprise systems
6. Manage and maintain risk control procedures
   • Develop and implement risk control measures in accordance with the hierarchy of control and regulatory requirements
   • Establish procedures for control of risks on the hierarchy of control and integrate them into enterprise procedures and systems
   • Replace interim control measures with permanent measures to control risks at the source
   • Identify and incorporate resources enabling implementation of new or permanent control measures in enterprise planning processes
7. Maintain enterprise commitment to WHS goals
   • Resource, plan and deliver training to support commitment to and compliance with regulatory and enterprise WHS requirements
   • Clearly present and regularly update enterprise, team and individual obligations for meeting WHS goals
   • Monitor enterprise operations and procedures to ensure the effective adoption of WHS procedures in accordance with enterprise and regulatory requirements
8. Manage and maintain hazardous event procedures
   • Correctly identify potential hazardous events
   • Identify and appropriately notify potential community health hazards
   • Consult local communities, emergency and community health services and authorities about procedures to control hazardous events and community health incidents
9. Continuously improve WHS performance
   • Maintain and secure WHS data and record keeping systems
   • Collect and analyse performance data, including team feedback, against enterprise goals and targets
   • Convey performance implications to stakeholders
   • Monitor and report compliance with enterprise and WHS requirements
   • Update systems and procedures for legislative, technical, procedural or operational changes
10. Scope the WHS program
    • Identify and interpret relevant legal requirements and obligations for WHS
    • Determine scope of enterprise operations in relation to WHS systems, including establishing requirements for managing hazardous events
    • Document current enterprise systems and measure performance against internal and external benchmarks
11. Develop WHS policies and plans
    • Develop policies documenting and defining the commitment of CEO and enterprise to WHS
    • Set short, medium and long term enterprise goals and targets for WHS performance
    • Identify and commit to resource requirements for operating the system
    • Prepare implementation plan detailing resources and strategies
    • Prepare and implement communication strategy for informing stakeholders of policies, obligations and responsibilities
12. Develop enterprise commitment to WHS
    • Incorporate WHS responsibilities and duties in all relevant policies, position descriptions, operating procedures and work instructions
    • Ensure enterprise WHS policies, strategies and requirements include all enterprise personnel, contractors, suppliers and work site visitors
    • Establish consultative and participative mechanisms to facilitate the identification and prevention of WHS issues and their prompt, effective resolution
    • Consider WHS issues, including hazard and risk identification and control, in planning, designing and evaluating job design, procedure, technology, work/process flow, plant layout and construction
13. Develop and maintain procedures for identifying hazards
    • Analyse WHS records to determine trends
    • Correctly identify existing and potential hazards
    • Develop hazard identification procedures and integrate into enterprise procedures and systems
14. Manage and maintain risk assessment procedures
    • Correctly determine risks through identifying hazards
    • Develop risk assessment procedures and integrate into enterprise systems
15. Manage and maintain risk control procedures
    • Develop and implement risk control measures in accordance with the hierarchy of control and regulatory requirements
    • Establish procedures for control of risks on the hierarchy of control and integrate them into enterprise procedures and systems
    • Replace interim control measures with permanent measures to control risks at the source
    • Identify and incorporate resources enabling implementation of new or permanent control measures in enterprise planning processes
16. Maintain enterprise commitment to WHS goals
    • Resource, plan and deliver training to support commitment to and compliance with regulatory and enterprise WHS requirements
    • Clearly present and regularly update enterprise, team and individual obligations for meeting WHS goals
    • Monitor enterprise operations and procedures to ensure the effective adoption of WHS procedures in accordance with enterprise and regulatory requirements
17. Manage and maintain hazardous event procedures
    • Correctly identify potential hazardous events
    • Identify and appropriately notify potential community health hazards
    • Consult local communities, emergency and community health services and authorities about procedures to control hazardous events and community health incidents
18. Continuously improve WHS performance
    • Maintain and secure WHS data and record keeping systems
    • Collect and analyse performance data, including team feedback, against enterprise goals and targets
    • Convey performance implications to stakeholders
    • Monitor and report compliance with enterprise and WHS requirements
    • Update systems and procedures for legislative, technical, procedural or operational changes

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

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

The candidate must:

access, where appropriate, specialist external advice to assist in developing WHS systems and plans

analyse the impact of workforce characteristics, enterprise communication patterns and culture on WHS system design, implementation and operation

use analysis of enterprise culture, including ethical standards and values, communication systems and workforce characteristics, to develop effective WHS consultative processes

apply principles and procedures for hazard identification, risk analysis and hierarchy of controls in any or all areas of the workplace

apply problem-solving strategies, including developing practical and creative solutions, showing independence, developing a range of strategies to resolve problems, testing assumptions, and addressing customer and workplace concerns

collect, analyse and report complex WHS information to stakeholders using formats appropriate for the purpose and the audience

consult with the community to develop strategies to minimise impact of enterprise operations, including Q fever from stockyards, on community health and safety

maintain currency of knowledge through independent research and/or professional development

develop and monitor systems to ensure workforce owns and complies with enterprise safety procedures, including establishing WHS consultative strategies and processes, implementing workplace safety committees and providing relevant training

develop hazardous events plans in consultation with appropriate personnel and external agencies, including emergency services and government agencies

establish record management systems to monitor compliance, including mandatory notifications and reporting, mandatory licences and certificates, registers, listings and labelling of regulated materials

identify and apply relevant communication and mathematical skills

identify and apply relevant workplace and regulatory requirements

identify and interpret the implications, obligations and requirements established by relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines, codes of practice, Australian standards for health and safety for the enterprise's directors, management and workforce

identify appropriate industry or enterprise benchmarks for WHS performance

improve health and safety performance, including developing WHS plans and strategies, acting on performance information, developing continuous review processes, including recommendations in the WHS planning process

integrate enterprise WHS policies and procedures with relevant organisation management systems, including incorporating WHS responsibilities into all relevant workplace documents and strategies for ensuring visitors and contractors comply with enterprise health and safety policies

monitor enterprise health and safety performance, including analysing health and safety information and measuring performance against enterprise goals, targets and benchmarks

observe standard workplace WHS requirements while performing duties

prepare action plans identifying WHS goals, managerial responsibilities and operational strategies

prepare and monitor enterprise training plan for all levels of organisation to enable workforce commitment to workplace health and safety

present reports according to legal and enterprise requirements

establish enterprise health and safety goals and targets through consultation with stakeholders and analysis of enterprise WHS data

systematically analyse the causes of accidents, incidents and work-related injuries and illnesses and take corrective action by identifying and introducing programs for reduction of accidents and injuries

update enterprise policies, plans and practices to account for changes to relevant legislation, regulation, codes of practice and guidelines

use available information and communications technology, including modelling and evaluation software, to collect, monitor, analyse and report enterprise safety data

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate an in depth technical and theoretical knowledge of:

enterprise requirements for using external experts to assist in developing WHS systems and plans

impacts of enterprise WHS policies, systems and procedures on all organisation management systems and operations, including processing, production, maintenance, contracting, distribution and administration

WHS hazards, risks and controls relevant to enterprise operations, procedures and products

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