Elements and Performance Criteria
- Contribute to workplace hazard identification
- Contribute to the selection of hazard identification tools, techniques, processes and methods suitable for the workplace
- Access hazard identification tools, techniques processes and methods to identify hazards in the workplace
- Recognise hazards in the workplace, report these hazards to designated personnel and record them in accordance with workplace procedures
- Provide information and assistance to persons conducting workplace inspections or testing
- Gather information about workplace hazards
- Research, collect and record information about OHS hazards and their associated risks
- Seek additional information, expertise or specialist advice from within or external to the workplace when limit of own skills and knowledge is reached
- Conduct a workplace inspection to collect further information about OHS hazards and associated risks if required
- Contribute to the support of OHS practitioners and employees in accessing workplace sources of information and data regarding hazard identification
- Contribute to the support of OHS practitioners and employees accessing external sources of information and data related to hazard identification, where required
- Contribute to OHS risk assessment
- Use appropriate risk assessment tools to contribute to risk assessment
- Identify, categorise and assess risk factors as a contribution to overall risk assessment
- Seek additional information, expertise, or specialist advice to investigate the likelihood and consequence of identified risks
- Document outcomes of the risk assessment process in a risk register