Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify the need for OHS participative arrangements
- Review OHS legislation to identify legal requirements for participative arrangements
- Identify factors that may impact on the design of participative arrangements
- Review organisational policies and procedures to identify requirements and opportunities for OHS consultation and communication
- Review effectiveness of existing workplace arrangements, in consultation with stakeholders, for OHS consultation and communication
- Define information and consultation requirements, in consultation with stakeholders and key personnel, for specific roles and groups
- Assist in the design of participative arrangements
- Design processes, in consultation with stakeholders, for providing required OHS information and data
- Design processes, in consultation with stakeholders, to enable individuals and groups to be consulted regarding workplace OHS issues and to have input into OHS decision making
- Identify and document training needs to enable effective participation
- Review recommendations for participative arrangements, in consultation with stakeholders, to ensure they meet legislative requirements and are realistic, practical and acceptable in the workplace
- Assist in developing participative arrangements
- Support the implementation of participative arrangements
- Determine priorities for action in consultation with stakeholders
- Develop action plans with allocated responsibilities and time lines
- Provide advice and support to key personnel
- Monitor implementation, in consultation with stakeholders, to ensure that participatory arrangements are effective in providing information and data to all groups and that they provide opportunity for participation in OHS decision making
- Make recommendations for adjustments to the implementation as required
- Evaluate the design and development of participative arrangements
- Design the evaluation protocol in consultation with stakeholders
- Develop a plan for collecting information and data
- Analyse and evaluate information and data
- Make recommendations for improvement in the participatory arrangements as a result of the evaluation findings
- Provide a report to stakeholders and key personnel on the outcomes of the evaluation, and recommendations for further development and improvement
- Seek feedback from stakeholders and develop an action plan for ongoing improvements