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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Relevant legislation may include: | equity and workplace diversityfreedom of informationOHS, including serious injury and incident reporting privacy trade practicesworkers compensation |
Standards may include: | Australian Safety and Compensation Councilinternational, Australian or industry standardsstandards developed by OHS authorities |
Stakeholders may include: | employeeshealth and safety, and other employee representativesmanagementOHS committees supervisors |
Workplace factors may include: | management commitmentmanagement style and OHS knowledge and skills of organisationnature of hazards and level of riskorganisational structureother management systems requiring interface or integration with the information and data processes for OHSrequired level of security for OHS system, including:prevention of theft and fraudaccess securityprevention of interruption of services inadvertent release of materialinformation and data destruction, corruption and alterationresources availablesize of organisation and industry typestaff profile including:languageliteracynumeracycultural diversityworkplace culture, including industrial relations and safety culture |
Sources of OHS information and data may include: | external sources such as:Australian and industry standards Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)Australian Safety and Compensation Councilinternet, journals and magazinesmanufacturers' manuals and specificationsOHS authorities OHS legislation, codes of practice and guidance materialOHS professional bodiesresearch literaturetechnical information and dataunions and industry bodiesinternal sources such as:employee information papers, brochures, notes and newslettersemployeesinsurance and incident investigation recordsmanufacturers' manualsmaterial safety data sheets (MSDSs) and registersOHS policies and proceduresOHS positive performance indicatorsOHS reports including, workplace inspections, hazard and incident reports, technical reports, consultations and observationsrisk assessments (past and present)safety handbookswork instructions, job system analysis (JSA) and work system analysisworkers compensation data |
Types of OHS information and data may include: | certification, registration and licensingcorrespondence with agenciesenforcement notices and actionsergonomic information and data, such as job and task analysisincident reports, including reports on: near misses, hits, incidents, injuries, first aid, illness, disease, dangerous occurrencesinspectionslost time reports and summaries medical recordsoccupational health information and dataOHS PPIsperformance appraisal and training records, including: instruction and supervision logs, diaries, workbooksplant maintenance and servicing recordsrectification action reports and plansrecords of plant stoppagesrecords of load shifting equipment and tools, such as elevated work platforms (EWP) and explosive powered toolsregisters, such as: hazards, risk, hazardous substances, dangerous goods, MSDSs, confined spacesrehabilitation information, including case managementreports for committees reports from OHS consultantsreports of proposed changes that may affect OHSresearch resultsresults of tests, measurements and analyses, for example noise and airresults of workplace environmental monitoring such as occupational, industrial hygiene monitoring, health screening and surveillancerisk assessmentsrisk management recordssafety manuals for plant and toolssickness absence recordstraining records, including records of competencies to operate plantworkers compensation recordsworkers' individual histories of exposure to specific substances, such as lead, asbestos, benzene and vinyl chlorideworkplace procedure manuals |
Formats may include: | electronic information and data management systems, where system refers to computer software, hardware, users and other elementspaper-based systems such as cards, files, registers and spreadsheets |
Ethical requirements may include: | access to personal recordsconfidentialityprivacy |
Relevant specialists may include: | emergency services personnel who may need to access hazardous substances and dangerous goods information and dataergonomistshealth professionalsinformation and data technology and database management supportinjury management advisorslegal practitionersmedical and first aid personnel who may need to access relevant medical records and hazardous substances information and dataoccupational hygienists |
Tools may include: | available system of backup/archiving/storage/disposalhandbooksperformance monitoring charts and checklistsregisterssoftware for information and data recording and analysis |
Other functional areas and management systems may include: | engineering and maintenanceenvironmental managementfinance and auditinghuman resources, industrial relations and personnel management including payroll information, data and records managementlogisticspurchasing, procurement and contracting quality managementstrategic planning |
Resources may include: | equipmentfinancial requirementspersonnel, including time allocationspecialised resources, such as electronic information and data management system, communications media and information/data technology equipment |
Descriptive and analytical techniques may include statistical tests and methods such as: | broad analytical studies to determine estimates of riskmaking comparisons using basic tests of significancemeans, standard deviation, regression analysis and percentage change |
Positive performance indicators may include: | focusing on assessing how successfully a workplace is performing through measuring OHS processes |
Information and data may include: | epidemiological studies such as:descriptive studies examining who, what, where, when, why - distribution and frequencyanalytical studies attempting to analyse cause or determinants of disease by testing a hypothesisexperimental or intervention approaches such as clinical and community trialsevaluation of particular occupational health programsindustry information and dataorganisational information and data |
Validity may include a reflection of the true state of a test result and includes tests for systematic distortions such as: | confounding biasinformation/data biasobservational biasrecall biasselection bias |