Elements and Performance Criteria
- Advise on WHS requirements of the design process
- Inform decision makers about their responsibility for the safety of downstream users
- Advise decision makers of their duties, under Commonwealth and state or territory WHS legislation, to manage WHS risks, and control for residual WHS risks, at each product life cycle stage
- Promote WHS within the design requirements and the inclusion of a WHS risk assessment across the product life cycle
- Source and make available to decision makers the most current information and data on WHS principles, materials, technology and systems for application in product design
- Identify and make available required education and training to enable decision makers to manage WHS risks in the design phase
- Identify and access relevant sources of information and data
- Consult known and/or potential users of the product during the design phase
- Identify situations where specialist and other advisers may be required
- Advise on the development of a systematic WHS hazard identification and WHS risk assessment system for safe design
- Advise on the identification of WHS hazards and WHS risk assessment across the life cycle of the designed product
- Advise on the selection and implementation of the most appropriate WHS risk controls for the designed product from a systematic risk analysis arising from exposure to identified WHS hazards
- Advise on ensuring WHS risk management includes potential alterations to the designed product during its life
- Advise on documenting decision making during the WHS risk-assessment process and making documentation accessible to all parties
- Advise on the establishment of a residual WHS risk register and the distribution of this information to those involved in the downstream or subsequent life-cycle stages
- Advise on monitoring the design as it evolves, to identify potential new WHS hazards and risks and to manage any WHS hazards and risks
- Advise on the principles of WHS risk controls
- Advise on consultation processes in the life cycle of the designed product
- Advise decision makers to consider the needs of the range of people who will use or interact with the designed product
- Advise on arranging consultation between all parties during the concept and detailed design phases to identify WHS hazards and control WHS risks
- Advise on appropriately communicating residual WHS risks in the designed product to those who will use or interact with the product throughout its life cycle
- Advise on procurement systems to minimise ‘purchased’ WHS hazards and risks
- Advise decision makers involved in purchasing and contractual arrangements to include a requirement to identify WHS hazards, control WHS risks, and provide information and data on residual WHS risks
- Advise on including an agreement to carry out a safe design approach in the design brief or draft specifications
- Advise on procurement systems to minimise ‘purchased’ WHS hazards and risks
- Advise decision makers involved in purchasing and contractual arrangements to include a requirement to identify WHS hazards, control WHS risks, and provide information and data on residual WHS risks
- Advise on including an agreement to carry out a safe design approach in the design brief or draft specifications