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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify mandatory WHS duty of care legislation and regulations.
  2. Follow safety requirements while on site.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Personal protective equipment must include those specific to the site, selected from the following:

eye protection, including safety glasses or goggles.

foot protection, including safety boots or shoes

hearing protection, including ear muffs or ear plugs

gloves

hard hats.

Applicable standards, codes and legislationmust include:

Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code

Building Code of Australia

building certifier requirements

client and other stakeholder requirements

commonwealth, state and territory, and local government legislation and regulations, including:

building

environmental

site operating procedures

industry and workplace codes of practice

product manufacturer technical manuals and safety data sheets (SDS).

Conducting work activities must include:

following safety instructions given by authorised work site personnel

informing site management clearly, concisely and accurately of identified potential or actual site safety hazards.

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy the requirements of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.

The person must also follow site-specific work health and safety (WHS) requirements while undertaking access consulting work on three different work sites.

During the above work, the person must:

identify, interpret and apply key WHS requirements applicable to specific site location and work activity in:

standards, codes and regulations

commonwealth, state and territory, and local government legislation, policies and procedures, including WHS legislation

WHS policies and procedures

research and assess site safety hazards, risks and other WHS requirements that affect site-specific access consulting tasks

select, use and maintain required personal protective equipment (PPE) according to access consulting tasks occurring at work site.

During one of the above site visits, the person must identify and apply site-specific emergency evacuation procedures.

Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

key requirements of standards, codes and regulations applicable to site location and work activity, including:

Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code

Building Code of Australia

building certifier requirements

client and other stakeholder requirements

site operating procedures

industry and workplace codes of practice

product manufacturer technical manuals and safety data sheets (SDS)

key requirements of commonwealth, state and territory, and local government legislation, policies and procedures, including:

building legislation

environmental legislation

WHS legislation, policies and procedures, including:

employer/employee responsibilities, rights and obligations relating to WHS in the workplace

implications of not following safety procedures, requirements and instructions

adherence to WHS requirements of a specific work site

type and purpose of workplace safety signs and their requirements

procedures for selecting, using and maintaining required PPE

organisational and professional procedures and business standards relating to following WHS requirements while undertaking access consulting work on site.