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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Provide information about company’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs.
  2. Implement and monitor participative arrangements for managing health and safety.
  3. Implement and monitor company procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks.
  4. Implement and monitor company procedures for controlling risks.
  5. Implement company procedures for dealing with hazardous events.
  6. Implement and monitor company procedures for providing health and safety training.
  7. Implement and monitor company procedures for maintaining health and safety records.

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.

Health and safety requirements must include:

access to communication devices when working alone

compliance with Safe Work Australia regulations and guidelines

electrical equipment test and tag compliance

emergency response procedures

environmental controls

hazard signs and barricades

health and safety induction and refresher training

manual handling techniques

processes for safely dispensing chemicals

risk assessment procedures, including:

hierarchy of control

job safety analyses (JSA) for low-risk situations

safe work method statements (SWMS) for high-risk situations

incident reporting

SDS

selection and use of required personal protective equipment (PPE)

storage and maintenance of equipment according to manufacturer specifications

use of first aid according to SDS information.

Information about health and safety policies, procedures and programs must include:

hazards and risk management procedures

information on the safety aspects of work, tasks and procedures

procedures for providing direct supervision, such as to inexperienced workers

information in industry association journals or workers’ compensation literature

details of health and safety representatives and health and safety committees.

Information about identifying hazards and assessing risks must include:

accessing manufacturer guidance information and manuals

applying SWMS procedures

assessing job and work systems

assessing severity of identified hazards, and ranking according to severity

briefing workplace safety inspectors or contracted health and safety advisers

checking work area and equipment before and during work

conducting pre- and post-operational equipment checks

conducting workplace inspections

consulting with employees, health and safety representatives and health and safety committee

housekeeping

performing routine job hazard analysis

purchasing supplies and equipment

reviewing SDS

manufacturer or supplier information

referencing government or industry hazard or safety alerts, including via industry association contacts and networks

regularly maintaining plant and equipment

reviewing health and safety records, including:

registers of hazardous substances and dangerous goods

undertaking safety audits.

Risk analysis must include:

hazard identification

risk assessment

risk treatment and/or control

risk monitoring and evaluation.

Risk analysis protocols must be selected based on at least one of the following criteria:

Australian standards, company standards and client standards

combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment tools, specific to risks being assessed

operational, technical, financial, legal, social, humanitarian or other criteria

scope of risk management project being undertaken.

Controlling risks must include at least one of the following:

applying hierarchy of control

consulting with manufacturers, suppliers, employers and their representatives

consulting with workers and their representatives

developing reliable systematic approach to risk control

ensuring adequate training of staff

measuring risk likelihood and consequence

implementing measures to remove cause of risk at its source

monitoring and regularly reviewing work systems and procedures

rewarding good health and safety practice.

Hazardous event control procedures must include:

following instructions from authorised and delegated personnel during hazardous events

chemical containment and clean-up

emergency management plan

evacuations

provision of first aid

accident and incident reporting

injury and dangerous occurrence reporting.

Appropriate personnel must include at least one of the following:

managers

health and safety personnel

other persons, including emergency service personnel, authorised or nominated by the company or industry to:

approve specified work

direct specified work or functions

inspect specified work

perform specified work or functions.

Hazards that must be identified and reported include:

biological hazards

chemical hazards, including unlabelled chemicals and substances

environmental hazards, such as:

noise

radiation

untidy work areas

vibration

ergonomic or mechanical hazards, such as those associated with electrical and mechanical faults of plant and equipment, including mobile plants

physical hazards, such as:

electrical

obstructions or blocked exits

slippery or uneven floors

psychological hazards.

Health and safety records must include documented:

first aid and medical post records

hazardous substances registers

health surveillance and workplace environmental monitoring records

maintenance and testing reports

manufacturer and supplier information, including SDS and dangerous goods storage lists

health and safety audits and inspection reports

records of instruction and training

safety bulletins or notices

workers’ compensation and rehabilitation records.


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 provide clear information and instruction to one work group on workplace procedures pertaining to health and safety in a readily accessible manner, and:

apply company processes and procedures for health and safety

demonstrate leadership skills in working with teams to identify hazards within work group, ensuring unresolved issues are referred and actioned

apply risk management procedures, including undertaking hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control according to hierarchy of control

identify and facilitate health and safety training needs and reporting requirements of work group

identify characteristics of workforce that affect the management of health and safety

identify health and safety compliance requirements relating to specific work tasks

integrate health and safety into company systems

apply key requirements of health and safety legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to work tasks

provide clear information and instructions to work group on workplace procedures relating to health and safety in plain English and catering for individual language and literacy levels

apply obligations for duty of care.

In doing the above work, the person must also demonstrate strategies in place to manage five of the following hazardous events that may occur in the workplace:

accidents, including motor vehicle accidents

bomb threats

chemical spills

electrocution

fires and explosions

inhalation of dangerous substances

manual handling

natural disasters

slips, trips and falls

violent incidents, such as:

armed robberies

workplace bullying.


Knowledge Evidence

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

characteristics of the company’s workforce, including type of work undertaken and impacts on health and safety management

company processes and procedures, including those relating to:

accident and incident investigation

assessing and controlling risks

consultation and participation arrangements for employees and third parties

emergency planning and response

housekeeping and work environment

identifying hazards

health and safety management

health and safety procedures, including:

developing and communicating company health and safety policy

providing health and safety information, instruction, supervision and training

health and safety record keeping

reporting and resolving health and safety issues

training and assessment

risk management

principles of:

access and equity

hazard management

leadership as it applies to managing workplace safety

health and safety management systems

risk management procedures, including risk assessment and risk control procedures reflecting the following order of the process:

hazard identification

risk assessment

hazard control

evaluation

safe operating procedures or instructions that cover:

awareness of electrical hazards

chemical storage, handling and disposal

confined space procedures

dust

first aid and injury management

manual handling

noise

requirements for maintaining safety when working alone

safe use of tools and equipment

security

specific hazards

storage of dangerous goods

toxic, infectious and sharps waste

use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

use of safety data sheets (SDS)

vehicles and mobile equipment

working safely around electrical hazards, including wiring, cables and overhead powerlines

processes and practices for training staff in workplace safety requirements

strategies for providing workplace participative arrangements:

implementing employee performance feedback programs

formal and informal meetings of:

health and safety representatives

health and safety committees

other special purpose committees, such as consultative, planning and purchasing

company information, staff bulletins and notices

suggestions, requests, reports and concerns put forward by employees to management

strategies for encouraging staff contributions to participative arrangements, including:

actively listening to ideas and opinions of staff

reinforcing positive behaviours that contribute to a safe workplace

sharing opinions, views, skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety

key requirements of work health and safety (WHS) legislation and regulations, including:

dangerous goods codes

general duty of care under health and safety legislation and common law provisions relating to health and safety issue resolution

legal responsibilities of employers, employees and other parties with legal responsibilities

provisions relating to roles and responsibilities of health and safety representatives and/or health and safety committees

regulations and codes of practice, including those relating to hazards present in the workplace or industry

maintenance and confidentiality of records of occupational injury and disease

provision of health and safety information and training

procedures for workplace safety inspections and audits.