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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Share WHS information.
   • WHS compliance requirements are identified and discussed with relevant personnel.
   • WHS information to support work tasks is provided to relevant personnel according to organisational and compliance requirements.
   • Emergency and personal protective equipment (PPE) is selected, checked and used according to organisational and compliance requirements.
2. Encourage participative arrangements to manage WHS.
   • WHS issues raised by work team are reported to relevant personnel according to organisational requirements.
   • Opportunities to participate in WHS management are encouraged within scope of own role and responsibilities according to organisational and compliance requirements.
3. Contribute to hazard and risk identification and control.
   • Work team contributions to identifying hazards and assessing risks are encouraged according to organisational requirements.
   • Procedures to control risks and contribute to compliance monitoring are discussed with team members according to organisational requirements.
   • Waste emergency response procedures are followed within scope of own role and responsibilities according to organisational and compliance requirements.
   • Identified hazards are recorded and reported according to organisational and compliance requirements.

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.
WHS compliance requirements must include:	commonwealth, state and territory legislation and organisational policies and procedures relating to WHS in waste management, including: communication and reporting duty of care emergency response emergency and personal protective equipment (PPE) environmental protection following safe working practices hazardous substances and dangerous goods industry codes responsibilities of employers and employees site safety plans.
Relevant personnel must include at least two of the following:	site personnel supervisors or team leaders team members.
Waste emergency response procedures must include:	containment and isolation evacuation of personnel isolating or shutting down equipment and plant using PPE.

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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 contribute to workplace safety in waste management by:

working within WHS compliance requirements in waste management, as specified in the range of conditions

selecting, checking and using emergency and personal protective equipment (PPE)

raising and discussing WHS issues with relevant personnel

identifying hazards and controlling risks posed by those hazards

identifying inadequacies of existing risk control measures

following waste emergency response procedures within the scope of individual roles and responsibilities.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

compliance requirements for WHS in waste management, as specified in the range of conditions

emergency response procedures for waste management sites, including:

containing and isolating emergencies

site safety plan and methods for locating:

alarms

emergency equipment

communications equipment

clean-up procedures

safe working practices in waste management, including looking for overhead wires when entering, working in, and leaving a work site

types of identification signage used for regulated waste including hazardous class, HAZCHEM codes and classifications of dangerous goods

types of waste management emergencies, including:

chemical reaction

contamination

fire

gas leak

waste spill

contact with live electricity including powerlines

waste types, including:

solid: non-hazardous

liquid: non-hazardous

hazardous: regulated, prescribed, dangerous goods, quarantined, medical and clinical

recoverable resources.

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