Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information to the work group about occupational health and safety.
- Provide clear and accurate information about the requirements of occupational health and safety legislation and codes of practice to the work group.
- Explain the organisation's OHS policies, procedures and programs clearly and accurately and in a readily accessible manner to the work group.
- Provide regular information clearly and accurately to the work group about identified hazards, and the purpose of risk assessment and risk control.
- Involve team members in the practices of occupational health and safety.
- Ensure that all members in the work group have the opportunity to contribute to OHS practice.
- Use team meetings to raise issues and deal with practice issues.
- Refer issues to appropriate personnel for resolution according to workplace procedures for issue resolution.
- Distribute information about consultations over OHS issues to the work group clearly and promptly.
- Monitor the organisation's health and safety performance.
- Identify training needs accurately, specifying gaps between competencies required and those held by work group members.
- Organise identified OHS training needs in both on and off-the-job training programs in consultation with relevant parties.
- Complete OHS occupational injury and disease records for work area accurately and legibly according to workplace requirements.
- Analyse information from the area's OHS records to identify hazards and monitor risk according to organisational procedures.