Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information about the organisation's OHS
- Relevant provisions of OHS legislation and codes of practice are accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Information on the organisation's OHS policies, procedures and programs is provided in a readily accessible manner and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk identification and control procedures is regularly provided and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Implement and monitor OHS
- Organisational procedures for consultation over OHS issues are implemented and monitored to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute
- Issues raised through consultation are dealt with and resolved promptly or referred to the appropriate personnel for resolution according to enterprise procedures for issue resolution
- The outcomes of consultation over OHS issues are made known promptly to the work group
- Existing and potential hazards in the work area are identified and reported so that risk assessment and control procedures can be applied
- Implement and monitor risk control procedures
- Existing risk control measures are monitored and results reported regularly according to enterprise procedures
- Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified according to the hierarchy of control and reported to designated personnel
- Inadequacies in resource allocation for implementation of risk control measures are identified and reported to designated personnel
- Work procedures to control risks are implemented and adherence to them by the work group is monitored according to enterprise procedures
- Implement hazardous events procedures
- Enterprise procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented whenever necessary to ensure that prompt control action is taken
- Hazardous events are investigated to identify their cause according to investigation procedures
- Control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risks of hazardous events are implemented based on the hierarchy of control if within scope of responsibilities and competencies or alternatively referred to designated personnel for implementation
- Implement and monitor OHS training
- Implement and monitor OHS recordkeeping procedures
- OHS records for work area are accurately and legibly completed according to workplace requirements for OHS records and legal requirements for the maintenance of records of occupational injury and disease
- Aggregate information from the area's OHS records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures within work area according to organisational procedures and within scope of responsibilities