The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
| Application of this unit may relate to:scheduled or unscheduled maintenance performed on flight lines, in hangars and in workshopsindividual or team-related activities |
This competency is to be exhibited in accordance with all relevant OHS legislation, particularly: | state/territory/Commonwealth OHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice, including regulations and organisational codes of practice relating to hazards present in the workplacegeneral duty of care under OHS legislation and common law; requirements for the maintenance and confidentiality of occupational injury and diseaserequirements for provision of OHS information and trainingprovisions relating to health and safety representatives and/or OHS committeesprovisions relating to OHS issue resolutionCivil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs), Manuals of Standards and associated Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material |
Establish and maintain the framework for OHS may include: | policy development and updatingdetermining the ways in which OHS functions will be managed. This may include distinct OHS management activities, or inclusion of OHS functions within a range of management functions and operations, such as maintenance of plant and equipment; purchasing of materials and equipmentdesigning operations, work flow and materials handling; planning or implementing alterations to site, plant, operations or work systems; mechanisms for review and allocation of human, technical and financial resources needed to manage OHS, including defining and allocating OHS responsibilities for all relevant positionsmechanisms for keeping up to date with relevant information and updating the management arrangements for OHS, for example, information on health effects of hazards, technical developments in risk control and environmental monitoring and changes to legislationmechanisms to assess and update OHS arrangements relevant to legislative requirements; a system for communicating OHS information to employees, supervisors and managers within the enterprise |
Appropriate consultative processes for management of OHS may cover: | OHS committees and other committees, for example, consultative, planning and purchasinghealth and safety representatives; employee and supervisor involvement in OHS management activities, for example, OHS inspections, audits, environmental monitoring, risk assessment and risk controlprocedures for reporting hazards, risks and OHS issues by managers and employeesinclusion of OHS in consultative or other meetings and processes |
Establish and maintain procedures for identifying hazards may include developing and updating procedures for: | workplace inspections, including plant and equipment; auditsmaintaining and analysing OHS records, including environmental monitoring and health surveillance reportsmaintenance of plant and equipmentreviews of materials and equipment purchases, including manufacturers and suppliers informationemployee reporting of OHS issues |
Establish and maintain procedures for assessing risks may include developing and updating procedures for: | determining the likelihood and severity of adverse consequences form hazardsOHS audits; workplace inspections; maintenance of plant and equipment; purchasing of materials and equipmentplanning or implementing alterations to site, operations or work systemsanalysis of relevant records and reports, for example, injuries and incidents, hazardous substances inventories/registers, audit and environmental monitoring reports and OHS committee records |
Establish and maintain procedures for controlling risks may include developing and updating procedures for: | assessing the OHS consequences of materials, plant or equipment prior to purchaseobtaining expert advice; appropriate application of measures according to the hierarchy of control, namely: elimination of the riskengineering controlsadministrative controlspersonal protective equipmentdesigning safe operations and systems of work; inclusion of new OHS information into procedureschecking enterprise compliance with regulatory requirements |
Establish and maintain organisational procedures for hazardous events may include developing and updating procedures for: | making inventories of, and inspecting, high risk operationsinspecting systems and operations associated with potentially hazardous events, for example, emergency communications, links to emergency services, fire fighting, chemical spill containment, bomb alerts and first aid services |
Establish and maintain an OHS training program may include: | arrangements for ongoing assessment of training needs, for example, relating to supervisors and managersspecific hazards; specific tasks or equipmentemergencies and evacuationstraining required under OHS legislationallocation of resources for OHS training, including acquisition of training resources, development of staff training skills and purchase of training servicesinduction training; training for new operations, materials or equipment |
Establish and maintain a system for keeping OHS records may cover: | identifying records required under OHS legislation, for example, worker's compensation and rehabilitation recordshazardous substances registers; material safety data sheets (MSDS)major accident/injury notificationscertificates or licencesmanufacturers and suppliers OHS informationOHS audits and inspection reportsmaintenance and testing reportsworkplace environmental monitoring and health surveillance recordsrecords of instruction and trainingfirst aid/medical post records |
Effectiveness of the OHS system and related policies, procedures and programs is assessed through: | reviewing the effectiveness of the OHS management systemregular review of operating proceduresregular analysis of OHS recordsaudits against OHS legislative requirements |