Elements and Performance Criteria
- Implement requirements for the OHS and environmental management systems
- Ensure OHS and environmental responsibilities and duties are documented and accountability processes are in place
- Ensure OHS and environmental policies and procedures are documented and that documents are accessible to all relevant personnel
- Ensure implications of any proposed changes to the OHS and environmental management systems are identified and addressed
- Recognise limits of own professional expertise and consult specialists as necessary
- Implement and maintain participative arrangements for the management of OHS and the environment
- Implement and maintain appropriate participative processes with employees and their representatives in accordance with relevant OHS legislation and industry standards
- Provide information to employees in a format that is readily accessible and understandable
- Promptly and effectively deal with and resolve issues raised through participation and consultation
- Provide information about the outcomes of participation and consultation to employees
- Implement and maintain OHS and environmental risk management processes
- Ensure hazard, incident and injury reporting and investigation processes are in place to meet prevention and legislative requirements
- Implement a process of hazard identification and risk assessment
- Ensure risk controls and hazard specific procedures for risk control comply with legislation and the hierarchy of control
- Implement and maintain an OHS and environmental training program
- Conduct a training needs assessment for the workgroup that takes account of legislative requirements, internal policies and procedures, skills of workgroup and risk control requirements
- Develop and implement training programs to identify and fulfil employees' OHS and environmental training needs
- Coordinate with relevant OHS and environment specialists
- Implement and maintain a system for records
- Identify areas for systems improvement
- Collect data and information to evaluate management systems
- Analyse data and information to identify areas for improvement
- Consult with stakeholders, key personnel and expert advisors
- Document and communicate outcomes of analysis to key personnel and stakeholders in an easily understood format
- Recognise limits of own expertise and seek appropriate advice
- Initiate and maintain systems improvements
- Determine priorities in consultation with stakeholders
- Develop an OHS and environmental plan in consultation with stakeholders
- Identify and source resources required for implementation of plan
- Monitor achievement against plan
- Monitor effectiveness of modifications to the management systems on an ongoing basis in consultation with stakeholders