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Elements and Performance Criteria
Range Statement
Performance Evidence
A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:
maintain work health and safety (WHS) processes in the workplace, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, in a pulp and paper manufacturing facility, by:using and ensuring others use personal protective equipment (PPE) including head protection, face and eye protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, hand protection and clothing and footwearsupporting others in the work group and presenting information on procedures, roles and responsibilities, hazards and risks in a clear and concise wayproviding advice and feedback in a constructive and supportive manner to the work groupimplementing participative processes, directing staff and conducting team meetings on safety issuesparticipating by making contributions to WHS meetings and consultative activities on eliminating hazards and reducing risksconsulting with the work group and recording outcomes from consultationsmonitoring compliance with work safety procedures and identifying and correcting any deviations from proceduresimplementing hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control procedures reporting WHS issues to designated personnel and completing records according to organizational procedures and legislative requirementsimplementing emergency response procedures according to organizational requirementsusing emergency equipment as part of emergency response including first aid equipment, eye wash shower or portable eye washes, fire extinguishers and equipment, communication equipment, torches/emergency lighting and items of clothing including coloured hats and vests reporting safety performance and compliance through the workplace communication system, through written and verbal means.
Knowledge Evidence
A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
general duty requirements of WHS legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to the particular industry/type of work siteprocedures related to common workplace hazards including chemicals, bodily fluids, noise, manual handling, work postures, underfoot hazards and moving parts of machineryguidance material including codes of practice/compliance codes relevant to the particular industry/type of work siteprocedures to implement legislative requirements for WHS record keeping for:serious incident and injury reportingregistered planthazardous substances and dangerous goodsenvironmental monitoring; and health surveillanceworkplace WHS records and their appropriate use including:hazard, incident and investigation reportsworkplace inspection reportsincident investigation reportsfirst aid reportsminutes of meetingsJob Safety Analysis (JSAs) and Risk Assessments (RAs)safety data sheets (MSDS) and registersemployee handbooksplant and equipment operation records including those relevant to registered plantmaintenance and testing reportstraining recordsenvironmental monitoring recordshealth surveillance recordsworkplace specific information including:sources of WHS information in the workplace legal rights and responsibilities of the workplace parties as documented in work safety procedureshazards of the particular work environmenthazard identification procedures relevant to the hazards in their workplacerisk controls for specific hazardsdesignated person(s) for raising WHS issuesroles and responsibilities of employees, supervisors and managers in the workplaceroles and responsibilities of WHS representatives, WHS committees and employersorganisational procedures related to WHS including hazard, incident and injury reporting, hazard identification, risk assessment and control, consultation and participation, incident investigation, record keepingpotential emergency situations, alarms and signals, and required response.