Elements and Performance Criteria
- Monitor the provision of workplace safety information
- Explanations to the workgroup of relevant provisions of occupational health and safety legislation and codes of practice are monitored to ensure they meet individual needs and are in accordance with organisational requirements
- The quality of information on the organisation's occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs is monitored and improvements implemented to ensure they remain up-to-date and readily accessible to the workgroup
- Information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and risk control procedures is monitored and the workgroup's understanding of the information is regularly assessed through feedback and questioning suited to individual needs
- Monitor and maintain participative arrangements for workplace safety
- The importance of effective participative arrangements in managing health and safety risks is promoted and all members of the workgroup are encouraged to contribute in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
- Consultative procedures are monitored to ensure participation of the workgroup in the management of workplace hazards in accordance with legislative requirements
- Issues raised through consultation are resolved or referred for resolution in accordance with workplace procedures for issue resolution
- The outcomes of consultation over occupational health and safety issues are monitored and progressed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
- Review procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks
- Procedures for identifying existing and potential hazards in the work area are monitored and evaluated for effectiveness
- Improvements are identified and recommended for hazard identification where necessary
- Recommendations are made for risk assessment and risk control procedures to be enhanced where necessary
- Monitor and continuously improve procedures for controlling risks
- Work procedures to control risks and adherence to them by the workgroup are monitored in accordance with workplace procedures
- Results of monitoring existing risk control measures are analysed and recommendations for any action are reported regularly in accordance with workplace procedures
- Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified in accordance with the hierarchy of control and are reported to designated personnel
- Inadequacies in resource allocation for implementation of risk control measures are identified and reported to designated personnel
- Monitor and maintain procedures for dealing with hazardous events
- Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are monitored whenever necessary to ensure that control action is effective and timely
- Hazardous events are investigated to identify their cause in accordance with 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
- Monitor and maintain procedures for providing workplace safety training
- Training records and skills audits are regularly monitored to ensure ongoing workplace safety training needs are identified and addressed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
- The effectiveness of both on-the-job and off-the-job training programs to address the organisation's occupational health and safety training needs is evaluated in consultation with relevant parties, and continuous improvements are negotiated and implemented as necessary
- Monitor procedures for maintaining workplace safety records
- Occupational health and safety records for the work area are monitored to ensure they meet workplace requirements and legal requirements for the maintenance of records of occupational injury and disease
- Aggregate information from the area's occupational health and safety records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures within the work area according to organisational procedures and within scope of responsibilities and competencies
- Monitor the provision of workplace safety information
- Explanations to the workgroup of relevant provisions of occupational health and safety legislation and codes of practice are monitored to ensure they meet individual needs and are in accordance with organisational requirements.
- The quality of information on the organisation's occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs is monitored and improvements implemented to ensure they remain up-to-date and readily accessible to the workgroup.
- Information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and risk control procedures is monitored and the workgroup's understanding of the information is regularly assessed through feedback and questioning suited to individual needs.
- Monitor and maintain participative arrangements for workplace safety
- The importance of effective participative arrangements in managing health and safety risks is promoted and all members of the workgroup are encouraged to contribute in accordance with organisational policy and procedures.
- Consultative procedures are monitored to ensure participation of the workgroup in the management of workplace hazards in accordance with legislative requirements.
- Issues raised through consultation are resolved or referred for resolution in accordance with workplace procedures for issue resolution.
- The outcomes of consultation over occupational health and safety issues are monitored and progressed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures.
- Review procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks
- Procedures for identifying existing and potential hazards in the work area are monitored and evaluated for effectiveness.
- Improvements are identified and recommended for hazard identification where necessary.
- Recommendations are made for risk assessment and risk control procedures to be enhanced where necessary.
- Monitor and continuously improve procedures for controlling risks
- Work procedures to control risks and adherence to them by the workgroup are monitored in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Results of monitoring existing risk control measures are analysed and recommendations for any action are reported regularly in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified in accordance with the hierarchy of control and are reported to designated personnel.
- Inadequacies in resource allocation for implementation of risk control measures are identified and reported to designated personnel.
- Monitor and maintain procedures for dealing with hazardous events
- Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are monitored whenever necessary to ensure that control action is effective and timely.
- Hazardous events are investigated to identify their cause in accordance with 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.
- Monitor and maintain procedures for providing workplace safety training
- Training records and skills audits are regularly monitored to ensure ongoing workplace safety training needs are identified and addressed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures.
- The effectiveness of both on-the-job and off-the-job training programs to address the organisation's occupational health and safety training needs is evaluated in consultation with relevant parties, and continuous improvements are negotiated and implemented as necessary.
- Monitor procedures for maintaining workplace safety records
- Occupational health and safety records for the work area are monitored to ensure they meet workplace requirements and legal requirements for the maintenance of records of occupational injury and disease.
- Aggregate information from the area's occupational health and safety records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures within the work area according to organisational procedures and within scope of responsibilities and competencies.