Elements and Performance Criteria
- Contribute to the strategic planning process
- Steps are taken to ensure that managers at all levels are aware of their OHS responsibilities and the role of OHS in the overall management approach.
- OHS needs and priorities are determined in consultation with relevant managers and other workplace stakeholders and key personnel.
- Recommendations are made for inclusion of OHS performance (including positive performance indicators) in the organisation's business plan.
- Participate in the development of an OHS plan
- Potential motivators amongst stakeholders together with potential barriers to the implementation of a systematic approach to managing OHS are identified.
- An OHS plan is developed, in consultation with workplace stakeholders, based on agreed priorities and with measurable outcomes.
- Resources required for implementation of the OHS plan are identified.
- Action plans with relevant responsibilities and time lines are developed.
- Action plans are communicated to key personnel.
- Support the implementation of the systematic approach to managing OHS
- Knowledge of OHS management and OHS disciplines is applied, in consultation with stakeholders, OHS specialists and technical advisors, to the development of policies and procedures.
- Support is provided to managers to meet OHS responsibilities and for the implementation of action plans.
- Strategies are developed to effectively integrate OHS within other functional areas and management systems that impact on the management of OHS.
- OHS training needs are identified and recommendations for delivery formulated.
- Provide advice to key personnel and stakeholders
- Participate in monitoring OHS
- Implications for the management of OHS and proposed changes to the workplace are identified in consultation with stakeholders.
- Implications for the management of OHS, external changes and changes to available information and data are identified in consultation with stakeholders.
- Sources of workplace information and data are accessed as part of regular monitoring of OHS.
- Achievement against action plans is monitored and plans updated as appropriate.
- Action is taken to update systematic approaches to managing OHS, taking into account proposed changes.
- Participate in reviewing the management of OHS
- The effectiveness of systematic approaches to managing OHS is reviewed regularly.
- Frequency, method and scope of review is determined in consultation with stakeholders.
- Stakeholders have input to the review.
- Targets for improvement in the management of OHS are identified and recommendations made for improvement.
- Improvement strategies arising from the review are communicated to appropriate levels of authority through planning, documentation and implementation.