Elements and Performance Criteria
- Manage on-site safety
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
- Relay safety rules and regulations, legislation and specific site instructions to team
- Conduct camp, site and equipment safety audits as required
- Identify hazards on worksite
- Determine a range of preventative measures for potential work hazards on site
- Communicate procedures for the use of personal protective equipment and installed safety equipment clearly to the team
- Provide clear instructions to all team in emergency drills and their application
- Establish methods for contacting all necessary medical services
- Provide site safety and/or equipment safety induction training as required to new personnel and visitors to the worksite
- Complete occupational health and safety records for work area accurately in accordance with workplace/company requirements
- Communicate regularly with client, team, and other relevant parties
- Brief team and other relevant parties regularly of up to date scope of activities
- Maintain a good working relationship with landholder/client
- Honour confidentiality clauses in contract
- Communicate progress, problems encountered/anticipated and results regularly to client/supervisor as required
- Maintain regular communication by radio/telephone or other means to report progress and/or request information or assistance
- Diagnose and solve routine and non-routine problems
- Confirm the existence and immediate effects/potential effects of the problem by investigation
- Identify a clear and accurate definition of the problem
- Identify the preferred option after an analysis of available information and formulate action plans
- Obtain additional equipment, contractors and/or advice as needed
- Outline any contingency plans
- Organise alternative duties for teams if problems cause hold-ups in production
- Implement the preferred option
- Control work program to ensure objectives are met
- Monitor work progress regularly and take corrective action if necessary
- Ensure availability of materials is consistent with work schedules and appropriate to the requirements of the task
- Allocate specific tasks to make effective use of team
- Prepare alternative plans if required
- Implement alternative plans as required to meet work program objectives
- Coordinate work of the team
- Make all members of the team aware of their roles and responsibilities in the work plan
- Set operational targets in consultation with team, and check at regular intervals
- Provide assistance when requested, to meet operational targets
- Acquire resources required to support changing work requirements
- Allot work loads and required resources in accordance with modified work plans
- Communicate agreed time lines for tasks to team
- Maintain operating records
- Determine range of records, reports and their required frequency
- Keep daily running records to facilitate the completion of necessary documentation
- Complete logs, records and shift reports with numbers, quantities, dates and succinct descriptions
- Note variations to contract requirements on log and discuss with originator and management if possible
- Complete required written reports and submit/distribute
- Take accurate measurements as required and record as required