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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Manage on-site safety
   • Access, interpret and apply site documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Relay safety rules and regulations, legislation and specific site instructions to personnel
   • Conduct equipment safety audits as required
   • Identify and document in writing hazards
   • Determine a range of preventative measures for potential hazards
   • Communicate procedures for the use and wear of personal protective equipment and installed safety equipment to personnel
   • Provide clear and concise instructions to others in emergency drills and their application
   • Establish methods for contacting all necessary medical services
   • Provide safety and/or equipment safety induction to new personnel and visitors
   • Complete work health and safety records
2. Communicate regularly with client, personnel, and other relevant parties
   • Brief personnel and other relevant parties regularly on up to date scope of activities
   • Maintain a good working relationship with landholder/client
   • Honour confidentiality clauses in contract
   • Communicate verbally and in writing progress, problems encountered/anticipated and results regularly to landholder/client/supervisor
   • Maintain regular communication by radio/telephone or other means to report progress and/or request information or assistance
3. Diagnose and solve routine and non-routine problems
   • Confirm, by investigation, the existence and immediate effects/potential effects of the problem
   • Identify a clear and accurate definition of the problem
   • Identify, through analysis of information, the preferred options and formulate action plans
   • Obtain additional equipment, contractors and/or advice as needed
   • Outline contingency plans
   • Organise alternative duties for personnel if problems cause hold-ups in production
   • Implement the preferred option
4. Control work program to ensure objectives are met
   • Monitor work progress regularly and take corrective action
   • Ensure availability of materials for schedules and tasks
   • Allocate specific tasks to make effective use of personnel
   • Prepare alternative plans if required
   • Implement alternative plans to meet work program objectives
5. Coordinate work of personnel
   • Make all personnel aware of their roles and responsibilities in the work plan
   • Set operational targets in consultation with personnel, and check at regular intervals
   • Provide assistance when requested, to meet operational targets
   • Acquire resources required to support changing work requirements
   • Allocate workloads and required resources in accordance with modified work plans
   • Communicate agreed time lines for tasks to personnel
6. Maintain operating records
   • Determine range of records, reports and their required frequency
   • Keep daily written running records to facilitate reporting
   • Complete written logs/records and/or shift reports
   • Note variations to contract requirements on log and discuss with originator and management
   • Complete required written reports and submit/distribute
   • Take and record in writing accurate measurements

Performance Evidence

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant legislation, documentation, policies and procedures

works effectively with others to supervise on-site operations that meet all of the required outcomes including:

applying a range of communication techniques to clearly and concisely train and instruct others

applying a range of communication techniques to communicate/consult clearly and concisely all technical information, rules, procedures and regulations to others

demonstrates completion of supervising on-site operations that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

identifying hazards on site and determining a range of preventative measures

inducting new personnel and visitors about on-site and equipment safety procedures

identifying and defining potential problems and impact through investigating and analysis of available information

outlining contingency plans and implementing appropriate action to resolve the problem

reviewing the outcome of work and refining decisions for future activity

allocating tasks to others and ensuring compliance to policies and meeting targets

managing people and process effectively including conflict resolution and negotiation with others

maintaining written records and logs

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge when supervising on-site operations through:

operational and maintenance procedures

fault finding and troubleshooting techniques

working in teams

communication systems, processes and procedures (e.g. two way radio)

graphical representation (e.g. maps, diagrams, and their uses for interpretation and prediction)

maintaining required documentation (e.g. requisition forms, daily log reports)

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