Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information about work health and safety in the workplace.
- Advise staff members of relevant work health and safety/occupational health and safety legislation and regulations and workplace policies and procedures through verbal and written communication.
- Maintain currency of information using relevant sources.
- Update and maintain accessible storage or filing of work health and safety/occupational health and safety documentation.
- Implement and monitor safe work practices.
- Establish breaches of safe work practices and assist staff to change unsafe practices.
- Implement and monitor safe work practices for specific tasks or situations.
- Monitor staff practices for handling hazardous materials and infectious or contaminated waste.
- Monitor staff practices for safe manual handling techniques.
- Monitor the use, care and maintenance of personal protective equipment.
- Implement and monitor security and emergency procedures.
- Implement and monitor workplace security policies and procedures and assist staff to address breaches.
- Address identified workplace hazards and unsafe situations or report to appropriate personnel.
- Monitor staff familiarity with accident, fire and emergency procedures and address deficiencies in staff knowledge or implementation.
- Implement and monitor housekeeping and documentation procedures.
- Monitor general cleanliness and sanitation of workplace for ongoing implementation of housekeeping procedures.
- Monitor disposal of general waste and hazardous or infectious waste materials and assist staff to address breaches of relevant policies, procedures or legislation.
- Implement and monitor maintenance schedule for tools and equipment.
- Review work health and safety/occupational health and safety documentation for accurate completion and maintenance of record keeping.
- Provide information about work health and safety in the workplace.
- Advise staff members of relevant work health and safety/occupational health and safety legislation and regulations and workplace policies and procedures through verbal and written communication.
- Maintain currency of information using relevant sources.
- Update and maintain accessible storage or filing of work health and safety/occupational health and safety documentation.
- Implement and monitor safe work practices.
- Establish breaches of safe work practices and assist staff to change unsafe practices.
- Implement and monitor safe work practices for specific tasks or situations.
- Monitor staff practices for handling hazardous materials and infectious or contaminated waste.
- Monitor staff practices for safe manual handling techniques.
- Monitor the use, care and maintenance of personal protective equipment.
- Implement and monitor security and emergency procedures.
- Implement and monitor workplace security policies and procedures and assist staff to address breaches.
- Address identified workplace hazards and unsafe situations or report to appropriate personnel.
- Monitor staff familiarity with accident, fire and emergency procedures and address deficiencies in staff knowledge or implementation.
- Implement and monitor housekeeping and documentation procedures.
- Monitor general cleanliness and sanitation of workplace for ongoing implementation of housekeeping procedures.
- Monitor disposal of general waste and hazardous or infectious waste materials and assist staff to address breaches of relevant policies, procedures or legislation.
- Implement and monitor maintenance schedule for tools and equipment.
- Review work health and safety/occupational health and safety documentation for accurate completion and maintenance of record keeping.