Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify hazards.
- Access and use hazard identification and risk assessment tools and template documents.
- Use appropriate methods to identify actual or foreseeable hazards that have the potential to harm the health and safety of workers or anyone else in the workplace.
- Work alone or with other personnel to identify hazards.
- Keep records of identified hazards according to organisational procedures.
- Assess the safety risk associated with a hazard.
- Access and use risk assessment tools and template documents.
- Work alone or with other personnel to use a systematic method to assess the risk.
- Collect sufficient evidence of the type and level of risk posed by the identified hazard.
- Document the outcome of the risk assessment, suggesting actions to eliminate or control risks.
- Keep records of risk assessments according to organisational procedures.
- Eliminate or control the risk.