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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify risks and develop management strategies
  2. Scope of program or project is identified from design brief specifications and/or relevant documentation and in consultation with relevant person/s
  3. Potential, perceived and actual risk events are identified, documented and analysed in consultation with risk professionals and/or relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
  4. Risk management methods, tools and techniques are used in the analysis, reporting and documenting of identified risk events
  5. Risk management techniques are used to analyse risk events, assess options and recommend risk approaches to relevant person/s for approval
  6. Risk management processes and workplace procedures are developed for agreement by stakeholders and communicated for ongoing management of risk factors
  7. WHS/OHS risk control measure are incorporated in risk management strategies in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant industry standards
  8. Condition monitoring of plant, equipment, criteria for repair and/or replacement are incorporated in risk management strategies
  9. Implement and monitor risk management strategies
  10. Programs and project plan/s activities are monitored to identify and respond to variations in accordance with risk management processes and workplace procedures
  11. Agreed risk responses are implemented and plans modified to reflect changing project objectives in accordance with risk management processes and workplace procedures
  12. Evaluate risk management strategies
  13. Risk issues and recommended improvements are identified, documented and submitted to relevant person/s for approval to be incorporated into ongoing and/or future program or project plans

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two separate occasions and include:

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including

using risk control measures

developing risk management processes and workplace procedures for agreement by stakeholders

identifying improvements and documenting recommendations

identifying potential, perceived and actual risk events

identifying program or project scope

implementing risk management strategies

incorporating risk management strategies and condition into monitoring of plant and equipment with criteria for repair and/or replacement

monitoring to identify and responding to variations

reviewing project outcomes

using risk management methods, tools and techniques in analysis and reporting.


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

relevant risk management, application and techniques, including:

application of risk management tools and techniques

implementing risk management

need for risk management within the broad project management framework

risk management in the context of the project life cycle and other project management functions

risk management methodologies, their capabilities, limitations, applicability and outcomes

uncertainty and the means of measurement

relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes

relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements

relevant workplace documentation

relevant workplace policies and procedures.