Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
BSBOHS505C Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage hazards in the work environment
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | BSBOHS505C - Manage hazards in the work environment |
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Description | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify hazards, and to assess and control risks in the work environment. It focuses on the knowledge, processes and techniques necessary to control specific hazards in the work environment.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | Hazards may include noise, light, radiation, hazardous substances, dangerous goods, dusts and fibres, gravity (falls from heights), thermal environment, ergonomic hazards, manual handling, biological or psychosocial hazards or hazards arising from work organisation.Where the use of monitoring equipment is appropriate, useful underpinning skills are provided in BSBOHS406B Use equipment to conduct workplace monitoring.This unit differs from BSBOHS504B Apply principles of OHS risk management, which takes a generic approach to risk management and provides required knowledge and skills. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Competency Field | Regulation, Licensing and Risk - Occupational Health and Safety |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Access sources of information and data about the work environment to identify hazardous tasks or conditions |
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Element: Analyse the work environment to assess risk |
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Element: Control risk associated with hazard |
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Element: Monitor and review effectiveness of control strategy |
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Element: Apply professional practice |
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