BSBWHS501A - Ensure a safe workplace Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
BSBWHS501A Mapping and Delivery Guide Ensure a safe workplace
Version 1.0 Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification
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Unit of Competency
BSBWHS501A - Ensure a safe workplace
Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation’s work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area according to WHS legislative requirements.
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application
This unit applies to managers working in a range of contexts. It takes a systems approach and addresses compliance with relevant legislative requirements.Those who have or are likely to have responsibility for WHS as part of their broader management role should undertake this unit.The unit is relevant for people with obligations under WHS legislation, for example persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) or their officers (as defined by relevant legislation).NOTE: The terms Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Work Health and Safety (WHS) are equivalent and generally either can be used in the workplace. In jurisdictions where the National Model WHS Legislation has not been implemented RTOs are advised to contextualise the unit of competency by referring to the existing State/Territory OHS legislative requirements.
Duration and Setting
X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Not applicable.
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners
Student Learning Resources
Handouts Activities
Slides PPT
Assessment 1
Assessment 2
Assessment 3
Assessment 4
Elements of Competency
Performance Criteria
Element: Establish and maintain a WHS management system
Locate, adapt, adopt and communicate WHS policies that clearly define the organisation’s commitment to complying with WHS legislation
Identify duty holders and define WHS responsibilities for all workplace personnel according to WHS legislation, policies, procedures and programs
Identify and approve financial and human resources required by the WHS management system (WHSMS)
Element: Establish and maintain effective and compliant participation arrangements for managing WHS
Work with workers and their representatives to set up and maintain participation arrangements according to relevant WHS legislation
Appropriately resolve issues raised through participation and consultation arrangements according to relevant WHS legislation
Promptly provide information about the outcomes of participation and consultation to workers and ensure it is easy for them to access and understand
Element: Establish and maintain procedures for effectively identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks
Develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification, and assessment and control of associated risks
Include hazard identification at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards are not created by the proposed changes and existing hazards are controlled
Develop and maintain procedures for selecting and implementing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements
Identify inadequacies in existing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements, and promptly provide resources to enable implementation of new measures
Identify requirements for expert WHS advice, and request this advice as required
Element: Evaluate and maintain a WHS management system
Develop and provide a WHS induction and training program for all workers as part of the organisation’s training program
Use a system for WHS recordkeeping to allow identification of patterns of occupational injury and disease in the organisation, and to maintain a record of WHS decisions made, including reasons for the decision
Measure and evaluate the WHSMS in line with the organisation’s quality systems framework
Develop and implement improvements to the WHSMS to achieve organisational WHS objectives
Ensure compliance with the WHS legislative framework so that, as a minimum, WHS legal requirements are achieved
Evidence Required
List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the following is essential:
detailed knowledge and application of all relevant WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice
establishing and maintaining arrangements for managing WHS within the organisation's business systems and practices
identifying requirements for expert WHS advice.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure access to:
appropriate documentation and resources normally used in the workplace.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
analysis of responses to case studies and scenarios
assessment of written reports
demonstration of techniques
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate
review of WHS policies, information provided on the WHSMS, and information about the outcomes of participation and consultation provided to workers
oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of WHS and WHS legislation
evaluation of WHS induction and training
review of WHS recordkeeping system.
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended.
Submission Requirements
List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here
Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:
(add new lines for each of the assessment tasks)
Assessment Tasks
Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
analytical and problem solving skills to examine relevant workplace information and data to identify hazards, and to assess and control risks
communication skills to consult with staff and to promote a safe workplace
information technology skills to store and retrieve relevant workplace information and data
literacy skills to adapt and communicate WHS policies that reflect WHS legislative requirements
problem-solving skills to deal with complex and nonroutine difficulties.
Required knowledge
hazard identification and risk-management processes
hierarchy of risk control
in-house and WHS legislative reporting requirements
relevant WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice that apply to the business operation.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
WHS legislation may include:
applicable commonwealth and state or territory WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice
common law duties to meet general duty of care requirements
WHS legislative and regulatory requirements for:
effectively managing hazards
establishing consultation arrangements, including those for health and safety representatives and health and safety committees
providing information and training, including training in safe operating procedures; procedures for workplace hazards; hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control; and emergency and evacuation procedures
WHS legislative, regulatory and other requirements for the maintenance and confidentiality of records of occupational injury and disease.
Duty holders may include:
as specified in WHS Acts:
officers
PCBUs or their officers
workers
other persons at a workplace.
Control of associated risks may include:
administrative
as specified in WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice
counselling/disciplinary processes, such as those associated with alcohol and other drugs
education about alcohol and other drugs work-related issues
engineering
hazard elimination
housekeeping and storage
issue resolution
personal protective equipment
purchasing of supplies and equipment
workplace inspections, including plant and equipment.
WHS recordkeeping may relate to:
audit and inspection reports
consultation, such as:
meetings of health and safety committees
work team meeting agendas, including WHS items and actions
first aid/medical post records
hazardous chemicals registers
induction, instruction and training
manufacturer and supplier information, including dangerous goods storage lists
plant and equipment maintenance and testing reports
workers’ compensation and rehabilitation records
workplace environmental monitoring records.
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice
Yes
No
Comments/feedback
Locate, adapt, adopt and communicate WHS policies that clearly define the organisation’s commitment to complying with WHS legislation
Identify duty holders and define WHS responsibilities for all workplace personnel according to WHS legislation, policies, procedures and programs
Identify and approve financial and human resources required by the WHS management system (WHSMS)
Work with workers and their representatives to set up and maintain participation arrangements according to relevant WHS legislation
Appropriately resolve issues raised through participation and consultation arrangements according to relevant WHS legislation
Promptly provide information about the outcomes of participation and consultation to workers and ensure it is easy for them to access and understand
Develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification, and assessment and control of associated risks
Include hazard identification at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards are not created by the proposed changes and existing hazards are controlled
Develop and maintain procedures for selecting and implementing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements
Identify inadequacies in existing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements, and promptly provide resources to enable implementation of new measures
Identify requirements for expert WHS advice, and request this advice as required
Develop and provide a WHS induction and training program for all workers as part of the organisation’s training program
Use a system for WHS recordkeeping to allow identification of patterns of occupational injury and disease in the organisation, and to maintain a record of WHS decisions made, including reasons for the decision
Measure and evaluate the WHSMS in line with the organisation’s quality systems framework
Develop and implement improvements to the WHSMS to achieve organisational WHS objectives
Ensure compliance with the WHS legislative framework so that, as a minimum, WHS legal requirements are achieved
Forms
Assessment Cover Sheet
BSBWHS501A - Ensure a safe workplace
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Assessment Record Sheet
BSBWHS501A - Ensure a safe workplace
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