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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. |
OHS legislation | OHS legislation includes: commonwealth, state and territory OHS Acts and regulations |
Standards | Standards include: documents produced by national bodies, OHS regulators or industry bodies, that prescribe preventative action to avert occupational deaths, injuries and diseases standards are of an advisory nature only, except where a law adopts the standard and thus makes it mandatory they may be called up as evidence in court or other enforcement action |
Codes of practice/compliance codes | Codes of practice/compliance codes are: documents generally prepared to provide advice to employers and workers, of an acceptable way of achieving standards codes of practice/compliance codes may: be incorporated into regulations not relate to a standard be called up as evidence in court or other enforcement action |
Guidance material | Guidance material: is an advisory technical document, providing detailed information for use by unions, employers, management, health and safety committee members and representatives, safety officers and others requiring guidance advises on 'what to do' and 'how to do it' has no legal standing |
Organisation policies and procedures include: | Organisation policies and procedures include: policies and procedures underpinning the management of OHS, including: hazard, incident and injury reporting hazard identification, risk assessment and control consultation and participation incident investigation quality system documentation |
Hazards | Hazards refer to: a source or situation with the potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill-health, damage to property, the environment, or a combination of these |
Specific safety related hazards | Specific safety related hazards may include but are not limited to: chemicals bodily fluids sharps noise manual handling work posture underfoot hazards moving parts of machinery cytotoxic medicines and waste |
Other workplace hazards | Other workplace hazards may include: occupational violence stress fatigue bullying |
Risks | Risks, in relation to any hazard, means: the probability and consequences of injury, illness or damage resulting from exposure to a hazard |
Risk assessments | Risk assessments involve analysing a hazard to: identify factors influencing the risk and the range of potential consequences, such as: effectiveness of existing controls likelihood of each consequence considering exposure and hazard level |
Risk controls | Risk controls include: The devices and methods to, where practicable, eliminate the hazard or, where this is not practicable, minimise the risk associated with the hazard |
Personal protective equipment | Personal protective equipment includes: equipment worn by a person to provide protection from hazards, by providing a physical barrier between the person and the hazard and may include: head protection face and eye protection respiratory protection hearing protection hand protection clothing and footwear |
Work procedures | Work procedures include: standard operating procedures batch specifications operator or manufacturer manuals procedures for selecting, fitting, using and maintaining personal protective equipment |
Hazard identification | Hazard identification is: the process of identifying sources of harm and may be required: at design or pre purchase of equipment and materials at commissioning or pre-implementation of new processes or practices before new forms of work and organisation of work are implemented before changes are made to workplace, equipment, work processes or work arrangements as part of planning major tasks or activities, such as equipment shutdowns following an incident report when new knowledge becomes available at regular intervals during normal operations prior to disposal of equipment, buildings or materials |
Reporting processes | Reporting processes include: hazards reports maintenance requests and reports reports on completion of inspections incident reports reports of non-compliance with work procedures reporting on progress of action plans |
OHS housekeeping practices | OHS housekeeping practices address items, such as: workplace cleanliness and tidiness unobstructed walkways and emergency exits underfoot conditions work space around equipment and machinery functioning services, such as lighting, air flow and ventilation, and emergency lighting storage areas including manual handling issues, storage, personal protective equipment signage |
Residual risk | Residual risk is: the risk which remains after controls have been implemented |
Hierarchy of control | Hierarchy of control is the preferred order of control measures for OHS risks: elimination (e.g. controlling the hazard at the source) substitution (e.g. replacing one substance or activity at the source) engineering control (e.g. installing guards on machinery) administration control (e.g. policies and procedures for safe work practices) personal protective equipment (e.g. respirators and ear plugs) |
Expert advice | Expert advice can be obtained from: persons either internal or external to the organisation including: safety professionals ergonomists occupational hygienists audiologists safety engineers toxicologists occupational health professionals OHS representatives OHS committees other persons providing specific technical knowledge or expertise in areas related to OHS, including: risk managers health professionals injury management advisors regulatory bodies legal practitioners with experience in OHS engineers (e.g. design, acoustic, mechanical and civil) security and emergency response personnel workplace trainers and assessors maintenance and trade persons |
OHS records | OHS records may include: hazard, incident and investigation reports workplace inspection reports first aid records minutes of meetings job safety analyses, safe work method statements and risk assessments material safety data sheets (MSDS) and registers employees handbooks plant and equipment operation records, including those relevant to registered plant maintenance and testing reports training records environmental monitoring records health surveillance records |
Legislative requirements for record keeping | Legislative requirements for record keeping include those specified under: OHS legislation for: serious incident and injury reporting registered plant hazardous substances and dangerous goods environmental monitoring health surveillance Privacy legislation |
Emergencies | Emergencies may include any abnormal or sudden event that requires immediate action, such as: serious injury events events requiring evacuation fires and explosions hazardous substance and chemical spills explosion and bomb alerts security emergencies, such as armed robberies, intruders and disturbed persons internal emergencies, such as loss of power or water supply and structural collapse external emergencies and natural disasters, such as flood, storm and traffic accident impacting on the organisation |
Emergency equipment | Emergency equipment is equipment required as part of the emergency response by the organisation and includes: first aid equipment eye wash shower or portable eye washes fire extinguishers and equipment communication equipment evacuation alarms evacuation equipment, especially that for disabled persons torches items of clothing, such as coloured hats and vests |
Incidents | Incidents include: any event that has caused or has the potential for injury, ill-health or damage |