Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

NWP103B Mapping and Delivery Guide
Demonstrate care and safe practices

Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency NWP103B - Demonstrate care and safe practices
Description This unit of competency describes the outcomes required to understand, apply and satisfy safe practices in a work-like context. It includes identifying and following procedures for hazards and risks, monitoring and maintaining cleanliness and tidiness in work activities, and reporting hazards and risks in appropriate ways. It may apply to general OHS requirements and specific workplace policies and procedures.Training and assessment against this unit of competency must incorporate relevant OHS and related legislative requirements.
Employability Skills This unit of competency contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit supports the attainment of skills and knowledge required for those who are preparing to enter the water industry workforce or undertaking assignment and field work related to water research. The candidate will be assisted by partnership with a water industry organisation to achieve the outcomes of this unit in a workplace setting. The work environment for this unit may be a work-like or educational environment.
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: Follow safe work procedures.
  • Find out about and describe typical hazards associated with working with water.
  • Check relevant OHS, hazard control procedures and strategies to ensure safe work practices and use them to assess ways to overcome identified hazards.
  • Check and apply safety procedures for reporting hazards in the work environment.
  • Use personal protective clothing and equipment specified in safety and workplace procedures.
       
Element: Maintain personal wellbeing in a work environment.
  • Assess risks to personal wellbeing which may affect safe performance and follow procedures to address them.
  • Follow procedures for maintaining a tidy and clean personal work area.
       
Element: Be aware of and report on safety of self and others.
  • Identify situations that may endanger own safety and that of other workers and report them.
  • Deal with incidents and injuries promptly and report them to appropriate people to contact when a problem arises.
  • Take part in activities to foster safe working.
       
Element: Follow emergency procedures.
  • Respond to a range of emergencies.
  • Follow emergency procedures.
  • Get help from team members and supervisors when needed.
       


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, the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The candidate should demonstrate the ability tounderstand, apply and satisfy safe practices in a work-like water operations context:

identifying potential water assignment hazards

understanding and applying appropriate safety requirements and safe work practices

using appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment

understanding factors that contribute to personal wellbeing and explore their effect on safety and performance

understanding and applying procedures for proactively identifying and reporting potential and actual threats to safety

understanding and applying procedures for dealing with emergency situations.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Access to resources including:

library, water enterprise information, information sources for research and investigation

mentors, advisors and teachers able to guide and support research and investigation of water resource management

guided visits to key locations associated with water resource management.

Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support.

Assessment processes and techniques must take into account language, literacy and cultural factors which might have an impact on the candidate's demonstration of competency.

Validity and sufficiency of evidence requires that:

competency will need to be demonstrated over a variety of assignments and activities reflecting the scope and practical requirements of research and practical assignments

assessment can be through assignments, projects, excursions and simulated project-based activity and must include evidence relating to each of the elements in this unit.

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess underpinning knowledge.

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:

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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.

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit.

Required skills:

use literacy skills for interpreting safety information

use interpersonal and communication skills, including listening, questioning and receiving feedback

report activity and location hazards, OHS incidents and related action

solve or report problems identified when dealing with safety hazards and applying appropriate hazard control procedures

use personal protective clothing and equipment appropriate for safety risks

follow instructions.

Required knowledge:

procedures related to safe work practices to be followed in specific locations

location hazards and ways to minimise or remove them

equipment, materials and activities and the processes and precautions for their use

personal protective clothing and equipment relevant to location and activity

relevant hygiene and safety standards.

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. Add any 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.

Hazards may include:

untidy work conditions, including poor hygiene practices and unnecessary obstacles and equipment in work areas

moving machinery

materials handling

working at heights

lifting objects

dangerous surfaces

movement of equipment, goods and vehicles

oxygen deficiency, toxic gases and confined spaces

volatile and toxic substances

live electrical conductors

sharps in water, including needles, glass and metal fragments

macerators and sharp mechanical devices

earth subsidence

failure of support systems

high pressure water jets

drowning

traffic

bush navigation and survival.

Hazard control procedures may include:

emergency, fire and accident procedures

hazard identification and removal and hazard control

use of personal protective clothing and equipment

relevant manufacturer guidelines relating to the operation and use of equipment

safety regulations

safe use of chemicals and toxic substances.

Strategies to ensure safe work practices may include:

manual handling procedures

correct posture

safe lifting and bending

using appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment

good hygiene and health maintenance.

Personal protective clothing and equipment may include:

gloves

masks

aprons

hair covering

uniform

safety headwear and footwear

safety glasses

two-way radios

high visibility clothing.

Risks to personal wellbeing are actions by an individual that may affect their ability to work safely and may include:

smoking, alcohol and drug use

lack of sleep

poor diet

lack of exercise

stress

not using appropriate methods when lifting or moving heavy objects

not wearing proper personal protective clothing

not using appropriate personal protective equipment.

Appropriate people may include:

supervisors

team leaders

other persons authorised or nominated by the organisation.

Activities may include:

problem solving meetings

suggestion schemes

regular communication with team leaders

training

information sessions.

Emergencies may include:

accidents, including those that do not result in injury

injuries such as cuts, scalds and burns

health conditions such as fainting, asthma attacks and allergic reactions

spills and leakages of harmful gas and liquids

structural failures and breakages

fire

flooding

getting lost

power failures or shorts.

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
Find out about and describe typical hazards associated with working with water. 
Check relevant OHS, hazard control procedures and strategies to ensure safe work practices and use them to assess ways to overcome identified hazards. 
Check and apply safety procedures for reporting hazards in the work environment. 
Use personal protective clothing and equipment specified in safety and workplace procedures. 
Assess risks to personal wellbeing which may affect safe performance and follow procedures to address them. 
Follow procedures for maintaining a tidy and clean personal work area. 
Identify situations that may endanger own safety and that of other workers and report them. 
Deal with incidents and injuries promptly and report them to appropriate people to contact when a problem arises. 
Take part in activities to foster safe working. 
Respond to a range of emergencies. 
Follow emergency procedures. 
Get help from team members and supervisors when needed. 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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