Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
SITXWHS002 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
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Unit of Competency | SITXWHS002 - Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify hazards, assess the associated workplace safety risks, take measures to eliminate or minimise those risks, and document all processes.The unit applies to all tourism, travel, hospitality and event sectors and to any small, medium or large organisation.All people working at all levels can participate in risk assessments which are commonly conducted as a team effort. Frontline operational personnel, who operate with some level of independence and under limited supervision, would assist other colleagues during the process. Individuals may conduct the assessments independently of others.This unit incorporates the requirement, under state and territory work health and safety (WHS) legislation, for businesses to conduct risk assessments involving their workers to manage the safety of those workers and anyone else in the workplace.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Skills must be demonstrated in an operational tourism, travel, hospitality or events environment where hazards must be identified and risk assessed. This can be: an industry workplace a simulated industry environment. Assessment must ensure access to: current plain English regulatory documents distributed by the local WHS government regulator WHS information and business management manuals issued by industry associations or commercial publishers current commercial policies and procedures, and hazard identification and risk assessment template documents. Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors. |
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Competency Field | Work Health and Safety |
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 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Identify hazards. |
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Element: Assess the safety risk associated with a hazard. |
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Element: Eliminate or control the risk. |
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