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 (also known as workplace health and safety) and related safety legislation may include: | dangerous goods Acts general duty of care under OHS legislation and common law provisions relating to OHS issue resolution provisions relating to roles and responsibilities of health and safety representatives and/or OHS committees regulations and codes of practice, including those relating to hazards present in the workplace or industry requirements for: maintenance and confidentiality of records of occupational injury and disease provision of OHS information and training state, territory and commonwealth OHS Acts and regulations. |
Workplace procedures may include specific OHS procedures and company policies or procedures relating to: | accident and incident investigation assessing and controlling risks consultation and participation arrangements for employees and third parties emergency planning and response housekeeping and work environment identifying hazards OHS procedures, including: developing and communicating company OHS policy providing OHS information, instruction, supervision and training OHS record keeping reporting OHS issues resolving issues training and assessment safe operating procedures or instructions that cover but are not limited to: awareness of electrical hazards chemical storage, handling and disposal confined space procedures dust first aid and injury management manual handling noise requirements for maintaining safety when working alone security toxic, infectious and sharps waste safe use of tools and equipment vehicles and mobile equipment working safely around electrical hazards, including wiring, cables and overhead powerlines specific hazards storage of dangerous goods use of MSDS use of personal protective equipment (PPE) workplace safety inspections and audits. |
Work group members may include: | contractors authorised by the company to perform specified work or functions employees under direct supervision entry-level trainees full-time, part-time and casual employees trainee supervisors and trainee team leaders. |
Company requirements may include: | contracting of services counselling and disciplinary processes maintaining plant and equipment purchasing supplies and equipment work procedures and work instructions, including those relating to disposing of, re-using or recycling resources. |
Information may be: | about hazards and risk management procedures about the nature of work, tasks and procedures as part of providing direct supervision, such as to inexperienced workers contained in industry association journals or workers’ compensation literature for consultation with health and safety representatives and OHS committees for induction of new workers, or refresher training for existing employees to assist in work tasks to communicate legislation and codes of practice, such as relating to hazards in the work area. |
Readily accessible refers to information that: | caters for individual language and literacy levels conforms to the principles of plain English is openly available. |
Identifying hazards and assessing risks may include activities, such as: | accessing manufacturer guidance information and manuals applying job safety analysis procedures assessing job and work system assessing severity of identified hazards and ranking according to severity briefing workplace safety inspectors or contracted OHS advisers checking work area and equipment before and during work conducting pre- and post-operational equipment checks conducting workplace inspections consulting with employees, OHS representatives and OHS committee housekeeping performing routine job hazard analysis purchasing supplies and equipment, such as: review of MSDS manufacturer or supplier information referencing government or industry hazard or safety alerts, including via industry association contacts and networks regularly maintaining plant and equipment reviewing OHS records, including: registers of hazardous substances dangerous goods undertaking safety audits. |
Risk assessment and risk control procedures should reflect the order of the process: | hazard identification risk assessment hazard control evaluation. |
Participative arrangements may include: | employee performance feedback formal and informal meetings of: health and safety representatives OHS committees other special purpose committees, such as consultative, planning and purchasing company information, staff bulletins and notices suggestions, requests, reports and concerns put forward by employees to management. |
Contributions may include: | behaviour that contributes to a safe workplace listening to ideas and opinions of others in work group sharing opinions, views, skills and knowledge visible OHS culture that includes: actively encouraging OHS contributions, suggestions and input effecting and responding to OHS input and suggestions assigning responsibility for raised OHS concerns. |
Appropriate personnel may include: | health and safety representatives managers OHS personnel other persons, including emergency service personnel, authorised or nominated by the company or industry to: approve specified work direct specified work or functions inspect specified work perform specified work or functions. |
Hazards may include: | biological hazards chemical hazards, including unlabelled chemicals and substances environmental hazards, such as: noise radiation untidy work areas vibration ergonomic or mechanical hazards, such as: those associated with electrical and mechanical faults of plant and equipment, including mobile plants physical hazards, such as: electrical obstructions or blocked exits slippery or uneven floors psychological hazards. |
Risk analysis includes: | analysis of likelihood, chance, frequency or probability of something happening that will affect work objectives assessment of real or possible outcome should something happen, measured in terms of nature and extent of harm or injury to individuals and/or environment process involving: hazard identification risk assessment risk treatment and/or control risk monitoring and evaluation. |
Risk analysis protocols may be selected based on the following criteria: | Australian standards, company standards and client standards combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment tools, as appropriate to risks being assessed company policy, procedures, goals, objectives and the interests of stakeholders operational, technical, financial, legal, social, humanitarian or other criteria scope of risk management project being undertaken. |
Hierarchy of control includes: | hazard elimination treatment and/or controls hazard substitution treatment and/or controls hazard engineering treatment and/or controls administrative treatment and/or controls, including OHS and environmental training PPE. |
Controlling risks may include: | applying hierarchy of control, namely: elimination of risk substitution controls engineering controls administrative controls, including training PPE consulting with manufacturers, suppliers, employers and their representatives consulting with workers and their representatives developing reliable systematic approach to risk control ensuring adequate training of staff measuring risk likelihood and consequence implementing measures to remove cause of risk at its source monitoring and regularly reviewing work systems and procedures rewarding good health and safety practice. |
Hazardous event control procedures may include: | following instructions from authorised or appropriate personnel during hazardous events chemical containment and clean-up emergency management plan evacuations provision of first aid accident and incident reporting injury and dangerous occurrence reporting. |
Hazardous events may include: | accidents, including motor vehicle accidents bomb threats chemical spills electrocution fires and explosions inhalation of dangerous substances manual handling natural disasters slips, trips and falls violent incidents, such as: armed robberies workplace bullying. |
OHS training needs may include: | controlling hazards emergency and evacuation training hazard prevention or mitigation procedures induction training and refresher training nature of hazards and hazard recognition specific hazard training specific task or equipment training training as part of broader programs, such as equipment operation. |
Training may include: | coaching and/or mentoring off-the-job training on-the-job training presenting and promoting the benefits of a safe workplace providing encouragement providing feedback and clarifying points where necessary training provided by a registered training organisation. |
OHS records should include documented: | first aid and medical post records hazardous substances registers health surveillance and workplace environmental monitoring records maintenance and testing reports manufacturer and supplier information, including MSDS and dangerous goods storage lists OHS audits and inspection reports records of instruction and training safety bulletins or notices workers’ compensation and rehabilitation records. |