Application
This unit describes the skills required to establish and maintain effective industry partnerships to improve workplace health and safety and/or workers compensation and/or injury management and/or workplace relations performance, to achieve legislative compliance and educate and to assist stakeholders to improve workplaces. It includes identifying industry partners, undertaking partnership activities, and monitoring and reviewing partnering activities.
This unit applies to those working to develop partnerships within industry to improve compliance with legislation.
The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to.
Those undertaking this unit would work independently performing complex tasks in a range of familiar contexts.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENTS | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements describe the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions section. |
1. Identify industry partners | 1.1 Evaluate options for industry partnerships in terms of likely effectiveness, and determine potential partners. 1.2 Establish communication with partner/s to explore viability of partnership. 1.3 Negotiate and establish the nature and duration of partnership. 1.4 Define and agree upon respective roles and activities of partnership. |
2. Undertake partnership activities | 2.1 Develop and agree upon a plan for cooperative partnering. 2.2 Develop and incorporate options and specific proposals for improving performance in workplace legislative compliance. 2.3 Implement options in accordance with partnering plan. |
3. Monitor and review partnering activities | 3.1 Evaluate effectiveness of partnering activities. 3.2 Use evaluation results to modify outcomes of joint activities. 3.3 Communicate value, effectiveness and outcomes of partnering arrangements to internal and external clients. |
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.
applying legislative requirements and organisational policies and procedures in all investigations
applying risk management principles
using communication methods and strategies, including negotiation and dealing with conflicting information
applying observation and analysis
engaging in team work
development of industry partnerships to improve compliance
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.
risk management principles
powers of inspectors under jurisdictional legislation
functions and roles of other professionals and experts
legislative requirements
organisational investigations procedures
Assessment Conditions
This unit contains no specific industry-mandated assessment conditions. Guidance on suggested and recommended conditions and methods can be found in the Implementation Guide.
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills are embedded within the elements and performance criteria of this unit.
Competency Field
Workplace inspection