This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to apply the mine work health and safety management plan within Coal and Metalliferous mining.

This unit is appropriate for those working in supervisory roles where risk needs to be managed.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory and certification requirements that apply to this unit can vary between states, territories, and Industry sectors. Relevant information must be sourced prior to application of the unit.

Note: The terms Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Work Health and Safety (WHS) are equivalent and generally either can be used in the workplace. In jurisdictions where the National Model WHS Legislation has not been implemented RTOs are advised to contextualise the unit of competency by referring to the existing State/Territory OHS legislative requirements.

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant legislation, documentation, policies and procedures

demonstrates completion of the application of the mine work health and safety management plan that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

providing clear and timely instruction and supervision of those involved in applying the mine Work Health and Safety Management Plan

identifying and reporting on risks

evaluating hazards and reviewing procedures to eliminate or manage hazards

determining health & hygiene training needs of site personnel

writing an action plan to maintain site health and safety that specifies resources and plans to control established hazards

organising activities on site to support the plan requirement

applying and monitoring mine site procedures and systems

conducting enquiries/investigations and preparing written reports of outcomes

recording of injury, incidents and health and hygiene issues

accessing, evaluating and applying data from monitoring systems and equipment / plant

reviewing and auditing site processes and techniques

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of the following when applying the mine Work Health and Safety Management Plan:

relevant legislative and industry WHS standards and compliance requirements

relevant work processes

health and hygiene standards

isolation of plant and equipment techniques

hazard identification and risk management

observation and inspection methods

impacts of drug and substance abuse on fitness for work

relevant mine hazards associated with:

hazardous substances, dusts, noise, vibration

the mining processes

explosives (where used)

high-wall/low-wall failure and water ingress

mining equipment and haul roads

emergency procedure planning and preparation

conventional signage use

An assessor of this unit must satisfy the requirements of the NVR/AQTF or their successors; and Industry regulations for certification and licensing; and,

this unit is best assessed in the context of this sector’s work environment;

where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment may occur in a simulated environment provided it is realistic and sufficiently rigorous to cover all aspects of this sector’s workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills; and,

this unit must be assessed in compliance with relevant legislation/regulation and using policies, procedures, processes and operational manuals directly related to the industry sector for which it is being assessed; and,

assessment may be conducted in conjunction with the assessment of other Units of Competency; and,

assessment must confirm consistent performance can be applied in a range of relevant workplace circumstances; and,

assessors must demonstrate the performance evidence, and knowledge evidence as outlined in this Unit of Competency, and through the minimum years of current* work experience specified below in an Industry sector relevant to the outcomes of the unit; or,

where the assessor does not meet experience requirements a co-assessment or partnership arrangement must exist between the qualified assessor and an Industry subject matter expert. The Industry subject matter expert should hold the unit being assessed (or an equivalent unit) and/or demonstrate equivalence of skills and knowledge at the unit level. An Industry technical expert must also demonstrate skills and knowledge from the minimum years of current work experience specified below in the Industry sector, including time spent in roles related to the unit being assessed; and,

assessor and Industry subject matter expert requirements differ depending on the Australian Qualifications Framework Level (AQF) of the qualification being assessed and/or Industry Sector as follows:

*Assessors can demonstrate current work experience through employment within Industry in a role relevant to the outcomes of the Unit; or, for external assessors this can be demonstrated through exposure to Industry by conducting frequent site assessments across various locations.

**Where a unit is being delivered outside of a Qualification the first numeric character in the Unit code should be considered to indicate the AQF level

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit. Further information is available in the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package Companion Volume.