Application
This unit applies to funeral home and cemetery and crematorium staff coordinating or supervising others. | |
Prerequisites
Nil | |
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA | ||
1 | Provide information about OHS in the workplace. | 1.1 | Apply appropriate communication strategies to advise staff members of relevant OHS legislation and regulations and workplace policies and procedures. |
1.2 | Maintain currency of information using relevant sources. | ||
1.3 | Maintain accessible storage or filing of OHS documentation according to workplace policies and procedures. | ||
2 | Implement and monitor safe work practices. | 2.1 | Identify breaches of safe work practices and assist staff to change unsafe practices. |
2.2 | Implement and monitor safe work practices for specific tasks or situations. | ||
2.3 | Monitor staff practices for handling hazardous materials and infectious or contaminated waste according to workplace policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. | ||
2.4 | Monitor staff practices for safe manual handling techniques according to workplace policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. | ||
2.5 | Monitor the use, care and maintenance of personal protective equipment according to workplace policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. | ||
3 | Implement and monitor security and emergency procedures. | 3.1 | Implement and monitor workplace security policies and procedures and assist staff to address breaches. |
3.2 | Address identified workplace hazards and unsafe situations or report to appropriate personnel according to workplace policies and procedures. | ||
3.3 | Monitor staff familiarity with accident, fire and emergency procedures and address deficiencies in staff knowledge or implementation. | ||
4 | Implement and monitor housekeeping and documentation procedures. | 4.1 | Monitor general cleanliness and sanitation of workplace for ongoing implementation of housekeeping procedures. |
4.2 | Monitor disposal of general waste and hazardous or infectious waste materials and assist staff to address breaches of relevant policies, procedures or legislation. | ||
4.3 | Implement and monitor maintenance schedule for tools and equipment according to workplace policies and procedures. | ||
4.4 | Review OHS documentation for accurate completion and maintenance of record keeping. |
Required Skills
Required skills communication skills, including clear and direct communication, sharing information and using and interpreting non-verbal communication to provide information to staff on OHS policies and practices problem-solving skills to identify and address unsafe work practices teamwork skills to monitor staff performance and share OHS knowledge in the workplace to improve practice literacy and numeracy skills to maintain currency of knowledge and compile information in accessible and usable format. |
Required knowledge in-depth knowledge of employee responsibilities in relation to ensuring safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace in-depth knowledge of employer's responsibilities under relevant state or territory OHS legislation, especially: requirement to consult acceptable consultation mechanisms requirements for the use of OHS representatives and committees, and their roles and responsibilities requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control; and acceptable mechanisms requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms provision of information and training issue resolution in-depth knowledge of employee's responsibility to participate in OHS practices and consultation under relevant state or territory OHS legislation workplace reporting and referral procedures and practices manual handling techniques use, care and maintenance of personal protective equipment. |
Evidence Required
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: ability to source, compile and presents OHS information to staff the ongoing implementation and monitoring of safe work practices, workplace policies and procedures and addressing breaches or inconsistencies knowledge of legislative requirements for OHS and infection control implementing and monitoring OHS procedures over a period of time to ensure consistency of performance and ability to respond to and evaluate different situations. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure: demonstration of skills in a facility where funeral services industry OHS procedures are carried out, such as a funeral home, cemetery or crematorium access to relevant documentation, such as equipment maintenance schedules involvement of a team whose OHS performance is candidate's responsibility. |
Methods of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: observation of candidate identifying and rectifying unsafe work practices written or verbal questioning to assess knowledge of OHS workplace policies and procedures and legislation participation in role plays to demonstrate implementation of security and emergency procedures review of workplace OHS information prepared for staff review of portfolios of evidence and third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate. |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: SIFOHS005A Implement and monitor infection and contamination control practices. | |
Employability skills embedded in this unit should be assessed holistically with other relevant units that make up the skill set or qualification and in the context of the job role. |
Range Statement
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. | |
Communication strategies may include: | verbal, such as questioning and active listening written, such as: pamphlets memos signage visual, such as: videos posters electronic, such as websites alternative strategies, such as: use of interpreters large print materials materials in languages other than English. |
OHS legislation and regulations may include: | OHS workers' compensation legislation and regulations general cemetery regulations cemetery Acts and by-laws Crematorium Acts local government regulations Anatomy Act Human Tissue Act Coroner's Act federal transportation regulations Airlines Act Public Health Act Environment Protection Act Dangerous Goods Act Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) Worksafe Australia certification and standards. |
Workplace policies and procedures may include: | OHS standard operating policies and procedures standards and certification requirements emergency procedures, including fire and accident procedures security procedures. |
Relevant sources may include: | manufacturer guidelines books, magazines, newspapers and other references internet relevant industry associations past and present staff members local experts own knowledge, memory and experiences videos and television. |
OHS documentation may include: | material safety data sheets (MSDS) OHS incident and accident reports. |
Safe work practices may include: | personal hygiene practices use of personal protective equipment correct manual handling techniques procedures for working in confined spaces use of safe handling and disposal techniques for hazardous substances. |
Hazardous materials may include: | chemicals body parts human tissue human blood and body fluid materials and equipment containing human blood and body fluid contaminated garments contaminated soil soiled dressings, sharps, swabs and bandages, and catheters. |
Manual handling techniques may include: | single person lift multiple person lift assisted with manual lifting device assisted with mechanical lifting device. |
Personal protective equipment may include: | overalls boots jacket or long sleeves safety glasses or goggles hard hat hat or cap dust masks respirator gumboots ear plugs or muffs sun protection disposable and heavy duty gloves barrier gown or suit waterproof overshoes waterproof aprons splash proof masks face visor hair cover filtered air supply: negative air pressure powered positive air supply. |
Security policies and procedures may include: | evacuation mayday via two-way radio duress alarm to police alarm system security guard locking buildings and toilets. |
Appropriate personnel may include: | OHS representative human resources personnel team leader supervisor manager. |
Accident, fire and emergency procedures may include: | firefighting medical treatment first aid evacuation hold-up. |
General waste may include: | foodstuffs and drinks paper and packaging materials small machine replacement parts for office equipment building waste. |
Maintenance schedule may include: | regular maintenance unscheduled repairs. |
Sectors
Sector | Funeral Services |
Competency Field
Occupational Health and Safety | |
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills. | |
Licensing Information
Not applicable.