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Evidence Guide: DEFOH011B - Develop laser safety plans

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DEFOH011B - Develop laser safety plans

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Prepare for the development of laser safety plans

  1. Laser sources are identified and confirmed.
  2. Standards and legislation appropriate to lasers are identified and accessed.
  3. Existing organisational records relevant to laser equipment are identified and accessed.
  4. Equipment and resources required for the assessment of laser equipment are identified, acquired and prepared.
  5. Work health and safety (WHS) requirements including those contained.
Laser sources are identified and confirmed.

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Standards and legislation appropriate to lasers are identified and accessed.

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Existing organisational records relevant to laser equipment are identified and accessed.

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Equipment and resources required for the assessment of laser equipment are identified, acquired and prepared.

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Work health and safety (WHS) requirements including those contained.

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Assess laser hazards

  1. Laser classifications are verified.
  2. Maximum permissible exposures of continuous wave and repetitively pulsed lasers are evaluated.
  3. Laser hazards are identified and laser hazard environments are assessed.
Laser classifications are verified.

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Maximum permissible exposures of continuous wave and repetitively pulsed lasers are evaluated.

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Laser hazards are identified and laser hazard environments are assessed.

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Develop laser safety plans

  1. Appropriate consultation with stakeholders is conducted.
  2. Technical standards, organisational environmental requirements and laser exposure levels are identified and interpreted
  3. Laser safety plans are developed and forwarded to the relevant authority.
Appropriate consultation with stakeholders is conducted.

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Technical standards, organisational environmental requirements and laser exposure levels are identified and interpreted

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Laser safety plans are developed and forwarded to the relevant authority.

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

identify relevant laser hazards

develop procedures and plans to mitigate the hazards in the working environment.

apply knowledge of relevant work health and safety legislative frameworks

identify inspection tools and methods appropriate to the workplace

apply principles and practices of work health and safety inspections

identify intervention points for advice to assist in work and to guide problem solving

Consistency in performance

Evidence for competency in this unit must be gathered over time and across a range of workplace or simulated situations.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in the workplace or under conditions that accurately simulate a realistic workplace in accordance with all relevant legislation and organisation requirements.

Evidence should be gathered while observing the individual conducting actual or simulated development of laser safety plans. A record of all relevant reports of the activity should be submitted as evidence for assessment.

Specific resources for assessment

Access to research material, manufacturers’ equipment specifications and existing related policy and instructions.

Required Skills and Knowledge

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit.

Required Skills

apply complex mathematical processes

communicate effectively

conduct research

provide technical advice

write technical reports

Required Knowledge

characteristics of lasers including the types of lasers and the fundamentals of laser operation

laser environment

organisational policy and procedures relevant to laser operations

relevant Australian and international standards

report writing

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 in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.

Organisational records may include:

Electronic records

Inventories

Journals

Registers

Equipment and resources may include:

Gauges

Laser measuring instruments

Recording devices

Preparation of equipment and resources may include:

Calibration of testing equipment

Testing equipment for safe operation (confidence testing)

Testing equipment for serviceability

Work health and safety requirements may include:

Award provisions

State/territory/commonwealth and local government legislation and bylaws

Laser classifications may include:

Confirmation of calculations to determine the classification of a laser in accordance with Australian and international laser safety standards (such as contained in AS/NZ 2211.1:1997)

Reference to guidance on the applicability of international laser safety standards based on guidance and advice issued by ARPANSA

Laser hazards may include:

Extended source viewing

Point source and intrabeam viewing

Specular reflections

Use of magnifying optics

Laser hazard environments may include:

Climatic and weather variations

Geographical and geological variations

Laboratories

Operation and training field environments including land, sea (above and below water level), air and space

Variations due to vegetation

Stakeholders may include:

External agencies

Government/agency regulators/inspectors

Immediate supervisors

Internal agencies

WHS representatives

Other interested parties, including members of the public

Relevant personnel in the chain of command

Unit managers

Laser safety plans may include:

Laser templates

Monitoring processes

Nominal ocular hazard area/s (NOHA)

Protocols and local controls

Recommendations for additional control measures

Reference to laser operating limitations such as power output, length of time/burst, number of repeat exposures

Reference to protective measures, such as governing the use of binoculars or observing the source

Referrals to other experts

Requirement for special optical components/filters, clothing or equipment