Maintain work health and safety processes

Formats and tools

Unit Description
Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
Assessment Tool
an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
Assessment Template
generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
Assessment Matrix
a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
Wiki Markup
mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
Evidence Guide
create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
Observation Checklist
create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)

Self Assessment Survey
A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
Moodle Outcomes
Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
Registered Training Organisations
Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver AHCWHS401, 'Maintain work health and safety processes'.
Google Links
links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
Books
Reference books for 'Maintain work health and safety processes' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)


Elements and Performance Criteria

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Provide information about work health and safety

1.1 Explain, with accuracy and clarity, relevant provisions of work health and safety legislation and Codes of Practice to the work group

1.2 Provide information on enterprise work health and safety policies, procedures and programs in a readily accessible manner, and accurately and clearly explain the information to the work group

1.3 Regularly provide, and accurately and clearly explain, information about identified hazards, the outcomes of risk assessment and control procedures

2. Facilitate the participation of workers in work health and safety observance and decision-making

2.1 Implement and monitor enterprise procedures for consultation on work health and safety issues to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute

2.2 Describe, with clarity, procedures used by workers to report work health and safety hazards, assess risks, and take action to control risks, to the work group

2.3 Deal with and resolve issues raised through consultation or refer them to the appropriate personnel

2.4 Communicate, with promptness, the outcomes of consultation over work health and safety issues to the work group

3. Implement procedures for identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risks

3.1 Identify existing and potential hazards and report them to ensure the implementation of adequate risk assessment and effective control measures

3.2 Check that the work group implements procedures to control work health and safety risks and undertakes regular monitoring to ensure ongoing adherence and effectiveness of risk control

3.3 Identify inadequacies in existing risk control measures in accordance with the hierarchy of control and report inadequacies to designated personnel

3.4 Identify and report inadequacies in allocation of resources to management to ensure safe work practice

3.5 Monitor and regularly report existing risk control measures in accordance with workplace procedures

4. Implement workplace procedures for dealing with emergencies and hazardous events

4.1 Implement workplace procedures for dealing with work health and safety emergencies, where necessary, to ensure prompt and effective control action

4.2 Report work health and safety emergencies in accordance with established enterprise procedures

4.3 Implement control measures based on the hierarchy of control to prevent recurrence and minimise the risk of emergencies and hazardous events, or alternatively, refer measures to designated personnel for implementation

5. Implement and monitor enterprise procedures for providing work health and safety training

5.1 Identify work health and safety induction and training needs accurately, specifying the gaps between the required work health and safety competencies and those held by the work group

5.2 Make arrangements for meeting identified work health and safety training needs in both on and off-the-job training programs in consultation with relevant parties

6. Implement and monitor enterprise procedures for maintaining work health and safety records

6.1 Accurately and legibly complete work health and safety records for work area

6.2 Use aggregate information from work health and safety records to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures within the work area in accordance with own responsibilities


Qualifications and Skillsets

AHCWHS401 appears in the following qualifications:

  • AHC40616 - Certificate IV in Production Nursery
  • AHC41416 - Certificate IV in Seed Production
  • AHC42216 - Certificate IV in Shearing Contracting
  • AHC41616 - Certificate IV in Organic Farming
  • AHC40316 - Certificate IV in Production Horticulture
  • AHC32716 - Certificate III in Rural Merchandising
  • AHC40816 - Certificate IV in Sports Turf Management
  • AHC40916 - Certificate IV in Conservation and Land Management
  • AHC42016 - Certificate IV in Landscape
  • AHC40416 - Certificate IV in Horticulture
  • AHC40516 - Certificate IV in Parks and Gardens
  • AHC40716 - Certificate IV in Retail Nursery
  • AHC41116 - Certificate IV in Irrigation
  • AHC33016 - Certificate III in Wool Clip Preparation
  • AHC40116 - Certificate IV in Agriculture
  • AHC41316 - Certificate IV in Wool Classing
  • AHC41716 - Certificate IV in Pest Management
  • AHC41516 - Certificate IV in Seed Testing
  • AHC41016 - Certificate IV in Agribusiness

And the skillsets: