Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare task descriptions and person specifications
- Tasks are identified and described along with the range of conditions under which performance may need to occur.
- Most appropriate employment arrangements are determined based on employer and employee needs, and responsibilities and rights.
- Person specifications are prepared with due regard to legislation, codes and national standards.
- Manage workforce performance
- Induction programs are designed for each employee consistent with legislative requirements and enterprise guidelines.
- Terms of engagement for consultants and contractors are clarified and established.
- Induction programs are conducted for new appointees and appropriate records established.
- Strategies for communicating with workers are designed and implemented.
- Performance management strategies are designed and implemented.
- Processes for the termination of non-performing staff are identified and followed as necessary.
- Support workforce training programs
- Strategies to identify skill and knowledge gaps are designed and implemented with workers, and strategies to address these gaps are implemented.
- On-the-job training is provided to optimise worker performance and to ensure safety and fairness in the workplace.
- Off-the-job training requirements are identified and training is sourced and supported as appropriate.
- Manage administrative support
- Processes and procedures for the administration of staff records are implemented.
- Administrative procedures and processes to meet legislated requirements are implemented.
- Industrial relations are established and monitored; awards adhered to, enterprise agreements and/or contracts of employment negotiated, and disputes and conflicts resolved.
- Implement OHS priorities and procedures
- Safety policies are developed and communicated within the enterprise.
- Safe work practices are identified/ designed for all aspects of the operation of the enterprise.
- Safe work practices are communicated and enforced among all members of the workforce.
- All members of staff are involved in hazard identification and risk assessment for OHS.
- New staff are inducted into the workplace OHS system.