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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. |
Hazards may include: | source or situation with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, damage to property or the environment, or a combination of these |
Context may include: | activitiescontrols currently in placeinternal and external factors that impact on OHS risklevel of documentation requiredstakeholdersworkplace |
Scope of OHS risk study may include: | activities, job role, area, location to be analysedwho will use the output and for what purposewhy it is being done |
Monitoring activities may include: | air monitoring medical monitoringnoise monitoring |
Information and data about the OHS risk may include: | mode/s of action of the hazard causing injury or damageoutcomes of OHS risk analysis |
Stakeholders may include: | customers/users of the product or processemployees and their representatives managers, including boards of management the community |
Controls may include: | actions implementing risk management decisionsmonitoringprograms or policiesre-evaluation and compliance with decisions |
Relevant standards may include: | Australian and industry standardscodes of practice and guidance materialcommon law duty of carecurrent knowledgecurrent practicelegislation |
Comprehensive analysis of information and data may include: | engineering modellingexperience with enterprise, own/other industriespast recordspublished literatureresearch within exposed groupsspecialist and expert groups |
Comprehensive analysis of techniques may include: | broad consultationmultidisciplinary focus groupsprocesses and techniques used by specialists, such as modelling, fault tree and Hazard and Operability Studies (HazOps)questionnairesstructured interviews |
OHS specialist advisors may include: | engineersergonomistsoccupational hygienistssafety professionalsoccupational health practitionerspsychologistspeople skilled in applying advanced risk analysis processes, such as modelling, fault tree, HazOps and Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT)toxicologists |
Documentation of risk analysis may include: | description of methods usedgroups involved/consulteddescription of consequences and their likelihoodinformation and data used in estimatesassumptionseffectiveness of existing controlsuncertainty in analysisfactors affecting level of riskfurther information/data and/or investigation required |
Documentation of risk evaluation may include: | criteria determineddescriptions of method used to determine the criteriagroups consulted/involvedlist of risks and schedule for action statement of the legal ramifications of decision making based on risk prioritisation |