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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Assist with incorporating WHS policies and procedures into work team processes
   • Identify health and safety requirements of work team according to applicable WHS laws
   • Assist with explaining organisational WHS policies, procedures, programs and legislative requirements to required personnel
   • Assist with explaining hazard identification and risk assessment outcomes to required personnel
2. Contribute to consultative arrangements for managing WHS
   • Assist with implementing consultative processes designed to engage work team in managing WHS
   • Respond to WHS issues in a timely manner and according to organisational policies and procedures for issue resolution
   • Encourage others to participate in arrangements for managing WHS
   • Assist in engaging with required personnel to identify and implement improvements in response to WHS feedback
3. Contribute to organisational procedures for providing WHS training
   • Identify WHS training needs of the work team and report to relevant stakeholders
   • Identify strategies and opportunities for developing work team’s WHS competence and report to relevant stakeholders
   • Provide assistance to work team members to support the effective development of their WHS competence
4. Participate in identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks for the work area
   • Identify hazards in the work area and report to relevant stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legislative requirements
   • Assist with implementing processes designed to control risks using the hierarchy of control measures according to organisational procedures and WHS legislative requirements
   • Identify and document inadequacies in existing risk control measures according to organisational policies and procedures, the hierarchy of control measures and WHS legislative requirements
   • Report inadequacies in existing risk control measures to relevant stakeholders
   • Complete and maintain WHS incident records in the work area according to organisational procedures and WHS legislative requirements

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

assist with implementing and monitoring at least three different organisational work health and safety (WHS) policies or procedures into a work team’s processes.

During the above, the candidate must:

assist with implementing and monitoring consultation about each policy or procedure according to legislative and organisational requirements

identify opportunities to encourage work team to contribute to implementing improvements to each policy or procedure based on feedback received through consultation

complete WHS documentation.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

characteristics and composition of the work team

procedures related to the following:

identifying hazards

assessing and controlling risks to health and safety, including the hierarchy of control measures

organisational WHS policies and procedures, including those relating to:

risk management

fire

emergencies

evacuation

incident investigation

reporting

relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice from all levels of government that impact on business operations, including those relating to:

WHS and environmental issues

equal opportunity

industrial relations

antidiscrimination

WHS aspects of other organisational systems and procedures.

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