Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information to the work team about WHS policies and procedures
- Accurately explain to the work team relevant provisions of WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice
- Provide information about the organisation’s WHS policies, procedures and programs, and ensure it is readily accessible to, and understandable by the work team
- Regularly provide and clearly explain to the work team information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and control
- Implement and monitor participation arrangements for managing WHS
- Communicate to workplace parties the importance of effective consultation mechanisms in managing health and safety risks in the workplace
- Apply consultation procedures to facilitate participation of the work team in managing work area hazards
- Promptly deal with issues raised through consultation, according to organisational consultation procedures and WHS legislative and regulatory requirements
- Promptly record and communicate to the work team the outcomes of consultation over WHS issues
- Implement and monitor organisational procedures for providing WHS training
- Identify WHS training needs according to organisational requirements and WHS legislative and regulatory requirements
- Make arrangements to meet WHS training needs of team members in consultation with relevant individuals
- Provide workplace learning opportunities and coaching and mentoring assistance to facilitate team and individual achievement of identified WHS training needs
- Identify and report to management the costs associated with providing training for work team, for inclusion in financial and management plans
- Implement and monitor organisational procedures and legal requirements for identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risks
- Identify and report on hazards in work area according to WHS policies and procedures and WHS legislative and regulatory requirements
- Promptly action team member hazard reports according to organisational procedures and WHS legislative and regulatory requirements
- Implement procedures to control risks using the hierarchy of control, according to organisational and WHS legislative requirements
- Identify and report inadequacies in existing risk controls according to hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements
- Monitor outcomes of reports on inadequacies, where appropriate, to ensure a prompt organisational response
- Implement and monitor organisational procedures for maintaining WHS records for the team