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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Provide information to work team about WHS policies and procedures
   • Identify and communicate relevant provisions about WHS laws to work team
   • Provide information about organisation’s WHS policies, procedures and programs, and ensure it is readily accessible to work team
   • Communicate information about identified hazards and outcomes of risk assessment and control to work team
2. Implement and monitor work team consultative arrangements for managing WHS
   • Communicate importance of consultation mechanisms in managing WHS risks to work team
   • Apply consultation mechanisms to facilitate work team participation in managing work area hazards, according to organisational policies and procedures
   • Contribute to managing issues raised through consultation mechanisms, according to organisational consultation procedures and WHS legislative requirements
   • Communicate outcomes of consultation about WHS issues to work team
3. Implement and monitor organisational procedures for providing WHS training to work team
   • Identify and document team WHS training needs according to organisational requirements and WHS laws
   • Make arrangements to meet WHS training needs of team members in consultation with relevant stakeholders
   • Provide workplace learning opportunities to facilitate team and individual achievement of identified WHS training needs
4. 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 organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legislative requirements
   • Contribute to managing and implementing hazard reports according to organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legislative requirements
   • Implement procedures to control risks using the hierarchy of control measures according to organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legislative requirements
   • Identify and report inadequacies in existing risk controls according to the hierarchy of control measures, and WHS legislative requirements
   • Monitor outcomes of reports on inadequacies, as required, to ensure prompt organisational response
5. Implement and monitor organisational procedures for maintaining WHS records
   • Complete and maintain WHS incident records of occupational injury and disease in work area according to organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legislative requirements
   • Use aggregate information and data from work area records to meet organisational recordkeeping 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:

implement and monitor the work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs for one work area in an organisation.

During the above, the candidate must:

explain relevant WHS information clearly and accurately to work team

provide work team with access to WHS policies, procedures and programs in appropriate structure and language

implement and monitor procedures, according to WHS legislative and organisational requirements, for:

consultation on and communication about WHS hazards and risks

WHS training needs and learning opportunities

WHS records

using WHS aggregate data relating to hazards and risk control.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

key provisions of commonwealth and state/territory WHS laws that apply to the business, and procedures for their application in the work area

organisational policies and procedures for:

consulting during WHS issue management

identifying hazards and managing risks, including using aggregate information and work area data

incident response, investigation and reporting

legal responsibilities and duties of managers, supervisors, persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) and workers in relation to WHS risk management in the workplace

procedures for assessing implications of near misses in relation to incidents, injuries and illnesses in the work area

effective consultation mechanisms in managing health and safety risks in the workplace

features of effective workplace learning opportunities, including coaching and mentoring assistance that facilitates team and individual achievement of WHS training needs

key principles and components of the hierarchy of control measures

procedures for applying the hierarchy of control measures in own work area.

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