Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to assist with actions and activities associated with incident response
- Identify duty holders and WHS legislative requirements for incident response
- Identify workplace policies, procedures and processes concerning incident response planning and reporting
- Communicate requirements for responding to incident to required personnel within scope of own role and work area
- Contribute to developing communication mechanisms to notify manager of incident
- Assist with implementing response procedures during incident
- Provide initial assistance to those involved in incident within scope of own role and expertise and according to organisational incident response policies and procedures
- Assist with documenting incident according to workplace procedures and processes
- Assist with meeting legislative requirements regarding incident, within scope of own role and expertise
- Assist with reporting incident to external authorities, according to legislative requirements and workplace procedures and processes
- Contribute to collecting WHS information about incident
- Assist with obtaining information and data from those involved about actions and events leading up to, during and after an incident, using appropriate data collection techniques
- Assist with identifying and accessing sources of additional information and data related to incident
- Compile and enter information according to record-keeping requirements
- Assist with incident investigation
- Assist with applying required incident investigation processes
- Use appropriate analysis techniques to interpret causes of incident and communicate with advisors when participating in workplace investigations
- Review incident reports according to organisational policies and procedures
- Contact responsible persons and relevant authorities as outlined in WHS laws, and organisational policies and procedures
- Contribute to communicating investigation outcomes to relevant stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures
- Contribute to developing and implementing recommended measures and actions arising from incident investigation
- Contribute to developing incident investigation recommendations
- Assist with obtaining approval of developed recommendations from required stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures
- Assist with communicating approved recommendations to required stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures
- Contribute to implementing recommended measures and actions arising from incident investigation within scope of own role and according to WHS legislative requirements