Elements and Performance Criteria
- Advise on WHS principles that support safe design
- Advise decision-makers of their duties under WHS laws to manage WHS risks throughout a product’s life cycle
- Source and make available to decision-makers the most current information and data on WHS principles, materials, technology and systems that apply to product design
- Advise on methods and tools that can support WHS hazard identification and WHS risk assessment throughout a product’s life cycle
- Identify and address learning and development needs of decision-makers to manage WHS risks that may arise during a product’s life cycle, including during its design phase
- Advise on consultation with known and/or potential users of the product during the design phase, according to organisational policies and procedures
- Identify situations where specialist and other advisers may be required to support safe design activities
- Advise on systematic approach to WHS risk management for safe design
- Advise on selection and implementation of required WHS risk controls in design, based on the hierarchy of control measures
- Advise on documentation requirements relating to decision-making during risk assessment process
- Advise on establishment of a residual WHS risk register and distribution of this information to those involved in downstream or subsequent product life-cycle stages
- Advise on monitoring the design as it evolves, to identify and manage potential WHS hazards that may arise during product life cycle and their associated risks
- Identify and address learning and development needs of decision-makers in relation to managing design-related WHS risks in a product’s life cycle
- Advise on consultation processes in product’s life cycle
- Support decision-makers in considering the needs of those using or interacting with product throughout its life cycle
- Facilitate involvement of technical experts as required according to organisational processes and procedures
- Advise on consultation arrangements with required personnel during all phases of design process to identify WHS hazards and control WHS risks that may occur throughout a product’s life cycle
- Advise on communicating residual WHS risks in product to those who will use or interact with the product throughout its life cycle
- Advise on procurement systems to minimise ‘purchased’ WHS hazards and their associated risks
- Advise decision-makers involved in purchasing and contractual arrangements to include requirements to identify WHS hazards and control WHS risks, and to provide information and data on residual WHS risks as part of procurement process
- Advise on including a requirement to carry out a safe design approach in the design brief or draft specifications