Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine work health and safety requirements for professional practice
- Research key features of legislation that apply to professional practice
- Source and evaluate practice-specific codes, standards and guidelines that affect the management of safety in the relevant work environment
- Develop systems and procedures that respond to work health and safety (WHS) requirements and effectively integrate those responses into practice management
- Evaluate the role of others in practice safety and involve them as appropriate
- Identify hazards and assess and manage risks
- Identify existing and potential hazards specific to the area of practice using relevant methods, templates and tools
- Assess and manage risks associated with those hazards in line with established processes and according to WHS legislation and codes of practice
- Implement and monitor developed systems and procedures in response to identified requirements for hazard control measures and risk assessment in the workplace
- Develop and maintain current and accurate documentation to support hazard identification and risk management in workplace practices
- Address hazard identification and risk assessment and management at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards are not created
- Monitor and enhance safety of the practice
- Maintain currency of WHS knowledge relevant to own area of practice
- Seek feedback of colleagues on workplace safety practices and potential issues, and integrate improvements into systems and procedures as appropriate
- Proactively identify other sources of information and professional development opportunities relating to safety
- Integrate current and emerging ideas and technologies that support workplace safety into own practice