Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information on health and safety
- Coordinate participation in health and safety issues
- Implement and monitor organisational procedures for consultation over occupational health and safety issues to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute
- Deal with and resolve issues raised through consultation and resolve them promptly or refer them to the appropriate personnel for resolution in accordance with workplace procedures
- Make the outcomes of consultation over occupational health and safety issues known to the work group promptly
- Implement and monitor procedures for controlling hazards and risks
- Identify and report existing and potential hazards in the work area so that risk assessment and risk control procedures can be applied
- Implement work procedures to control risks and monitor adherence to them by the work group in accordance with workplace procedures
- Monitor existing risk control measures and report results regularly in accordance with workplace procedures
- Identify inadequacies in existing risk control measures in accordance with the hierarchy of control and report to designated personnel
- Implement and monitor health and safety training
- Maintain occupational health and safety records