Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information to work group
- Explain relevant requirements of health and safety legislation, standards, codes of practice/compliance codes, guidance material and safe working procedures and practices to the work group
- Provide information on workplace policies and procedures to the work group
- Explain roles and responsibilities of workplace health and safety representatives and committees, supervisors and managers
- Provide information on hazards, the outcomes of risk assessments, and required risk controls to the work group, in an accessible format
- Ensure others are able to implement safe work practices
- Ensure personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriate to the work is available and functional
- Ensure processes are implemented to identify hazards, and assess risks and required risk controls
- Ensure work group members follow safe work practices, and workplace policies and procedures
- Identify health and safety training needs and respond according to workplace procedures
- Implement participative processes
- Consult with and provide advice to work group in relation to health and safety matters relevant to their work
- Deal with health and safety issues promptly, and in accordance with workplace procedures and legislative requirements
- Record and promptly communicate outcomes of health and safety consultation to the work group
- Monitor compliance with workplace procedures
- Check work procedures are available, accessible and fit for purpose
- Monitor and rectify deviations from procedures according to workplace procedures
- Evaluate hazard identification and reporting processes for effectiveness and address any deficiencies according to workplace procedures
- Monitor housekeeping activities to ensure that workplace standards are maintained, taking action to address any deficiencies
- Ensure work group behaviour is consistent with safe working procedures and practices
- Implement hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control procedures
- Identify, assess and eliminate hazards and report on residual risk
- Conduct risk assessments in accordance with workplace procedures
- Develop control measures, taking into account the hierarchy of control
- Implement and support outcomes of risk assessments and identify risk controls
- Identify issues with risk controls and respond according to workplace policies and procedures
- Identify limitations of job role and seek expert advice as required
- Implement workplace procedures for maintaining records
- Obtain feedback to ensure that workgroup is aware of workplace reporting requirements
- Review health and safety records to confirm that they are accurate and completed in a timely manner, in accordance with legislative and organisation requirements
- Use aggregate information and data from records to identify hazards and monitor risk controls
- Implement emergency procedures
- Obtain feedback to ensure that emergency procedures are accessible and understood by the work group
- Implement processes to ensure that emergency equipment is available and routinely checked for functionality
- Ensure workgroup members are able to respond appropriately to emergencies
- Conduct or contribute to investigations in order to identify causes of emergencies
- Identify, implement or support control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risk of emergencies