Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information about organisation’s WHS
- Relevant provisions of WHS legislation and codes of practice are accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Information on organisation’s WHS policies, procedures and programs is provided in a readily accessible manner and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Information about identified hazards and outcomes of risk identification and control procedures is regularly provided and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Implement and monitor WHS
- Organisational procedures for consultation over WHS issues are implemented and monitored to ensure all members of the work group have opportunity to contribute
- Issues raised through consultation are dealt with and resolved promptly or referred to appropriate personnel for resolution according to enterprise procedures for issue resolution
- Outcomes of consultation over WHS issues are made known promptly to the work group
- Existing and potential hazards in work area are identified and reported so risk assessment and control procedures can be applied
- Implement and monitor risk control procedures
- Existing risk control measures are monitored and results reported regularly according to enterprise procedures
- Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified according to hierarchy of control, and reported to designated personnel
- Inadequacies in resource allocation for implementation of risk control measures are identified and reported to designated personnel
- Work procedures to control risks are implemented and adherence to them by the work group is monitored according to enterprise procedures
- Implement hazardous events procedures
- Enterprise procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented whenever necessary to ensure prompt control action is taken
- Hazardous events are investigated to identify their cause, according to investigation procedures
- Control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risks of hazardous events are implemented based on hierarchy of control if within scope of responsibilities and competencies, or alternatively referred to designated personnel for implementation
- Implement and monitor WHS training
- Implement and monitor WHS recordkeeping procedures
- WHS records for work area are accurately and legibly completed according to workplace requirements for WHS records and legal requirements for maintenance of records of occupational injury and disease
- Aggregate information from area’s WHS records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures within work area according to organisational procedures and within scope of responsibilities
- Provide information about organisation’s WHS
- Relevant provisions of WHS legislation and codes of practice are accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Information on organisation’s WHS policies, procedures and programs is provided in a readily accessible manner and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group
- Information about identified hazards and outcomes of risk identification and control procedures is regularly provided and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group