REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

This describes the essential knowledge and skills and their level required for this unit

Required knowledge

Relevant rail safety and OHampS legislation as they relate to fatigue

Organisations fatigue riskmanagement system as it relates to the operational areas being administered

Risks and hazards created by fatigue in the workplace

Causes ways of recognising and consequences of fatigue on both employees and an organisation and ways of managing them

Ways of assisting individuals to assess their own sleep patterns and evaluate their own fitness for work including information on identifying sleep disorders and obtaining appropriate treatment

Options and resources for providing training and learning opportunities for employees on fatigue management and the implementation of an organisations fatigue risk management system

Processes and resources for assessing employees competence in fatigue management

Ways of providing feedback to employees on identified deficiencies in their proficiency to implement fatigue management strategies

Required skills

Read and interpret documentation on an organisations fatigue riskmanagement system and related policy instructions procedures and regulations relating to fatigue management and apply them to supervisory activities

Recognise breaches of fatigue management strategies and regulations and take appropriate action in accordance with organisations fatigue riskmanagement system

Use appropriate numeric functions when carrying out reporting procedures

Work collaboratively with employees and other staff to implement the organisations fatigue riskmanagement system

Identify training and learning opportunities for employees on fatigue management

Assist employees to identify their own learning needs on matters relating to fatigue management

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required knowledge and skills the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit and include demonstration of applying

the underpinning knowledge and skills

relevant legislation and workplace procedures

other relevant aspects of the range statement

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over a period of time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include

a range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessment andor

access to an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment and

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

As a minimum assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate writtenoral tests

Practical assessment must occur

through activities in an appropriately simulated environment andor

in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace

Workplace may include:

Components of a fatigue risk-management system may include:

Need for fatigue management in a range of industry situations includes:

Work-related factors that may contribute to fatigue include:

Worker/operator-related factors that may contribute to fatigue include:

Responsibilities of organisation for fatigue risk management may include:

Information and documents may include:

Applicable legislation, regulations and codes may include: