Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and implement safety requirements
- Health and safety risk assessments are made as part of production planning exercises
- Policy and procedures are developed to implement requirements for a safe workplace
- Work practices are planned with colleagues to ensure compliance with workplace and environmental legislation and standards
- Safe operating procedures are documented and communicated
- Work practices are implemented in accordance with requirements specified in legislation and standards for safe workplaces and environments
- Effective induction and supervision is provided to support colleagues in managing their organisational responsibilities
- Purchasing policy for providing goods and services is informed by WHS/OHS considerations
- Inform and train personnel on WHS/OHS legislation, codes and standards
- Legislation, standards and organisational policies and practices relevant to creating and maintaining a safe workplace and environment are made available to individuals/teams
- Arrangements are made to provide information in a language, style and format that is understood by colleagues
- WHS/OHS training program is developed and implemented to identify and fulfil employee WHS/OHS training needs as part of the organisational general training program
- Individuals/teams are informed of their legal responsibility for maintaining a safe workplace and environment
- Implications of an unsafe workplace and environment are made clear to all within the workplace
- Establish and maintain procedures for assessing and controlling safety risks
- Safety risks presented by identified hazards are correctly assessed in accordance with WHS/OHS legislation and codes of practice
- Activities are monitored to ensure procedure is adopted effectively throughout area of managerial responsibility
- Risk assessment is addressed at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change within area of managerial responsibility to ensure risk is not increased
- Measures to control assessed safety risks are developed and implemented in accordance with the hierarchy of controls, relevant WHS/OHS legislation, codes of practice and trends identified from the WHS/OHS records system
- Activities are monitored to ensure risk control procedure is adopted effectively throughout area of managerial responsibility
- Risk control is addressed at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change within area of managerial responsibility to ensure adequate risk control measures are included
- Monitor, adjust and report safety performance
- Hazards are identified, assessed and prioritised for action
- Controls are selected to minimise risks to health and safety
- Waste recycling, reduction and disposal is carried out within legislative and organisational requirements
- Recommendations for improvements to meet legislation and associated standards are submitted to designated persons/groups
- Individuals/teams are informed of improvements and alterations to WHS/OHS procedures in the workplace
- Systems, records and reporting procedures are maintained according to legislative requirements
- Evaluate WHS/OHS system and related policies, procedures and programs
- Effectiveness of WHS/OHS system and related policies, procedures and programs is assessed in accordance with workplace WHS/OHS aims
- Improvements to WHS/OHS system are developed and implemented to ensure more effective achievement workplace WHS/OHS aims and organisational policies and objectives
- Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified in accordance with the hierarchy of controls, and resources enabling implementation of new control measures are sought and/or provided in accordance with appropriate procedures
- Investigate and report non-conformance
- Conformance with WHS/OHS legislation and codes of practice is assessed to ensure that as a minimum, legal WHS/OHS standards are maintained
- Non-conformance is investigated and dealt with in accordance with legislative requirements
- Colleagues are supported to acquire and apply competencies to meet legislative requirements and associated standards
- Changes to operations and practices are implemented to ensure non-conformance is not repeated
- Establish and maintain a WHS/OHS records system
- WHS/OHS record requirements are confirmed to identify patterns of occupational injury and disease within area of managerial responsibility
- WHS/OHS records system is set up to meet WHS/OHS record requirements
- Employees are trained in the use of the WHS/OHS records system
- Changes are made to the WHS/OHS records system to ensure effective achievement of workplace WHS/OHS aims
- WHS/OHS records are used as the basis for developing and submitting relevant workplace WHS/OHS reports to management