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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm regulatory requirements and organisational responsibilities
2. Current regulatory requirements, obligations and responsibilities for fitness for work within an organisation are identified and interpreted
3. National health assessment standards for rail safety workers and/or other applicable state/territory standards are accessed and interpreted
4. Current regulatory requirements, obligations and responsibilities regarding the use of drugs and alcohol by rail safety workers are identified and interpreted
5. Current regulatory requirements, obligations and responsibilities regarding fatigue management of rail safety workers are identified and interpreted
6. Implement fitness for work policy and procedures
7. Organisational fitness for work policy is implemented in conjunction with relevant personnel
8. Organisational fatigue management program is implemented
9. Drug and alcohol program is implemented in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
10. Health assessment program is implemented in accordance with organisational procedures and regulatory requirements
11. Fitness for work risk management system implementation plan and related policy and procedures are accessed and interpreted
12. Identified nonconformance with fitness for work is reported in accordance with organisational procedures and regulatory requirements

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

adapting to changes in legislation and regulations as they relate to fitness for work applying rail safety national law, regulations and workplace procedures communicating effectively with others monitoring and identifying nonconformance of organisation’s fitness for work management systems and programs, and taking appropriate action reading and interpreting relevant documentation working collaboratively with employees and management to implement organisation’s fitness for work management system.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

components of a fitness for work risk management system drug and alcohol policy and procedures drug and alcohol testing and reporting requirements fatigue management policy and procedures health and fitness management program health assessment requirements legislated rail safety worker medical requirements relevant legislation and regulations relating to fatigue management, drug and alcohol use, and medical requirements in the rail industry responsibilities of organisation and employees for implementing fitness for work regulations and policies systems for monitoring nonconformance of the effectiveness of organisation’s fitness for work management strategies, policies and procedures.

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