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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Provide WHS/OHSinformation
   • Provisions of Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation and codes of practice are explained to personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
2. Information on WHS/OHS policies, procedures and programs is provided to all personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
3. Information about identified hazards and the outcome of risk assessments and risk control procedures is provided to all personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
4. Implement and monitor management of WHS/OHS
   • Organisational procedures for consultation on WHS/OHS issues are implemented and monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures
5. Issues raised in WHS/OHS consultations are acknowledged and resolved promptly, or referred to appropriate personnel for resolution, in accordance with workplace procedures
6. Outcomes of WHS/OHS consultations are communicated to key stakeholders, in accordance with workplace procedures
7. Monitor hazards and assess risks
   • Existing and potential hazards in the workplace are identified and reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
8. A risk assessment of hazards is performed, in accordance with workplace procedures
9. Implement and monitor procedures for controlling risks
   • Risk controls are implemented, and adherence to them is monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures
10. Risk control results are reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
11. Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified using the hierarchy of control, and they are reported to relevant personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
12. Shortcomings in resource allocation are identified and reported to appropriate personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
13. Implement procedures for hazardous events
    • Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented, as required, to ensure prompt control action is taken
14. Hazardous events are investigated to identify cause, in accordance with workplace investigation procedures
15. Control measures to minimise risks of hazardous events are implemented, in accordance with workplace procedures
16. Implement and monitorWHS/OHStraining
    • WHS/OHS training needs for personnel are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
17. Arrangements are made to provide WHS/OHS training to personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
18. Monitor WHS/OHSrecords
    • WHS/OHS records are completed, in accordance with workplace procedures
19. Aggregate information from WHS/OHS records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures, in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

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

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