Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

ACMWHS501 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage workplace health and safety processes

Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency ACMWHS501 - Manage workplace health and safety processes
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage work health and safety.This unit applies to managers of small organisations or several work groups within an organisation, who manage systematic processes to control risk. Work is likely to have a focus on maintaining already established processes and the unit assumes that workplace health and safety advice and expertise would be available.All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, in accordance with state/territory health and safety regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace. No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Manage work health and safety information and records
  • Identify, access and evaluate relevant workplace health and safety legislation, standards, codes of practice, compliance codes, guidance materials and other sources of workplace health and safety information for their relevance to the specific work context
  • Collect, collate and provide information on workplace health and safety requirements, trends and risk controls
  • Review records and record-keeping processes to ensure they meet legal requirements for workplace health and safety record-keeping
  • Implement and monitor processes to ensure the accurate completion, collection and storage of workplace health and safety records
       
Element: Manage work health and safety participative processes
  • Monitor participative processes to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and organisational procedures
  • Evaluate information provided to employees to ensure its format is readily accessible and understandable
  • Implement and monitor processes to ensure that work group members have an opportunity, either directly or through their representative, to contribute to decisions that may affect their health and safety
  • Evaluate processes for addressing workplace health and safety issues to ensure the prompt resolution of issues raised through consultation
  • Provide information about the outcomes of consultation in a format readily accessible to employees
       
Element: Manage work health and safety risk management processes
  • Review processes for hazard, incident, and injury reporting and investigation to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and to inform future prevention strategies
  • Monitor processes to ensure that hazard identification and risk assessments occur
  • Check and monitor risk controls and hazard specific procedures to ensure consistency with the hierarchy of risk control and support compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements
  • Identify and address any workplace health and safety implications of either proposed or implemented changes to the workplace, work processes or organisation of work
  • Recognise limits of own professional expertise and consult with expert advisors as required
       
Element: Manage work health and safety training program
  • Undertake workplace health and safety training needs assessment for work group members that takes account of existing skills of work group members and risk control requirements
  • Implement and monitor training programs to ensure identified workplace health and safety training requirements are addressed
  • Implement and monitor processes to ensure that all new employees receive workplace health and safety induction
  • Access and consult with relevant workplace health and safety and training specialists, as required, when developing and implementing the WHS training program
       
Element: Manage work health and safety continuous improvement process
  • Consider input from individuals and workgroup in identifying and implementing workplace health and safety improvements
  • Determine workplace health and safety priorities in consultation with appropriate managers and stakeholders
  • Develop workplace health and safety action plans, taking account of priorities and training needs
  • Monitor achievements against workplace health and safety plans and update plans accordingly
       

Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify, access and evaluate relevant workplace health and safety legislation, standards, codes of practice, compliance codes, guidance materials and other sources of workplace health and safety information for their relevance to the specific work context 
Collect, collate and provide information on workplace health and safety requirements, trends and risk controls 
Review records and record-keeping processes to ensure they meet legal requirements for workplace health and safety record-keeping 
Implement and monitor processes to ensure the accurate completion, collection and storage of workplace health and safety records 
Monitor participative processes to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and organisational procedures 
Evaluate information provided to employees to ensure its format is readily accessible and understandable 
Implement and monitor processes to ensure that work group members have an opportunity, either directly or through their representative, to contribute to decisions that may affect their health and safety 
Evaluate processes for addressing workplace health and safety issues to ensure the prompt resolution of issues raised through consultation 
Provide information about the outcomes of consultation in a format readily accessible to employees 
Review processes for hazard, incident, and injury reporting and investigation to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and to inform future prevention strategies 
Monitor processes to ensure that hazard identification and risk assessments occur 
Check and monitor risk controls and hazard specific procedures to ensure consistency with the hierarchy of risk control and support compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements 
Identify and address any workplace health and safety implications of either proposed or implemented changes to the workplace, work processes or organisation of work 
Recognise limits of own professional expertise and consult with expert advisors as required 
Undertake workplace health and safety training needs assessment for work group members that takes account of existing skills of work group members and risk control requirements 
Implement and monitor training programs to ensure identified workplace health and safety training requirements are addressed 
Implement and monitor processes to ensure that all new employees receive workplace health and safety induction 
Access and consult with relevant workplace health and safety and training specialists, as required, when developing and implementing the WHS training program 
Consider input from individuals and workgroup in identifying and implementing workplace health and safety improvements 
Determine workplace health and safety priorities in consultation with appropriate managers and stakeholders 
Develop workplace health and safety action plans, taking account of priorities and training needs 
Monitor achievements against workplace health and safety plans and update plans accordingly 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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