Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
BSBWHS521 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Ensure a safe workplace for a work area
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | BSBWHS521 - Ensure a safe workplace for a work area |
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Description | |||
Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, maintain and evaluate an organisation’s work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs in a work area to ensure a safe workplace, according to WHS legislative requirements. It takes a systems approach and addresses compliance with relevant legislative requirements.The unit applies to those working in a range of contexts who have, or are likely to have, responsibility for WHS as part of their broader management role. It is relevant for people with obligations under WHS laws, for example persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) or officers, as defined by WHS laws.NOTES1. The terms ‘occupational health and safety’ (OHS) and ‘work health and safety’ (WHS) are equivalent, and generally either can be used in the workplace. In jurisdictions where model WHS laws have not been implemented, registered training organisations (RTOs) are advised to contextualise this unit of competency by referring to existing WHS legislative requirements.2. The model WHS laws include the model WHS Act, model WHS Regulations and model WHS Codes of Practice. See Safe Work Australia for further information.No 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. |
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Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Establish a WHS management system in a work area |
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Element: Establish and maintain effective and compliant consultative arrangements for managing WHS in a work area |
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Element: Establish and maintain procedures for effectively identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks in work area |
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Element: Evaluate and maintain a work area WHS management system (WHSMS) |
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