Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
PSPSOHS505A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage hazards in the work environment
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | PSPSOHS505A - Manage hazards in the work environment |
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Description | This unit covers the outcomes required to identify hazards and assess and control risks in the work environment. It focuses on the knowledge, processes and techniques necessary to control specific hazards in the work environment.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | Hazards may include noise, light, radiation, hazardous substances, dangerous goods, dusts and fibres, gravity (falls from heights), thermal environment, ergonomic hazards, manual handling, biological or psychosocial hazards or hazards arising from work organisation.In practice, managing hazards in the work environment may overlap with other generalist or specialist public sector work activities such as promoting ethical practice, using complex communication strategies, undertaking research and analysis, coordinating resource usage, promoting compliance with legislation, etc.Where the use of monitoring equipment is appropriate, useful underpinning skills are provided in unit PSPSOHS406A Use equipment to conduct workplace monitoring.This unit differs from PSPSOHS504A Apply principles of OHS risk management, which takes a generic approach to risk management and provides underpinning knowledge and skills. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not applicable. | ||
Competency Field | Specialist Occupational Health & Safety. |
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 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Access sources of information and data and the work environment to identify hazardous tasks or conditions |
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Element: Analyse the work environment to assess the risk |
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Element: Control risk associated with hazard |
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Element: Monitor and review effectiveness of control strategy |
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Element: Apply professional practice |
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