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

UEPOPS453 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Monitor Work, Health and Safety policy and procedures compliance

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency UEPOPS453 - Monitor Work, Health and Safety policy and procedures compliance
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies, procedures and program. Work, Health and Safety is concerned with protecting the wellbeing of all power generation facility stakeholders. It involves the application of WHS/OHS legislation and codes of practice including duty of care obligations, implementing WHS/OHS procedures in hazard identification and risk control measures, engaging staff in safe working practices and maintaining a robust health and safety regime in the workplace.Competency in this unit requires the ability to provide WHS/OHS information, implement and monitor management of WHS/OHS,monitor hazards and assess risks,implement and monitor procedures for controlling risks,implement and monitor WHS/OHS trainingand monitor WHS/OHS records. Individuals will, in general, work as an operator with responsibility for WHS/OHS, in a power generation facility.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.Note: Workplace practiceThe application of the skills and knowledge described in this unit may require a licence or training permit to practice in the workplace where work is carried out on gas and electrical installations. Additional conditions may apply under state and territory legislative and regulatory licensing requirements.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Operations
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: 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
       
Element: Information on WHS/OHS policies, procedures and programs is provided to all personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Information about identified hazards and the outcome of risk assessments and risk control procedures is provided to all personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Implement and monitor management of WHS/OHS
  • Organisational procedures for consultation on WHS/OHS issues are implemented and monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Issues raised in WHS/OHS consultations are acknowledged and resolved promptly, or referred to appropriate personnel for resolution, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Outcomes of WHS/OHS consultations are communicated to key stakeholders, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Monitor hazards and assess risks
  • Existing and potential hazards in the workplace are identified and reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: A risk assessment of hazards is performed, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Implement and monitor procedures for controlling risks
  • Risk controls are implemented, and adherence to them is monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Risk control results are reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: 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
       
Element: Shortcomings in resource allocation are identified and reported to appropriate personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Implement procedures for hazardous events
  • Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented, as required, to ensure prompt control action is taken
       
Element: Hazardous events are investigated to identify cause, in accordance with workplace investigation procedures
       
Element: Control measures to minimise risks of hazardous events are implemented, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Implement and monitorWHS/OHStraining
  • WHS/OHS training needs for personnel are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Arrangements are made to provide WHS/OHS training to personnel, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Monitor WHS/OHSrecords
  • WHS/OHS records are completed, in accordance with workplace procedures
       
Element: Aggregate information from WHS/OHS records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures, in accordance with workplace procedures
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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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.

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
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 
 
 
Organisational procedures for consultation on WHS/OHS issues are implemented and monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures 
 
 
Existing and potential hazards in the workplace are identified and reported, in accordance with workplace procedures 
 
Risk controls are implemented, and adherence to them is monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures 
 
 
 
Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented, as required, to ensure prompt control action is taken 
 
 
WHS/OHS training needs for personnel are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures 
 
WHS/OHS records are completed, in accordance with workplace procedures 
 

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