Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain workplace health and safety processes in an organisation.
This unit applies to individuals working in team leader or supervisory roles who have responsibility for others’ work, and where risk needs to be managed.
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.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Provide information to the work group | 1.1 Explain relevant requirements of workplace health and safety legislation, standards, codes of practice/compliance codes, guidance materials and safe working procedures to the work group clearly and accurately 1.2 Provide clear information on organisation policies and procedures to the work group in a readily accessible and understandable format 1.3 Explain the roles and responsibilities of health and safety representatives and workplace health and safety committees, supervisors and managers 1.4 Provide information on hazards, including signs of common animal and zoonotic diseases, the outcomes of risk assessments and required risk controls to the work group in an accessible and understandable format |
2. Ensure others are able to implement safe work practices | 2.1 Ensure the availability and functionality of appropriate personal protective equipment 2.2 Implement processes to confirm that others in the work group can identify hazards, assess risks, assess required risk controls, follow safe work practices and observe organisation policies and procedures 2.3 Identify workplace health and safety training needs and either address them or report them to relevant personnel |
3. Implement work health and safety participative processes | 3.1 Consult with and provide advice to the work group in relation to workplace health and safety matters relevant to their work 3.2 Deal with workplace health and safety issues promptly or refer to appropriate personnel 3.3 Record and communicate the outcomes of consultation regarding workplace health and safety to the work group |
4. Monitor compliance with work procedures | 4.1 Check work procedures for availability, clarity and completeness, addressing any deficiencies or reporting them to appropriate personnel 4.2 Identify and address any deviations from procedures or report them to appropriate personnel 4.3 Evaluate hazard identification and reporting processes for effectiveness, and address any deficiencies or report them to appropriate personnel 4.4 Monitor workplace health and safety housekeeping and hygiene practices to ensure the maintenance of workplace standards, and take action to address any deficiencies 4.5 Ensure own behaviour is consistent with organisation safe working procedures and practices |
5. Implement hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control procedures | 5.1 Identify, assess, eliminate and report hazards with residual risk 5.2 Conduct risk assessments according to workplace processes 5.3 Develop control measures, taking account of the hierarchy of risk control 5.4 Implement outcomes of risk assessments and support identified risk controls 5.5 Identify deficiencies in workplace health and safety risk controls and address them or report them 5.6 Identify personal professional limitations and seek expert advice as required |
6. Implement organisation procedures for maintaining work health and safety records | 6.1 Obtain feedback to ensure that the work group is aware of organisation reporting requirements 6.2 Review workplace health and safety records to confirm their accurate, thorough and timely completion 6.3 Use aggregate information and data from records to identify hazards and monitor risk controls |
7. Implement emergency procedures | 7.1 Obtain feedback to ensure that emergency procedures are available and known by the work group 7.2 Implement processes to ensure availability of emergency equipment and to ensure routine checking of equipment for functionality 7.3 Implement processes to ensure the ability of others in the work group to respond appropriately to emergencies 7.4 Conduct or contribute to investigations, to identify cause of emergencies 7.5 Identify, and implement or support, control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risk of emergencies |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
Skill | Description |
Reading | Interpret workplace health and safety legislation and organisational documents |
Writing | Prepare and maintains records using appropriate structure and vocabulary Record workplace health and safety issues and actions taken, according to reporting requirements |
Oral communication | Use open questions and active listening techniques when seeking feedback from others |
Navigate the world of work | Take responsibility for following explicit and implicit workplace health and safety policies, procedures and legislative requirements relevant to role |
Sectors
Work Health and Safety (WHS)