Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with managing the work health and safety (WHS) implications of using contractors. It involves identifying contractor duties, establishing organisational WHS compliance requirements associated with those duties, establishing and communicating the requirements expected of contractors, monitoring contractor compliance with WHS requirements, and implementing required responses to identified non-compliance.
The unit applies to those who work in a broad range of WHS roles across all industries in organisations that use contractors to supply services, including labour hire and temporary workers, cleaning, catering, security, maintenance, repairs, installations and alterations, and major contracts and projects, as relevant to the organisation. This includes casual and volunteer workers. It does not cover visitors, or outworkers or suppliers of goods, materials or products to workplaces.
NOTES
1. 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.
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. Prepare for contractor WHS induction | 1.1 Identify services to be supplied by contractor, their proposed work arrangements and places of work 1.2 Identify and review organisational documentation and WHS legislative requirements applicable to contractor 1.3 Identify and review, within scope of own role, contractor-specific WHS compliance requirements |
2. Assist with contractor WHS induction process | 2.1 Provide contractor with access to relevant WHS documentation 2.2 Assist with WHS induction briefing specific to contractor according to organisational WHS policies and procedures 2.3 Document completed contractor WHS induction process |
3. Assist with monitoring contractor WHS compliance requirements | 3.1 Review required documentation as it applies to assessing contractor WHS compliance against agreed key performance indicators 3.2 Participate in workplace inspections to assess contractor compliance with WHS requirements 3.3 Document contractor non-compliance relating to WHS practices, policies and procedures 3.4 Assist with investigating contractor non-compliance, and in making necessary adjustments to WHS contractor compliance requirements |
4. Assist with addressing contractor WHS non-compliance | 4.1 Assist with reporting identified contractor WHS non-compliance according to organisational policies and procedures 4.2 Consult with contractor and required personnel to assist with addressing areas of contractor WHS non-compliance 4.3 Escalate contractor WHS non-compliance that is outside own role according to organisational policies and procedures |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria.
Skill | Description |
Reading | Interprets and analyses legal and organisational texts relevant to contractor WHS requirements |
Writing | Uses structure, layout and language suitable for audience when preparing documentation and other communications |
Oral communication | Uses suitable language when presenting information, offering opinions and providing advice about WHS contractor arrangements |
Navigate the world of work | Adheres to WHS legal and regulatory responsibilities, and organisational policies and procedures Keeps up to date on changes to WHS laws, and related organisational policies and procedures relevant to own role |
Interact with others | Cooperates with others as part of contractor WHS arrangement processes, and contributes to specific activities requiring joint responsibility and accountability Identifies what, with whom and how to communicate in the context of assisting with managing contractor WHS compliance |
Get the work done | Determines priorities and sequences the steps for clearly defined tasks, and identifies and assembles the resources required within scope of own role Uses decision-making processes: sets and clarifies goals, gathers information, and identifies and evaluates choices against a set of criteria |
Sectors
Regulation, Licensing and Risk – Work Health and Safety