Establish and maintain a work health and safety system

Formats and tools

Unit Description
Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
Assessment Tool
an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
Assessment Template
generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
Assessment Matrix
a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
Wiki Markup
mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
Evidence Guide
create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
Observation Checklist
create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)

Self Assessment Survey
A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
Moodle Outcomes
Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
Registered Training Organisations
Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver SITXWHS601, 'Establish and maintain a work health and safety system'.
Google Links
links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
Books
Reference books for 'Establish and maintain a work health and safety system' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)


Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide.

1. Establish and maintain a framework for health, safety and security.

1.1 Access and interpret key legislative documents to ensure that work health and safety systems comply with regulatory requirements, standards and codes.

1.2 Design a work health and safety management system to suit the characteristics and needs of the organisation, in consultation with appropriate personnel.

1.3 Identify and provide adequate financial, human and specialist external resources to address work health and safety management practices.

1.4 Develop and clearly articulate work health and safety policies and procedures in a format readily accessible to all personnel.

1.5 Define and allocate health, safety and security responsibilities within relevant job descriptions.

1.6 Consult with key personnel, and develop and implement a plan for all work health and safety training requirements.

1.7 Establish and monitor a system for keeping work health and safety records.

1.8 Establish and maintain systems to ensure communication of work health and safety information to personnel.

2. Establish and maintain consultative arrangements for the management of health, safety and security.

2.1 Establish and maintain appropriate consultative processes to suit the characteristics and needs of the organisation.

2.2 Plan for and ensure that consultation is conducted at times designated by legislation.

2.3 Resolve issues raised through consultation.

2.4 Provide employees with accessible information on the outcomes of consultation.

3. Establish and maintain practices for identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks.

3.1 Develop or access hazard identification and risk assessment template documents that incorporate assessment criteria for assessing risks.

3.2 Plan for and ensure systematic hazard identification at times designated by legislation.

3.3 Develop procedures for the ongoing identification of types of hazards designated by legislation.

3.4 Develop procedures for the assessment and control of risks associated with identified hazards.

3.5 Nominate the roles and responsibilities of personnel for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control within procedures.

3.6 Take a lead role in controlling risks, including implementing interim or emergency solutions.

3.7 Manage the response to any incident or accident and follow legislative requirements for notifying and cooperating with work health and safety government regulators.

4. Evaluate organisational health, safety and security system.

4.1 Assess and maintain ongoing compliance with OHS or WHS legislation and regulatory requirements, standards and codes.

4.2 Consult with a range of personnel to elicit feedback on work health and safety policies, procedures and practices.

4.3 Assess the effectiveness of work health and safety management practices, develop, implement, document and communicate improvements and changes to the work health and safety system.