Upon successful completion of this unit, you will:
- identify, interpret and apply information from a range of sources to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of a systematic approach to work health and safety (WHS) risk management
- apply WHS Acts, regulations codes of practice and standards, including the Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks
- identify duty holders
- explain the differences between a hazard and a risk and identify hazards and risks in the organisation
- prepare an action plan to implement a systematic approach to WHS risk management
- prepare positive performance indicators for evaluation of a systematic approach to WHS risk management
- consult effectively with relevant stakeholders
Demonstrate knowledge of:
- formal and informal communication and consultation processes, and key personnel related to communication, including duty holders
- how the characteristics and composition of the workforce impact on WHS risk and the management of WHS with reference to:
- communication skills
- cultural background/diversity
- gender
- labour market changes
- language, literacy and numeracy
- structure and organisation of the workforce, for example part time, casual and contract workers, shift rosters, geographical location
- workers with specific needs and limitations
- workplace culture towards alcohol and other drug use
- internal and external sources of WHS information and data, and explain how to access these sources
- the limitations of generic hazard identification and risk assessment checklists, and risk ranking processes
- the nature of workplace processes including work flow, planning and control and hazards relevant to the workplace
- organisational behaviour and culture as it impacts on WHS, change and the work team
- the key features of organisational WHS policies, procedures, processes and systems
- other functional areas in the organisation that impact on the management of WHS
- the key features of relevant commonwealth and state/territory WHS Acts, regulations, codes of practice, standards and guidance material
- the key principles and/or practices of:
- a systematic approach to managing WHS
- duty of care including concepts of causation, foreseeability and prevention
- incident causation and injury processes
- risk analysis and assessment techniques and tools, and their application and limitations
- risk, as the effect of uncertainty, on objectives
- the duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings (PCBUs) in regard to risk management under WHS legislation
- the sources of occupational disease and their prevention
- standard industry controls for hazards
- techniques, tools and processes for identifying and controlling health and safety hazards and risks including :
- hazard and risk checklists
- hazard hunts
- job safety analysis
- manifests and registers including dangerous goods, hazardous chemicals and plant
- safe work method statements
- surveys using questionnaires, interviews and other survey techniques
- workplace inspections and walk throughs
- the key features of the toxicology of hazardous chemicals and potential health effects in the workplace
