Upon successful completion of this unit, you will:
- developing, implementing, reviewing and improving a Work Health and Safety management system (WHSMS) for an organisation
- developing work health and safety (WHS) policy and gaining commitment to the WHSMS
- consultation and communications processes
- developing and implementing a WHS plan
- measuring and evaluating WHS performance
Demonstrate knowledge of:
- the key elements of a WHSMS
- barriers to WHSMS implementation and strategies to remove them
- the benefits to an organisation of having return-to-work and injury management integrated into the WHSMS
- essential content of a WHS improvement action plan
- legislative requirements for WHS information and data, and consultation
- the nature of information and data that provide valid and reliable measures of performance of WHS management processes
- relevant Commonwealth and state or territory WHS Acts, regulations, codes of practice, standards and guidance material, and other relevant publications
- a range of commonly used WHSMS and the associated WHSMS certification standards
- requirements for recordkeeping that address WHS, privacy and other relevant legislation
- the roles and responsibilities of individuals and parties under WHS legislation
- WHS positive performance indicators
