Course Title: Apply Occupational Health and Safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: OHTH5729C
Course Title: Apply Occupational Health and Safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C3312 - Certificate III in Plumbing
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Program Manager - Warren James
Tel: +61 3 9925 4632
Email: warren.james@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 20
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Nil
Course Description
This unit specifies the mandatory requirements of occupational health and safety and how they apply to the various electrotechnology work functions. It encompasses responsibilities for health and safety, risk management processes at all operative levels and adherence to safety practices as part of the normal way of doing work.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEE101A Apply Occupational Health and Safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace |
Element: |
1. Prepare to enter a work area |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Work area access permits are obtained from appropriate personnel according to established procedures |
Element: |
2. Apply safe working practices |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Safe work methods for controlling risk are followed accurately. |
Element: |
3. Follow workplace procedures for hazard identification and risk control |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Hazards are identified and control measures implemented and monitored through active participation in the consultation process with employer and other employees. |
Learning Outcomes
Refer to Elements
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities include in class workbook activities and researching industry practices and standards. This may include online learning activities. Students are expected to undertake design, size and documentation to relevant industry standards to include sustainability and WHS principles.
Teaching Schedule
Week beginning/Session | Topic | Learning Activities/Resources | Elements/ Performance criteria | Assessments |
Session 1 | Apply Occupational Health and Safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace |
Workbook worksheet
|
1.3 1.1/3.4 |
|
Session 1 con’t | Apply Occupational Health and Safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace |
SWMS WHS requirements |
1.3
1.1/3.4 |
Underpinning questions
|
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Learning activities include in class workbook activities and researching industry practices and standards. This may include online learning activities. Students are expected to undertake design, size and documentation to relevant industry standards to include sustainability and WHS principles. |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.
Assessment Tasks
Students are required to complete two different types of assessment tasks
1. Workbook activities as evidence of classroom participation ( 60% weighing)
2. SWMS & Underpinning questions ( 40% weighing)
To successfully complete this unit, a student needs to be deemed competent (CA grade) in all three assessment tasks.
Grading Criteria:
NYC - Not yet competent
CA - Competence Achieved
DNS - Did not submit assessment
Assessment Matrix
Assessment Task | Element/ PC | Percentage Weighting |
Workbook Activities | 1.3
1.1/3.4 |
60% |
SWMS & Underpinning questions | 1.3
1.1/3.4 |
40% |
Other Information
Academic Misconduct
Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course.
Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarized by another student.
Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material. It is strongly recommended that students refer to the Guidelines for Students at the RMIT University Homepage
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