Course Title: Apply occupational health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenance

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4335 Certificate IV in Aircraft Life Support and Furnishing

Course Title: Apply occupational health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenance

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 40

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.

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Course Contact: Ross McDermott

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99258918

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency is part of all training pathways at Diploma level, and at Certificate IV level where the training pathway leads to the responsibility for maintenance supervision. It covers the competencies required to implement and monitor the organisation’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs in aviation maintenance work areas to achieve and maintain occupational health and safety (OHS) standards. The unit is based on the National Guidelines for integrating OHS competencies into national industry competency standards (NOHSC: 7025, 1998) and applies to the supervision of all aviation maintenance activities.
A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to apply OHS Acts, regulations, codes of practice and enterprise OHS procedures during the supervision of aviation maintenance activities.
 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

NIL



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

MEA116B Apply occupational health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenance

Elements:

1. Provide information to the work group about OHS and the organisation's OHS policies, procedures and programs
 

2. Implement and monitor participative arrangements for the management of OHS

3. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks

4. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for dealing with hazardous events

5. Implement the organisation's procedures for dealing with hazardous events

6. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for providing OHS training

7. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for maintaining OHS records


Learning Outcomes

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Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including:
• Practical demonstration of skills application and underpinning theory questioning
• Observations of practical tasks
• 3rd Party Reports by ADF experts and assessors