Course Title: Maintain work health and safety
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C4363 Certificate IV in Community Services
Course Title: Maintain work health and safety
Portfolio: Vocational Education
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.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OHTH5918C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2016, Term1 2017, Term1 2018, Term1 2019 |
OHTH5918C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2020, Term1 2021, Term2 2021 |
OHTH5918C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
535T Social Care and Health |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2022, Term2 2022, Term1 2023 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OHTH5918C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
VE 2019 (VCOS) |
Course Contact: Melinda Brown
Course Contact Phone: 9925 4580
Course Contact Email: Melinda.Brown@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and work practices as part of a small work team.
This course applies to workers who have a key role in maintaining WHS in an organisation, including duty of care for other workers.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTWHS003 Maintain work health and safety |
Elements: |
1. Contribute to workplace procedures for identifying hazards and controlling risks 2. Implement policies and procedures into work team processes 3. Support consultation, cooperation and communication |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Task 1 - Perform a workplace risk assessment
Assessment Task 2 - Presentation Information session Workplace Health and Safety
Assessment Task 3 - Incident report
Assessment Task 4 - Emergency evacuation
Assessment Task 5 - Short Answer Questions
You will be given two (2) attempts for each assessment to demonstrate the required knowledge and skills. A third (3rd) attempt can only be offered after discussions between teacher and the Program Coordinator and is not automatic. Resubmissions beyond two (2) attempts are at the discretion of the teacher and/or coordinator.