Course Title: Work safely in the construction industry

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5349 Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services

Course Title: Work safely in the construction industry

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 6

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.

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities. 

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Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus 

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance. 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
OHTH5849C	City Campus	TAFE	345T Media and Communication	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2017, Term1 2018, Term1 2019
OHTH5849C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2020

Course Contact: John Phillips

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4913

Course Contact Email: john.phillips@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

Working safely is fundamental across all industries.

Sets and staging for some productions, performances or events may fall within the definition of construction work.

This course has been selected as a compulsory unit by the live production industry to provide you with the basic Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) knowledge which you will require to undertake a range of work tasks within this employment field.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CPCCOHS1001A Work safely in the construction industry
Elements:	1. Identify OHS legislative requirements. 2. Identify construction hazards and control measures. 3. Identify OHS communication and reporting processes. 4. Identify OHS incident response procedures.

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.

You will also be aware of:

• applicable OHS legislative and safety requirements for construction work including duty of care
• the range of common construction hazards and procedures for the assessment of risk and application of the hierarchy of control
• OHS communication processes, information and documentation including the role of OHS committees and representatives, the meaning of common safety signs and symbols, and procedures for reporting hazards, incidents and injuries
• general procedures for responding to incidents and emergencies including evacuation, first aid, fire safety equipment and PPE.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course will involve demonstration of practical tasks and testing of your knowledge.