Course Title: Establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation's occupational health and safety system

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6096 Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical)

Course Title: Establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation's occupational health and safety system

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: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

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

Course Description

This unit is part of Advanced Diploma training pathways. It covers the competencies required to establish, maintain and evaluate an organisation’s occupational health and safety (OH&S) system in order to ensure that the workplace is, so far as is practicable, safe and without risks to the health of employees. The unit is based on the National Guidelines for integrating OH&S competencies into national industry competency standards (NOHSC: 7025, 1998).

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

MEA134A Establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation's occupational health and safety system

Elements:

1. Establish and maintain the framework for the occupational health and safety system. 2. Establish and maintain participative arrangements for the management of occupational health and safety. 3. Establish and maintain procedures for identifying hazards. 4. Establish and maintain procedures for assessing risks. 5. Establish and maintain procedures for controlling risks. 6. Establish and maintain organisational procedures for dealing with hazardous events. 7. Establish and maintain an occupational health and safety training program. 8. Establish and maintain a system for occupational health and safety records. 9. Evaluate the organisation's occupational health and safety system and related policies, procedures and programs.

Learning Outcomes

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.