Course Title: Maintain workplace safety

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2018

Course Code: OHTH5867C

Course Title: Maintain workplace safety

School: 650T Vocational Business Education

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6141 - Advanced Diploma of Legal Practice

Course Contact: Robert Sheen

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5759

Course Contact Email: robert.sheen@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Teacher: Inna Kazakevich

email: inna.kazakevich@rmit.edu.au

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor the organisation’s work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs as part of a small work team.

This unit applies to workers who have a key role in maintaining workplace safety in an organisation. In their role they closely monitor aspects of work associated with the safe delivery of products and services, and they have an important responsibility in influencing ongoing safety in the workplace. At this level, work will normally be carried out within known routines, methods and procedures but may also involve a number of complex or non-routine activities that require some discretion and judgement.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

BSBWHS301A Maintain workplace safety

Element:

1. Assist with incorporating WHS policies and procedures into work team processes

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Provide advice on hazards in the work area according to organisational policies and procedures, and WHS legal requirements

4.2 Support the implementation of procedures to control risks using the hierarchy of control and according to organisational procedures and WHS legal requirements

4.3 Identify and report inadequacies in existing risk control measures according to organisational procedures, the hierarchy of control and WHS legal requirements

4.4 Accurately complete and maintain WHS incident records in the work area according to organisational procedures and WHS legislative requirements

Element:

2. Support participative arrangements for managing WHS

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Use WHS legislation as the basis for meeting the health and safety requirements of a small work team

1.2 Assist in providing and clearly explaining information to the work team about the organisation's WHS policies, procedures, programs and legislative requirements, including the legal duties, powers, rights, obligations and responsibilities of individuals and parties inside and outside the workplace

1.3 Assist in regularly providing and clearly explaining information to the work team about identifying hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment

Element:

3. Support the organisation’s procedures for providing WHS training

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Provide advice on WHS training needs of individuals and the work team

3.2 Provide advice on strategies and opportunities for developing work team's WHS competence

3.3 Provide coaching and mentoring assistance to work team members to support the effective development of individual and team WHS competence

Element:

4. Participate in identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks for the work area

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Implement and monitor organisational consultative procedures to facilitate participation of the work team in managing work area hazards

2.2 Promptly deal with issues raised through consultation according to organisational procedures for issue resolution

2.3 Encourage and assist work team members to contribute to managing WHS

2.4 Engage with individuals and work teams to identify and implement improvements in managing WHS feedback


Learning Outcomes



 


Details of Learning Activities

This course is delivered in a face-to-face classroom mode, but draws heavily on the use of electronic (online) resources via our learning management platform (Canvas).

An induction into the use of our learning management system will be done in class, and time will be set aside in each class for a combination of learning content delivery plus a range of self-paced learning activities. The self-paced activities will be delivered through various technology platforms and may include contributions to wikis and discussion threads, reflective journals, quizzes and interactive sessions.

We expect you to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities.


Teaching Schedule

Induction Session

Prior to training commencement a program level induction session will be conducted that comprises the following:

  • Program overview and requirements
  • MyRMIT/Canvas
  • Overview of assessment requirements
  • Pre-Training Review including:
    • Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfers
    • Assessment of current skills and knowledge
  • Competency/Grading Criteria
  • Plagiarism
  • Appeals
  • Extensions
  • Feedback
  • Privacy
  • Submission requirements
  • Resubmission policy
  • Where to get support
  • Student responsibilities 

 The Teaching Schedule for this course is as  follows. (Please note that this schedule is subject to change)

Course Schedule: Design and produce business Documents   Semester 2: 2018 

Week

Topic

Readings and Activities

Assessment

Elements and Performance Criteria

Week 1

2 July

Introduction to the course including:

Course requirements and support documents/resources

Course Blackboard access

Accuracy of enrolment

Assessment requirements/Cover Sheets

Reminder re Plagiarism/Appeals

Extensions/Resubmissions

Feedback in this course

getting help

 

Design and produce business documents

Topic 1 - Select appropriate technology and software for design & production of bus docs
Topic 2 - Managing files and records according to organisational requirements

Design and produce business documents

Read:

 

Canvas - Topic 1, Topic 2 & Topic 3

 

Tilde Ch. 1 Selecting & Using Software

Tilde Ch. 2 Styling standard bus docs Designing business documents, Normal template, layout, fonts, design

 

Complete:

Canvas activities from Topic 1, 2 & 3 

 

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

2.1

WHS

Topic 1 – Introduction

Read: Canvas – Week 1

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 1

 

 

Week 2

9 July


Design and produce business documents  

Topic 3 – Business Documents

Topic 4 – Introduction to MS Word 

Topic 5 – Create and format business letter

Read: Canvas - Topic 3, Topic 4 & Topic 5 

 Complete: Complete Canvas activities from Topics 4 & 5

 

1.1-1.4

2.1 – 2.4

4.1

4.3

WHS

Topic 2 – WHS Legislation

Topic 3 – Provide WHS Information to Work Teams

Read: Canvas – Week 2 & Week 3

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 2, Week 3

 

 

1.1

1.2

Week 3

16 July

Design and produce business documents

Topic 5 – Create and format document (continue)

Tilde Ch. 3 Basic business letters

Assessment Task - Quiz

Read: Canvas - Topic 5

Complete: Canvas activities from Topics 5

Tilde Ch. 3 Basic business letters

Book: read pages 19 - 24

Complete Business tasks 4 

 

Assessment Task – Business Docs Quiz –

Due 20/07/2018

1.1-1.4

2.1-2.4

4.1

4.3

WHS

Topic 4 – Identifying Hazards

 

Read: Canvas – Week 4

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 4

 

1.3

Week 4

23 July

 

Design and produce business documents

Topic 6 – Tables and Templates

Working on Assessment - Activity 1

Read: Canvas - Topic 6

Complete: Complete Canvas activities from Topics 6

Tilde Ch. 4 Document design: tables

Tilde Ch. 5 Ensuring consistency: templates 

 

Book: Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 25 – 41

Complete Business tasks 5,6,7,8

Assessment – Bus Docs Practical Task 1

Due date: 30/07/2018

1.1-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

WHS

Working on Assessment - WHS Activity 1

 

 

Assessment – WHS Activity 1

Due 30/07/2018

1.1-1.3

Week 5

30 July

Design and produce business documents

 

Topic 7 – Create Business report
Topic 8 – Section Break, Different Headers and Quick parts

Tilde Ch. 6 Ensuring consistency: styles

 

Read: Canvas - Topic 7 & Topic 8

Complete: Complete Canvas activities from Topics 7 and Topic 8

Tilde Ch. 6 Ensuring consistency: styles 

Read pages 42 – 49

Complete Business tasks 9-11

 

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

 

WHS

Topic 5 – Participative arrangements Consultations 

 

Read: Canvas – Week 5

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 5

 

2.1

2.2

Week 6

6 August

Design and produce business

 

Topic 7 – Create Business report
Topic 8 – Section Break, Different Headers and Quick parts

Tilde Ch. 6 Ensuring consistency: Table of contents, index.

Read: Canvas - Topic 7 & Topic 8

Complete Canvas activities from Topics 7 and Topic 8

Tilde Ch. 6 Ensuring consistency: styles 

Book: Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 50 – 59

Complete Business tasks 12-15  

 

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4 

WHS

Topic 6 – Participative arrangements – Employee engagement

 

Read: Canvas – Week 6

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 6

 

2.3

2.4

Week 7

13 Aug

Design and produce business documents

 

Topic 9 - Ms Excel

Tilde Ch. 7 Analysing Data for reports

Absolute cell references

Read: Canvas - Topic 9

Complete: Complete Canvas activities from Topic 9 

Book:

Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 60-67

Complete Business tasks 16, 17

 

 

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

WHS

Topic 7 – WHS Training

 

Canvas – Week 7

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 7

 

3.1- 3.3

Week 8

20 Aug

Design and produce business documents

Topic 9 – Ms Excel

Tilde Ch. 7 Analysing Data for reports (chart)

 

 

 

Read: Canvas - Topic 9

Complete: Complete Canvas activities from Topic 9 

Book:

Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 68-72

Complete Business task 18

 

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

 

WHS

Working on Assessment - WHS Activity 2

 

Canvas materials, internet research

Assessment – WHS Activity 2

Due 27/08/2018

2.1-3.3

RMIT VE Mid Semester Break 27 - 31 August inclusive

Week 9

3 September

Design and produce business documents

 

Topic 12 – Sharing Data

Read: 

Tilde Ch. 10: Sharing Data

Complete: 

Book: Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 101-104

Complete Business tasks 26

Assessment – Business Docs Practical Task 2 – Business report

Due date: 10/09/2018

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

 

WHS

Topic 8 – Participate in identifying hazards 

 

Read: Canvas – Week 8

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 8

 

4.1

Week 10

10 Sept

Design and produce business documents

 

Topic 11– Mail Merge

Topic 12 – Sharing Data

Read: Canvas - Topic 10, Topic 12 

Complete: Canvas activities from Topic 10

Tilde Ch. 9: Merging Data

Book: Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 93 – 100

Complete Business tasks 23-25

 

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4 

WHS

Topic 9 – Risk Assessment

Topic 10 – Hazards Control 

 

Canvas – Week 9 & Week 10

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 9 Week 10

 

4.2

4.3

Week 11

17 Sept

 

Design and produce business documents

 

Topic 13– Power Point 

 

Read: Canvas - Topic 11

Complete Canvas activities from Topic 11

Tilde Ch. 11: Presenting Report 

Book: Read materials and complete all exercises, pages 107 – 118

Complete Business tasks 28-31

 

1.1-1.4

2.1-2.4

 

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4 

WHS

Topic 11 – Maintain WHS Records

Working on Assessment Task - Report 

Canvas – Week 11

Complete: Canvas activities from Week 11

 

4.4

Week 12

24 Sept

Design and produce business documents

WHS 

Working on Portfolio assessment task

 

 

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

Week 13

1 October

Design and produce business documents

WHS 

Working on Portfolio assessment task

 

 

 1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4

Week 14

8 Oct

Design and produce business documents

WHS 

Working on Portfolio assessment task

 

Assessment task – Portfolio (including WHS Report) – due 15/10/2018

1.2-1.4

2.1-2.4

3.1-3.4

4.1-4.4 

Week 15

15 Oct

Resubmissions

 

 

 

Week 16

22 Oct

Resubmissions and Feedback

 

 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

In order to achieve competency in this unit, you must provide evidence of:

* implementing organisational management systems and WHS procedures in own work area
* understanding of and meeting WHS legal and organisational requirements as they apply to own work area and job role
* knowledge of procedures for identifying hazards in the work area
* knowledge of procedures for assessing and controlling risks to health and safety associated with those hazards according to organisational WHS procedures.

Context for assessment
 
Assessment must ensure access to:

* safety processes relevant to the area of work
* relevant information and documentation on compliance requirements, such as:
     * organisational policies and procedures, standard operating procedures and plans
     * relevant Acts, regulations, codes of practice, licensing requirements and standards
* relevant internal and external information
* appropriate office equipment and resources used in the identification and rectification of WHS compliance breaches.

You are advised that you are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate your assessment work to your teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.

Feedback

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions. You are encouraged to ask and answer questions during class time and online sessions so that you can obtain feedback on your understanding of the concepts and issues being discussed.

You should take note of all feedback received and use this information to improve your learning effectiveness and final performance in the course.   Finally, you can email or arrange an appointment with your teacher to gain more feedback on your progress.


Assessment Tasks

This competency is clustered with BSBITU306A Design and Produce Business Documents.

The assessments for this course have been designed to allow participants to apply their learning to particular simulated work scenarios and demonstrate their competence in a variety of ways.

WHS Activity 1 

The assessment task consists of 2 activities  with a series of questions, scenarios and case studies which focus on WHS Legislation, organisational policies and procedures relating to WHS,  workplace procedures and work instructions for identifying and reporting hazards.

WHS Activity 2 

The assessment task consists of 2 activities  with a series of questions, scenarios and case studies which focus on support participative arrangements and WHS training.

 

Workplace Report ( part of the Business Documents Portfolio Assessment)

For this assessment task you are required to investigate work health and safety risk/hazard assessment within a business.

You must satisfactorily complete all assessment tasks in order to achieve competency.


Assessment Matrix

The assessment matrix that maps all the assessment is available on CANVAS 

Other Information

Submission Requirements

 

You should:

 

  • Ensure that you submit assessments on or before the due date. 
  • Always retain a copy of your assessment tasks. (hard copy and soft copy)
  • When you submit work for assessment at RMIT University you need to use the Assessment task document that includes a declaration and statement of authorship.
  • Each page of your assessment should include footer with your name, student number, the title of the assessment, unit code and title and page numbers.

Late Submission Procedures

You are required to submit assessment items and/or ensure performance based assessment is completed by the due dates.

If you are prevented from submitting an assessment item on time, by circumstances outside your control, you may apply in advance to your teacher for an extension to the due date of up to seven calendar days.

More Information:  https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/extensions-of-time-for-submission-of-assessable-work

Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for Special Consideration.  Applications for special consideration must be submitted no later than two working days after the assessment task deadline or scheduled examination.

More Information: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/special-consideration

Resubmissions (VET Programs):

If you are found to be unsuccessful in a particular Course Assessment Task (or you do not submit/attend) you will be allowed one resubmission.  Your teacher will provide feedback regarding what you need to do to improve and will set a new deadline for the resubmission. 

If you are still not meeting the assessment requirements you must apply to your Program Manager in writing outlining the steps you will take to demonstrate competence in your course. Your submission will be considered by the Program Team and you will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible.

Grading & re-submissions

Successful re-submissions will contribute a CAG only (Competency Achieved Grading) result to your overall grade for the course.

Adjustments to Assessment

In certain circumstances students may be eligible for an assessment adjustment. For more information about the circumstances under which the assessment arrangements might be granted please access the following website:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/adjustments-to-assessment

 

Marking Guide (Competency):

 

You must demonstrate that you have all the required skills/knowledge/elements in the unit of competency you are studying.

 

You will receive feedback on each assessment task that will inform you about your progress and how well you are performing.

 

Marking Guide (No Grading)

This course is not graded.

The reported Final Grade will be one of the following:

 CA

 Competency Achieved

 NYC

 Not Yet Competent (all assessment tasks submitted)

 DNS

 Did Not Submit (one or more assessment tasks not submitted)

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