Course Title: Follow health, safety and security procedures

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2007

Course Code: OHTH5323C

Course Title: Follow health, safety and security procedures

School: 345T Creative Media

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4112 - Certificate IV in Screen

Course Contact : Adam Lovell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4976

Course Contact Email:adam.lovell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 15

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

In this course, students will learn the skills and knowledge required to maintain safe working practices in a range of industry contexts.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUFSAF01B Follow health and safety and security issues

Element:

Deal with emergency situations

Performance Criteria:

· Recognise emergency and potential emergency situations and determine and take required action within scope of individual responsibility
· Follow emergency procedures in accordance with organisational procedures
· Seek assistance from colleagues and/or other authorities where appropriate
· Report details of emergency situations accurately as required in accordance with organisational policy

Element:

Follow workplace procedures on health, safety and security

Performance Criteria:

· Comply with health, safety and security procedures in accordance with organisational policy, relevant legislation, insurance requirements and safety plan where appropriate
· Identify and report breaches of health, safety and security procedures promptly
· Work safely and ensure that all work activities are undertaken in a safe manner and do not present a hazard to fellow workers or the public

Element:

Maintain personal safety standards

Performance Criteria:

· Use appropriate safety clothing, footwear and personal protection equipment
· Undertake measures to prevent injury or impairment related to workplace activities and control workplace hazards
· Carry out all manual handling in accordance with legal requirements, enterprise policies and national health and safety guidelines
· Assist in maintaining workplace in a safe condition

Element:

Provide feedback on health, safety and security

Performance Criteria:

· Identify occupational health and safety issues requiring attention
· Raise occupational health and safety issues with the designated person in accordance with organisation and legislative requirements

Learning Outcomes


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Details of Learning Activities

In addition to formal lectures, students  will have the chance to critique the hazards of previous students’ productions; to join a tutorial about five major hazard categories, and prepare a portfolio of OH and S documents.


Teaching Schedule

Week  1 -   orientation.

Week 2 - OH and S legal framework: acts, regulations, and codes of practice; definition of hazards and risks.

Week 3 - Role of OH and S safety advisers, and safety officers; categories of hazard, case study: manual handling, electricity.

Week 4 - documents in OH and  S, including induction, safety plan, incident reports. Case studies: noise.

Week 5 - Categories of controls: engineering, administrative (procedural), PPE> Hierarchy of controls.

Week 6 - Case studies: aviation, and underwater hazards. Hazards to eyes. Review of course.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

References will be supplied in class.


Overview of Assessment

A report listing two hazard/risk situations from past films and videos.


Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1 - Worth 20%. Due week 2. Report on fire hazard in designated RMIT floor (location)

Assessment 2 - Worth 30%. Due week 4. Portfolio of 3+ documents of OH and S from a chosen organisation,

Assessment 3 - Case study from private research. Worth 50%. Your writing (not down loaded). Details of a past real accident  of location - stage or TV or film. Please add a sentence on lessons learned from the accident you report.


Assessment Matrix

Not applicable

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