Course Title: Implement workplace health, safety and security procedures

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2007

Course Code: OHTH5204C

Course ID: 032713

Course Title: Implement workplace health, safety and security procedures

School: 345T Creative Media

Program Code: C5134 - Diploma of Screen

Course Contact : Adam Lovell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4976

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


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Nominal Hours: 10

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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

In this unit students will learn the skills and knowledge required to provide information about occupational health and safety policies, practices, and hazard and risk control.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUEOHS1A Implement workplace health, safety and security procedures

Element:

Implement and monitor the organisation’s procedure for maintaining occupational health and safety records

Performance Criteria:

·  Occupational health and safety records for work area are accurately and legibly completed in accordance with workplace requirements for occupational health and safety records and legal requirements for the maintenance of records of occupational injury and disease
·  Aggregate information from the area's occupational health and safety records is used to identify hazards and monitor risk control procedures within work area according to organisational procedures and within scope of responsibilities and competencies·  Existing and potential hazards in the work area are identified and reported so that risk assessment and risk control procedures can be applied

Element:

Implement and monitor the organisation’s procedures for controlling risks

Performance Criteria:

·  Work procedures to control risks are implemented and adherence to them by the work group is monitored in accordance with workplace procedures
·  Existing risk control measures are monitored and results reported regularly in accordance with workplace procedures
·  Inadequacies in existing risk control measures are identified in accordance with the hierarchy of control and reported to designated personnel
·  Inadequacies in resource allocation for implementation of risk control measures are identified and reported to designated personnel

Element:

Implement and monitor participative arrangements for the management of occupational health and safety

Performance Criteria:

·  Organisational procedures for consultation over occupational health and safety issues are implemented and monitored to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute
·  Issues raised through consultation are dealt with and resolved promptly or referred to the appropriate personnel for resolution in accordance with workplace procedures for issue resolution
·  The outcomes of consultation over occupational health and safety issues are made known to the work group promptly

Element:

Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks

Performance Criteria:

·  Existing and potential hazards in the work area are identified and reported so that risk assessment and risk control procedures can be applied

Element:

Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for providing occupational health and safety training

Performance Criteria:

·  Occupational health and safety training needs are identified accurately, specifying gaps between occupational health and safety competencies required and those held by work group members
·  Arrangements are made for fulfilling identified occupational health and safety training needs in both on and off-the-job training programs in consultation with relevant parties

Element:

Implement the organisation's procedures for dealing with hazardous events

Performance Criteria:

·  Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented whenever necessary to ensure that prompt control action is taken
·  Hazardous events are investigated to identify their cause in accordance with investigation procedures

Element:

Provide information to the work group about occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs

Performance Criteria:

·  Relevant provision of occupational health and safety legislation and codes of practice is accurately and clearly explained to the work group
·  Information on the organisation's occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs is provided in a readily accessible manner and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group.
·  Information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and risk control procedures is regularly provided and is accurately and clearly explained to the work group.

Learning Outcomes


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Overview of Learning Activities


Details of Learning Activities

In addition to lectures, students will have the opportunity to partiipate in risk management film location field study; demonstrations of ’control’ including PPE, engineering and procedural controls; and case studies of past film accidents.

Classes comprise five classroom sessions.

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Teaching Schedule

Orientation.week.

Week 1 - Risk management - hazards and risks. Scoring of risks. Presentation of first assessmenty report. Field trip.

Week 2 - Case studies tutorial - 2+ actual film/TV/stage accidents. Categories of hazards reviewed (procedural, human,  physical, engineering)

Week 3 - Classroom demonstration of range of controls: engineering; PPE.

Week 4 - Case studies of range of controls: procedural; human factors.

Week 5 - Review of course. Presentation of second (final) assessment report.

Overview of Learning Resources


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

RMIT FILM/TV Safety Guide (paper copy)

Hand-outs as given by teacher (paper copy)

Examples of OH and S reporting documents, such as inductions, scheduling, safety plan from safety adviser/officer; and incident report.

www.ohs.vic.gov.au

MEAA Film & TV Safety Guidelines (draft): http://www.alliance.org.au/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,0/task,cat_view/gid,38/Itemid,Array/<!--NOVELL_REWRITER_ON-->


Overview of Assessment

Hazards and risks report 100%


Assessment Tasks

Assessment report - worth 50%. Due week 2. Complete a scored risk assessment report about five (5) hazards - and risk associated with each hazard - estimatted at a designated Melbourne city exterior film location.

Assessment report - worth 50%. Due week 6. Complete a scored risk assessment relating to a scene or location re  your proposed major production.To include hazards, risks (scored out of 25 each); hierarchy of control; induction details; and crew safety task list.

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