Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2013
Course Code: OHTH5592C
Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5300 - Diploma of Information Technology
Course Contact : Swati Dave
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5811
Course Contact Email:swati.dave@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Course Contact: Krissi Kirk
Course Contact Email: Krissi.kirk@rmit.edu.au
Course Contact: Richard Stevens
Course Contact Email: TBA
Nominal Hours: 60
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 establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation’s occupational health and safety (OHS) policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area in accordance with OHS legal requirements.
This unit is delivered using a blend of classroom based and self-paced learning activities.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBOHS509A Ensure a safe workplace |
Element: |
1. Establish and maintain an OHS system |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1. Locate and communicate OHS policies which clearly express the organisation's commitment to implement relevant OHS legislation in the enterprise |
Element: |
2. Establish and maintain participative arrangements for the management of OHS |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Establish and maintain participative arrangements with employees and their representatives in accordance with relevant OHS legislation |
Element: |
3. Establish and maintain procedures for identifying hazards, and |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification, and assessment and control of associated risks |
Element: |
4. Establish and maintain a quality OHS management system |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Develop and provide an OHS induction and training program for all employees as part of the organisation's training program |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include tutorial sessions on a variety of topics as shown in the Teaching Schedule below, projects plus out-of-class research and homework. A range of learning activities are planned for this course including self-paced and collaborative classroom based activities.
The collaborative classroom based activities will include group discussion and individual research work.
We expect you to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities.
Teaching Schedule
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| Week | Week Commencing | Topics | Assessment | Competencies Delivered |
| 1 | 11th Feb 2013 |
Pre-training review: Introduction |
Class Discussion
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BSBOHS509A BSBSUS501A
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| 2 | 18th Feb 2013 |
• Definition of a ‘Hazard’ • Introduction to workplace policy development |
Class discussion
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BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 3 | 25th Feb 2013 |
• Type of hazards at different workplaces • Development of workplace policy |
BSBSUS509A OHTH 5592C DUE: Assessment Task 1: “OHS Auditor Report 1.1” BSBSUS509A OHTH 5592C
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BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 4 | 4th Mar 2013 | • Group task: Role play of Health & Safety Representative • Inspection and documenting OH&S matter • Development of strategy for resource use minimisation |
BSBSUS501A BUSM 6394C HANDOUT: Assessment Task 1 “Workplace Sustainability Policy Part 1” |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 5 | 11th Mar 2013 | • Group task: Finalising “Auditor” report on OH&S
• Integration of sustainability policy as part of the business plan |
BSBSUS509A OHTH 5592C
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BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 6 | 18th Mar 2013 |
• Introduction to Emergency Medical & Fire Scenarios • Gap Analysis |
BSBOHS509A OHTH 5592C HANDOUT: Assessment Task 2: “Emergency Procedures” Class time to finalise group task Class Discussion |
BSBOHS509A BSBSUS501A |
| 7 | 25th Mar 2013 | • Finalising emergency procedure
• Consolidation of the workplace sustainability policy - Part 1 |
Class Discussion Group activity |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| Mid Semester Break 28th mar - 3rd Apr 2013 | ||||
| 7 | 1st Apr 2013 | • Finalising emergency procedure |
Class Discussion Group activity |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 8 | 8th Apr 2013 | • OH&S and the Law |
Class discussion
BSBOHS509A OHTH 5592C
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BSBOHS509A BSBSUS501A |
| 9 | 15th Apr 2013 | • OH&S responsibilities across an organisation • OH&S penalties • Promotion of workplace sustainability policy • Assigning roles & responsibilities during implementation phase |
Class discussion
BSBSUS501A BUSM 6394C |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 10 | 22nd Apr 2013 | • What is an OH&S system • Purpose of the system • Development of a continuous improvement system |
Class discussion
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BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 11 | 29th Apr 2013 | • Group task: Development of an OH&S system • Develop as a Website or blog • Group task: Development of a continuous improvement system |
Class Discussion Group activity
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BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 12 | 6th May 2013 | • Group task: Development of an OH&S system • Develop as a Website or blog • Development of communication strategy to promote sustainability |
Class time to finalise group task
Class time to finalise group task |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 13 | 13th May 2013 | • Group task: Development of an OH&S system • Develop as a Website or blog • Group Task: Development of communication strategy to promote sustainability |
Class time to finalise group task Class time to finalise group task
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BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 14 | 20th May 2013 | • Finalising OH&S system
• Finalising Sustainability policy |
Class time to finalise group task
Class time to finalise group task BSBOHS509A OHTH 5592C |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 15 | 27th May 2013 | • OHS System Presentations
• Workplace sustainability policy continued |
BSBOHS509A OHTH 5592C DUE: Assessment Task 3: “Development of OHS System” Presentations BSBSUS501A BUSM 6394C |
BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
| 16 | 3rd June 2013 | • Feedback and Review
Re-submission of work if required for both competencies. |
Summary of lessons learned | BSBOHS509A
BSBSUS501A |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
There is no precsribed textbook fo this course. |
References
Materials will include worksheets distributed by the teacher in class and various Websites which will be indicated. |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent.
A range of assessment methods are used to assess practical skills and knowledge, for example:
• direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate
• review of authenticated documents from the workplace or training environment
• demonstration of techniques
Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Tasks OHTH 5592C
You are required to complete 3 tasks. You must successfully complete all 3 tasks to be deemed competent in this unit.
All files must be created individually and submitted or demonstrated to your teacher. Work should be demonstrated either on the day the exercise is completed, or at the beginning of the next class, as per the Teaching Schedule. You will be expected to retain soft copies of any documents submitted. In some cases printouts may be required.
You are required to complete 3 assessment tasks. You must successfully complete all 3 assessment tasks to be deemed competent in this unit.
ASSESSMENT TASK 1 – Conduct an OHS Audit and file a report with your finding
This assessment task consists of 2 parts:
Part 1.1 - Develop an auditor report template (Due Date: 25th Feb, 2013 - Week 3)
In this task you will develop the anatomical structure of a typical OHS report to function as a template for your OHS audit of the workplace. This template should include
• your group credentials, the name, group members, ...etc
• the date
• a sequence number
• a hazard name
• a hazard description
• a severity level
• who may potentially be affected by the hazard
• a possible resolution.
Draft your template and review it with your teacher prior to commencing to part 2.
Part 1.2 - Finalise the auditor report (Due Date: 11th March, 2013 - Week 5)
Using the report template developed in assessment task 1.1 you will conduct an OHS audit of our campus to ensure that RMIT is a safe workplace. You will need to identify hazards that RMIT has addressed and yet to address. In your audit report you will need to highlight these hazards and discuss their severity level and who may potentially be affected by them.
Requirements:
• Ensure that all fields in your template are addressed.
• Scale your photos accordingly to fit nicely in your document. If required reduce the size of your image using an image processing application, such as Adobe Photoshop. This will reduce the size of your document.
• Your report should feature 6 hazards as follows:
• 3 hazards that RMIT has not yet addressed
• 3 hazards that RMIT has addressed
All hazards should be documented using captured images that describe the hazard clearly. Your report should be in PDF format
Submission Requirements:
Please upload your report using the blackboard and clearly indicate it with your credentials. Please review your document before you submit and organize your file exchange archive accordingly. Keep all older versions in a separate folder and have only your completed assessment tasks in the file exchange directory.
You are required to present your report in front of class a week after submission. Details of presentation schedule will be discussed in class.
ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – Emergency Procedure (Due Date: 8th April, 2013 - Week 8)
You are required to research and present an emergency and evacuation procedure for a given security scenario. As a basis, please consider the RMIT emergency procedures manual. You are required to analyse the emergency procedure manual and study the different aspects of its content. Your task is to pick one topic of the following and present it as an OHS advisory group.
The topics are:
• Evacuation drills, general safety requirements and general building information, fire
• Bomb Threats
• Armed Intruders
• Earth quakes, civil disorder, airborne contaminants
• Medical emergency, gas leak and chemical spills
For your presentation, please consider a presentation format, e.g. MS PowerPoint, Keynote or others. Please allow 10 minutes for a Q&A session after the presentation. Kindly consider the following
• Plan the structure and flow of your presentation (your presentation is a story!) Link ideas together to ensure the content flow
• Engage your audience,
• Use dot points to highlight your content; use visuals to complement it, use animation, if it complements your presentation
• Summarise your presentation at the end to remind your audience of the journey
Submission Requirements:
Please upload your presentation document to the file exchange and include your credentials.
You are required to present your report in front of class a week after submission. Details of presentation schedule will be discussed in class.
TASK 3 – OHS System as a website (Due Date: 20th May & 27th May, 2013 - Week 14 & 15 for Presentations)
Based on the data you already acquired in your previous audit (Assessment Task 1), as well as the information you learned in your emergency procedure presentation (Assessment Task 2), you are required to develop a website that should work as a system, in which you make recommendation for a safe work place.
The website should also function as a repository to register and document hazards and respective recommendations. The progress on your website will be reviewed by your teacher before submitting it. Please ensure that all links and styling is accurate, and that your website looks professional when you are presenting it.
Submission Requirements:
Please zip your website into an archive and name it using your credentials. Please ensure that all links are working and that you have included all you images and assets.
Test if your zip archive works by downloading it and testing your website. Instructions for zipping an archive will be provided during class.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Assessment Tasks OHTH 5592C
You are required to complete 3 tasks. You must successfully complete all 3 tasks to be deemed competent in this unit.
All files must be created individually and submitted or demonstrated to your teacher. Work should be demonstrated either on the day the exercise is completed, or at the beginning of the next class, as per the Teaching Schedule. You will be expected to retain soft copies of any documents submitted. In some cases printouts may be required.
You are required to complete 3 assessment tasks. You must successfully complete all 3 assessment tasks to be deemed competent in this unit.
ASSESSMENT TASK 1 – Conduct an OHS Audit and file a report with your finding
This assessment task consists of 2 parts:
Part 1.1 - Develop an auditor report template (Due Date: 25th Feb, 2013 - Week 3)
In this task you will develop the anatomical structure of a typical OHS report to function as a template for your OHS audit of the workplace. This template should include
• your group credentials, the name, group members, ...etc
• the date
• a sequence number
• a hazard name
• a hazard description
• a severity level
• who may potentially be affected by the hazard
• a possible resolution.
Draft your template and review it with your teacher prior to commencing to part 2.
Part 1.2 - Finalise the auditor report (Due Date: 11th March, 2013 - Week 5)
Using the report template developed in assessment task 1.1 you will conduct an OHS audit of our campus to ensure that RMIT is a safe workplace. You will need to identify hazards that RMIT has addressed and yet to address. In your audit report you will need to highlight these hazards and discuss their severity level and who may potentially be affected by them.
Requirements:
• Ensure that all fields in your template are addressed.
• Scale your photos accordingly to fit nicely in your document. If required reduce the size of your image using an image processing application, such as Adobe Photoshop. This will reduce the size of your document.
• Your report should feature 6 hazards as follows:
• 3 hazards that RMIT has not yet addressed
• 3 hazards that RMIT has addressed
All hazards should be documented using captured images that describe the hazard clearly. Your report should be in PDF format
Submission Requirements:
Please upload your report using the blackboard and clearly indicate it with your credentials. Please review your document before you submit and organize your file exchange archive accordingly. Keep all older versions in a separate folder and have only your completed assessment tasks in the file exchange directory.
You are required to present your report in front of class a week after submission. Details of presentation schedule will be discussed in class.
ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – Emergency Procedure (Due Date: 8th April, 2013 - Week 8)
You are required to research and present an emergency and evacuation procedure for a given security scenario. As a basis, please consider the RMIT emergency procedures manual. You are required to analyse the emergency procedure manual and study the different aspects of its content. Your task is to pick one topic of the following and present it as an OHS advisory group.
The topics are:
• Evacuation drills, general safety requirements and general building information, fire
• Bomb Threats
• Armed Intruders
• Earth quakes, civil disorder, airborne contaminants
• Medical emergency, gas leak and chemical spills
For your presentation, please consider a presentation format, e.g. MS PowerPoint, Keynote or others. Please allow 10 minutes for a Q&A session after the presentation. Kindly consider the following
• Plan the structure and flow of your presentation (your presentation is a story!) Link ideas together to ensure the content flow
• Engage your audience,
• Use dot points to highlight your content; use visuals to complement it, use animation, if it complements your presentation
• Summarise your presentation at the end to remind your audience of the journey
Submission Requirements:
Please upload your presentation document to the file exchange and include your credentials.
You are required to present your report in front of class a week after submission. Details of presentation schedule will be discussed in class.
TASK 3 – OHS System as a website (Due Date: 20th May & 27th May, 2013 - Week 14 & 15 for Presentations)
Based on the data you already acquired in your previous audit (Assessment Task 1), as well as the information you learned in your emergency procedure presentation (Assessment Task 2), you are required to develop a website that should work as a system, in which you make recommendation for a safe work place.
The website should also function as a repository to register and document hazards and respective recommendations. The progress on your website will be reviewed by your teacher before submitting it. Please ensure that all links and styling is accurate, and that your website looks professional when you are presenting it.
Submission Requirements:
Please zip your website into an archive and name it using your credentials. Please ensure that all links are working and that you have included all you images and assets.
Test if your zip archive works by downloading it and testing your website. Instructions for zipping an archive will be provided during class.
General Submission Requirements
Assessment tasks need to be submitted via Blackboard.
You should:
• Ensure that you submit assessments on or before the due date. If your performance in the assessment is affected by unexpected circumstances, you should consider applying for Special Consideration. Information on the process and application forms is available at http://rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ls0ydfokry9rz website.
• 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 a cover sheet that includes a declaration and statement of authorship. You must complete, sign and submit a cover sheet with all work you submit for assessment, whether individual or group work. On the cover sheet you declare that the work you are presenting for assessment is your own work. An assignment cover sheet for submission of work for assessment is available on blackboard.
• 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. For example, Julie Macpherson, 324567, Task 2, OHS2345C Ensure safe workplace, Page 1 of 10.
Resubmission Guide:
Once a student has submitted an assessment task, a resubmission maybe granted if deemed NYC. On resubmission, student will not receive a grade higher than CAG (Competency achieved)
Marking Guide (competency):
Vocational Education and Training (VET) is based on current industry needs and the focus on preparing you for the workplace. Because VET courses are informed by practical application of knowledge and skills, they are based on a system known as ‘competency based training’ (CBT).
So when you are assessed in VET it is about whether you are competent to do the job, as well as having a firm grasp on the knowledge and skills required to do that job, as opposed to traditional curriculum based education settings that are often based on knowledge retention.
You need to demonstrate you are competent in each element of the unit of competency you are studying.
You will receive feedback on each assessment task that will inform you whether you are competent or not and how well you are performing. Once competent in all elements of the unit you receive a competency grading.
Please refer to the Final Grades table below.
Marking Guide (Grading)
After achieving competency we then grade your performance in the unit; this gives you the opportunity to have the level of your performance formally recognized against industry standards and employability skills.
The grading is according to the following criteria:
1. LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE, INITIATIVE, ENTERPRISE AND PERFORMANCE OF WORK TASK
We are looking for a high level of ability to complete all tasks as per the specifications required as well as demonstrating a high level of initiative and independent thought in your approaches to developing and implementing a sustainability policy.
2. DEMONSTRATED BREADTH OF UNDERPINNING KNOWLEDGE AND A WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE LEARNING
We are looking for depth of understanding of the OHS issues & Policies in the IT industry as well as a comprehensive knowledge of best practice for implementing and continuously improving safety in the workplace.
3. TECHNIQUES & PROCESSES, TECHNOLOGY SKILLS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
We are looking for appropriate use of technology to assist in preparing a clear and accurate policy suitable for implementation in the workplace. You also need to show an understanding of the kinds of problems that can arise in promoting sustainable work practices and how these might be addressed.
4. WORK ORGANISATION, PLANNING AND SELF MANAGEMENT
We expect to see ongoing progress on class discussions and exercises and full utilisation of Blackboard as per course requirements and timely submission of all required assessment tasks.
5. COMMUNICATION, PEOPLE NETWORKING, LANGUAGE AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND TEAMWORK
We expect to see contributions to relevant discussions and scheduled team sessions. In addition your tasks should demonstrate a very good understanding of strategies for a collaborative approach towards teamwork and interpersonal skills.
Final Grades Table:
CHD Competent with High Distinction
CDI Competent with Distinction
CC Competent with Credit
CAG Competency Achieved – Graded
NYC Not Yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit for assessment
Further information regarding the application of the grading criteria will be provided by your teacher.
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