Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5302
Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
Portfolio: BUS
Nominal Hours: 60.0
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.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OHTH5592C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
650T TAFE Business |
Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Term2 2013 |
Course Contact: Tim Wallis
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423
Course Contact Email: timothy.wallis@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
Managers play an important role in ensuring the safety of the workplace and the wellbeing of their staff. This unit applies to managers working in a range of contexts. It takes a systems approach and ensures compliance with relevant legislative requirements.
All those who have, or are likely to have, a management responsibility for OHS should undertake this unit.
It is relevant for those with managerial responsibilities, either as an owner or employee-manager of a business.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBOHS509A Ensure a safe workplace |
Elements: |
1. Establish and maintain an OHS system |
2. Establish and maintain participative arrangements for the management of OHS |
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3. Establish and maintain procedures for identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks |
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4. Establish and maintain a quality OHS management system |
Learning Outcomes
This course delivers the 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.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including in-class exercises, problem-solving exercises, assignments, group or individual projects, presentations and written or practical tests, as well as homework activities.
Other activities may be workplace-based or simulate work practices. These may include the production of technical requirements documents, direct observation of workplace practices and the presentation of a portfolio of evidence. This portfolio may include documents, photographs, video and/or audio files.
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. Students will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check their progress.