Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3393 Certificate III in Dental Assisting

Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 20

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.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
OHTH5908C	City Campus	TAFE	155T Vocational Health and Sciences	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term2 2016

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
OHTH5908C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2018 (All)
OHTH5908C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2019 (All)
OHTH5908C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2020 (All)
OHTH5908C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2021 (All)

Course Contact: Sue Fatone

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9341 1406

Course Contact Email: sue.fatone@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for workers to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others.

The unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, either under direct supervision or with some individual responsibility.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety
Elements:	1. Follow safe work practices 2. Implement safe work practices 3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace 4. Reflect on own safe work practices

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit, you will be able to;

1. Follow safe work practices
2. Implement safe work practices
3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace
4. Reflect on own safe work practices

Overview of Assessment

You must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role.

There must be demonstrated evidence that you have completed the following tasks at least once in line with state/territory WHS regulations, relevant codes of practice and workplace procedures:

• contributed to a WHS meeting or inspection in workplace
• conducted a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results
• consistently applied workplace safety procedures in the day-to-day work activities required by the job role
• followed workplace procedures for reporting hazards
• followed workplace procedures for a simulated emergency situation.

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency.   

Regular attendance is necessary.  Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks and consist of theory and practical based tasks.