Course Title: Ensure a healthy and safe learning environment

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2009

Course Code: TCHE5127C

Course Title: Ensure a healthy and safe learning environment

School: 360T Education

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4177 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Course Contact : Maria Dimitrakopoulos

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4933

Course Contact Email:maria.dimitrakopoulos@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 10

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

There are no formal entrance requirements for this course. However, applicants are required to have effective language, communications and interpersonal skills and the ability to write a range of documentation.

Course Description

This unit specifies the competency required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of learners and candidates.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

TAAENV403B Ensure a healthy and safe learning environment

Element:

01 Identify OHS responsibilities

Performance Criteria:

• The purpose and approaches of OHS in the learning environment are defined
• Documentation outlining the OHS legal responsibilities of the various parties in the learning environment is accessed, read and interpreted
• Organisational OHS documentation is identified and accessed

Element:

02 Identify hazards in the learning environment

Performance Criteria:

• Sources of information are researched and accessed to identify hazards common within the industry in which the learning and/or assessment will take place
• The learning environment is inspected prior to use and in consultation with various parties in order to identify hazards
• Any specific OHS needs of learners and/or candidates are identified
• Any potential hazards created by learners and/or candidates with specific needs are identified
• Personal limitations and responsibilities in identifying hazards are recognised and specialist advisers are consulted when appropriate

Element:

03 Assess risks in the learning environment

Performance Criteria:

• The likelihood of injury as a result of exposure to the identified hazard/s is assessed
• The severity of any potential injury, illness or negative/adverse outcome arising from the identified hazard is assessed for risk
• Hazards are prioritised for action in consultation with various parties
• Personal limitations in assessing risks are recognised and specialist advisers are consulted when appropriate

Element:

04 Develop and implement actions to ensure the health safety and welfare of learners and/or candidates

Performance Criteria:

• Risk controls are developed based on the hierarchy of control
• A risk control action plan is identified and accessed or formulated in consultation with various parties
• Actions within the control and responsibility of the trainer/facilitator and/or assessor are implemented
• Outstanding risk control actions are referred to the various parties for implementation
• Supervisory arrangements appropriate to learners and/or candidates levels of knowledge/skill/ experience are monitored to ensure their health and safety

Element:

05 Provide appropriate OHS requirements to learners and/or candidates

Performance Criteria:

• Learners and/or candidates are provided with appropriate information related to OHS
• Learners and/or candidates are assessed for knowledge of OHS requirements
• Learners and/or candidates are supplied with personal protective equipment, if required
• Learners and/or candidates are able to correctly use and maintain this, if required

Element:

06 Monitor OHS arrangements in the learning environment

Performance Criteria:

• Achievement against the risk control action plan is monitored and any issues addressed
• The effectiveness and reliability of existing risk controls are confirmed with relevant parties
• Effective hazard and incident reporting and investigation processes are confirmed on a continuing basis


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Students will study the principles and skills involved in training and assessment through a range of classroom based and out of classroom based activities. The use of ‘real world’ examples will assist students throughout the course to contextualise the course content.

Classroom learning will be active. Students will individually, in pairs, in small groups and with the whole group have the opportunity to :
• reflect on and discuss key concepts.
• apply concepts to current training situations.
• make presentations to the class
• participate in case studies and problem solving scenarios
• research using the internet

The training material and assessment tasks also aid in the development of skills and reflection and consolidation of the learning.

In the delivery of material in this program, the trainer models effective training methods and practices. Students are encouraged to critically examine teaching strategies and identify potential application for their teaching situation. This means that learning happens on two levels: through the actual content and the experience of the course delivery


Teaching Schedule

A course guide is provided to the participant before the course begins.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will take place throughout the course. You work will be assessed on a competent/not yet competent basis – it will not be graded. Work in class and out of class is assessed. It will include:
• Individual assignments, group tasks and presentations
• workplace projects

Assessment task list are provided for each Module – this will include ‘in class’ tasks and individual projects out of class time


Assessment Tasks

Assessment will take place throughout the course. You work will be assessed on a competent/not yet competent basis – it will not be graded. Work in class and out of class is assessed. It will include:
• Individual assignments, group tasks and presentations
• workplace projects

Assessment task list are provided for each Module – this will include ‘in class’ tasks and individual projects out of class time


Assessment Matrix

A student must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework and in class exercises, written tests, practical problem solving exercises and practical tests. 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

This program covers fourteen competencies required for the TAA Certificate IV. An assessment matrix containing the competencies and their elements is matched against the assessment tasks submitted by each student.

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