Course Title: Monitor a safe workplace

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4226

Course Title: Monitor a safe workplace

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 50.0

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)
OHTH5470C	City Campus	TAFE	650T TAFE Business	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term1 2013

Course Contact: Sylvia Baroutis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5469

Course Contact Email: sylvia.baroutis@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit will enable you to develop the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor an organisation’s occupational health and safety (OHS) policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative and regulatory  requirements.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	BSBOHS407A Monitor a safe workplace
Elements:	1. Provide information to the workgroup about OHS policies and procedures.
	2. Implement and monitor participative arrangements for t he management of OHS.
	3. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for providing OHS training.
	4. Implement and monitor procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks.
	5. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for controlling risks.
	6. Implement and monitor the organisation's procedures for maintaining OHS records for the team.

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework, assignments, group and/or individual projects, in class exercises, written and practical assessments, problem solving exercises, presentations, direct observation of actual and simulated work practice, presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files, review of products produced through work-based or course activities.

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.