Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C4352 Certificate IV in Youth Work
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) |
OHTH5852C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2017, Term1 2018, Term1 2019 |
OHTH5852C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2020 |
Course Contact: Dianne Mackay
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4454
Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course 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 and 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
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment 1
Knowledge Questions
Assessment 2
Workplace inspection and risk assessment
Assessment 3
Emergency procedures
Grades that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:
CA: Competency Achieved
NYC: Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment
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