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: DSC Portfolio Office
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) |
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OHTH5852C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Workplace | Term1 2015, Term1 2017, Term1 2018 |
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
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National Element Code & Title: |
HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety |
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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 Create a workplace health and safety checklist for working offsite with clients. Assessment 2 Written response to a case study on a workplace health and safety issue. Assessment 3 Online knowledge quiz. Assessment 4 Response to a case study. complete an Incident Report form and reflect on a WHS issue Assessment 5 WHS treasure hunt in and around the RMIT City Campus. 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 If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Unit if you would like to find out more: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers. Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams