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
OHTH5852C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Workplace	Term1 2022

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



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