Course Title: Follow work health and safety and environmental policies and procedures

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4353 Certificate IV in Telecommunications Networks Technology

Course Title: Follow work health and safety and environmental policies and procedures

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 40

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)
OHTH5846C	City Campus	TAFE	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face	Term1 2016

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to follow safe work practices and environmental policy in managing telecommunications workplace tasks. It involves awareness of the safe handling of active optical fibre, cabling, laser sources and equipment.

The unit requires the ability to apply work health and safety (WHS) requirements, the basic principles of risk management, and prevention of injury and illness on construction sites involving the NBN in particular, and all other locations where telecommunications work is performed.

This unit includes the ability to recognise asbestos hazards and take steps to minimise associated risks. Removal of asbestos is a licensed activity covered by the units of competency CPCCDE3014A Remove non-friable asbestos.

Licensing requirements will apply to this unit of competency depending on the regulatory requirements of each jurisdiction. Users should confirm requirements with the relevant federal, state or territory authority.

Note: The terms occupational health and safety (OHS) and WHS are equivalent and generally either can be used. Western Australian and Victorian legislation uses OHS. Commonwealth, NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory, Tasmania and South Australia legislation uses WHS.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

NIL

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

ICTWHS2170B Follow work health and safety and environmental policies and procedures

Elements:

1. Apply WHS regulatory requirements 2. Follow workplace procedures for identifying hazards and using control measures to control risk 3. Identify safety requirements for work with optical fibre equipment 4. Identify WHS communication and reporting processes 5. Identify WHS incident response procedures 6. Contribute to WHS and environmental issues in the workplace 7. Identify and respond to minor traffic management 8. Identify and respond appropriately to a confined space 9. Identify and respond appropriately to asbestos hazards

Learning Outcomes

Refer to Elements

Overview of Assessment

The assessment is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set in the National Training Package. Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment task detailed under Assessment Tasks:

Assessment 1:Practical Test

Assessment 2:Closed Book Test

these tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

 

Assessment Mapping Matrix

 

Element/ Performance Criteria Covered	Practical Test	Closed Book Test
1.1	X	X
1.2	X	X
2.1	X	X
2.2	X	X
2.3	X	X
2.4	X	X
2.5	X	X
2.6	X	X
2.7	X	X
3.1	X	X
3.2	X	X
4.1	X	X
4.2	X	X
4.3	X	X
5.1	X	X
5.2	X	X
5.3	X	X
5.4	X	X
6.1	X	X
6.2	X	X
6.3	X	X
7.1	X	X
7.2	X	X
7.3	X	X
8.1	X	X
8.2	X	X
9.1	X	X
9.2	X	X
9.3	X	X