Course Title: Maintain work health and safety
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2020
Course Code: OHTH5918C
Course Title: Maintain work health and safety
School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4363 - Certificate IV in Community Services
Course Contact: Melinda Brown
Course Contact Phone: 9925 4580
Course Contact Email: Melinda.Brown@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and work practices as part of a small work team.
This course applies to workers who have a key role in maintaining WHS in an organisation, including duty of care for other workers.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTWHS003 Maintain work health and safety |
Element: |
1. Contribute to workplace procedures for identifying hazards and controlling risks |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify existing and potential hazards and record them according to workplace procedures 1.2 Contribute to the development of strategies for implementing risk controls in line with workplace procedures and policies 1.3 Implement risk controls in line with the hierarchy of risk control and workplace and legislative requirements 1.4 Identify and report issues with risk controls, including residual risk, in line with workplace and legislative requirements |
Element: |
2. Implement policies and procedures into work team processes |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Regularly provide information about WHS policies and procedures to the work team 2.2 Provide information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and risk controls to the work team 2.3 Monitor housekeeping practices to ensure that WHS policies and procedures are followed 2.4 Maintain WHS incident records in the work area according to workplace procedures and legislative requirements |
Element: |
3. Support consultation, cooperation and communication |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Support workplace consultative procedures by encouraging work team participation in consultative activities 3.2 Report health and safety issues in line with workplace procedures and legislative requirements 3.3 Encourage and assist work team members to contribute to WHS |
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.
Details of Learning Activities
This content of this course is delivered on campus while the assessments are completed online. There are two face to face workshops to introduce online learning, topics and assessment tasks. Students are able to participate in online activities and discussions to build the knowledge and skills required to complete the assessment tasks.
Teaching Schedule
Online Session |
Complete Online Module 1: Introduction to Health and Safety in Community Services prior to Workshop 1 Complete Online Module 2: Working Safely in Community Services prior to Workshop 1 |
Workshop 1 |
|
Online Session |
Complete Online Module 3: Identifying hazards and potential hazards prior to Workshop 2 Complete Online Module 4: Assessing risks and applying controls prior to Workshop 2 |
Workshop 2 |
|
Online Sessions |
Complete online modules below after Workshop 2 (self paced) Online Module 5: Providing WHS information to workers Online Module 6: Consulting with the work team Online Module 7: Responding to incidents and emergencies |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Task 1- Workplace Activity
Assessment Task 2 - Presentation
Assessment Task 3 - Simulated Workplace Scenario
Assessment Task 4 - Simulated Workplace Scenario
Assessment Task 5 - Short Answer Questions
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1 - Perform a workplace risk assessment
Assessment Task 2 - Presentation Information session Workplace Health and Safety
Assessment Task 3 - Incident report
Assessment Task 4 - Emergency evacuation
Assessment Task 5 - Short Answer Questions
Assessment Matrix
Assessment matrix can be found on canvas at the end of each assessment task.
Other Information
Please refer to the RMIT student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: rmit.edu.au/students
Course Overview: Access Course Overview