Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: VE 2019
Class Number: All
Class Section: All
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Course Code: OHTH5908C
Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4375 - Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing
Course Contact: Jade Cusworth
Course Contact Phone: 03 9925 8382
Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Mr Nicholas Greer
Program Manager
Telephone: +61 3 9341 1420
Email nicholas.greer@rmit.edu.au
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit 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. The unit 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.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety |
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Element: |
1. Follow safe work practices |
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Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices 1.2 Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures 1.3 Follow workplace emergency procedures |
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Element: |
2. Implement safe work practices |
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Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Identify and implement WHS procedures and work instructions 2.2 Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures 2.3 Take actions to maintain safe housekeeping practices in own work area |
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Element: |
3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace |
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Performance Criteria: |
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Element: |
4. Reflect on own safe work practices |
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Learning Outcomes
See elements above
Details of Learning Activities
Classroom teacher delivery
Group work
Self directed learning
Teaching Schedule
OP52: Attendance Required at RMIT Monday 3rd June - Friday 7th June 2019
Specsavers students will apply for RPL for this course
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Task 1: WHS Documentation
Assessment Task 2: Quiz
Assessment Task 3: Workplace Evidence Log Book
Assessment Tasks
OP52:
Evidence portfolio due dates will be published on CANVAS
Written tasks/online quiz due dates will be published on CANVAS
Specsavers Students:
RPL Evidence Log must be completed by the due date published on CANVAS
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
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