Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5300

Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 60.0

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)

OHTH5592C

City Campus

TAFE

650T TAFE Business

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2013,
Term2 2012,
Term2 2013

Course Contact: Swati Dave

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5811

Course Contact Email: swati.dave@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation’s occupational health and safety (OHS) policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area in accordance with OHS legal requirements.

This unit is delivered using a blend of classroom based and self-paced learning activities.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

BSBOHS509A Ensure a safe workplace

Elements:

1. Establish and maintain an OHS system

2. Establish and maintain participative arrangements for the management of OHS

3. Establish and maintain procedures for identifying hazards, and
assessing and controlling risks

4. Establish and maintain a quality OHS management system


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent.

A range of assessment methods are used to assess practical skills and knowledge, for example:
• direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate
• review of authenticated documents from the workplace or training environment
• demonstration of techniques

Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.