Course Title: Establish and maintain safe creative practice

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2018

Course Code: OHTH5960C

Course Title: Establish and maintain safe creative practice

School: 345T Media and Communication

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5378 - Diploma of Music Industry (Sound Production)

Course Contact: Elena Popa

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254815

Course Contact Email: elena.popa@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 30

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 to follow work health and safety (WHS) requirements in the creative industries.

It applies to those who are required to identify their individual WHS responsibilities and implement procedures to work safely in various creative industry work contexts


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUAPPR505 Establish and maintain safe creative practice

Element:

1. Determine work health and safety requirements for professional practice

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Research key features of legislation that apply to professional practice 1.2 Source and evaluate practice-specific codes, standards and guidelines that affect the management of safety in the relevant work environment 1.3 Develop systems and procedures that respond to work health and safety (WHS) requirements and effectively integrate those responses into practice management 1.4 Evaluate the role of others in practice safety and involve them as appropriate

Element:

2. Identify hazards and assess and manage risks

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Identify existing and potential hazards specific to the area of practice using relevant methods, templates and tools 2.2 Assess and manage risks associated with those hazards in line with established processes and according to WHS legislation and codes of practice 2.3 Implement and monitor developed systems and procedures in response to identified requirements for hazard control measures and risk assessment in the workplace 2.4 Develop and maintain current and accurate documentation to support hazard identification and risk management in workplace practices 2.5 Address hazard identification and risk assessment and management at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards are not created

Element:

3. Monitor and enhance safety of the practice

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Maintain currency of WHS knowledge relevant to own area of practice 3.2 Seek feedback of colleagues on workplace safety practices and potential issues, and integrate improvements into systems and procedures as appropriate 3.3 Proactively identify other sources of information and professional development opportunities relating to safety 3.4 Integrate current and emerging ideas and technologies that support workplace safety into own practice

Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this unit, you will have the knowledge and skills to effectively observe WHS standards in the entertainment industry.

 


Details of Learning Activities

Learning and assessment is made through a combination of in class delivery and practical work supported by online resources and learning materials.

 

1 - ONLINE OH&S QUIZ 
You will complete a short online OH&S questionnaire, located online in the Blackboard interface for this unit.

This assessment is submitted / completed in BLACKBOARD
To be completed between classes 1 & 7 (weeks 9 & 15) 


2 - JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 
 - You will complete a Job Safety Analysis report, as supplied by lecturer.

 

 

 

 


Teaching Schedule

 

WK  CONTENT  ASSESSMENT   FORMAT
8  Introduction to course and assessments    Lecture
9  Online delivery and support    Online
10  Online delivery and support    Online
12  Practical in class assessment  Assessment  Practical
13  Practical in class assessment  Assessment  Practical
14   Practical in class assessment  Assessment  Practical
15  Practical in class assessment  Assessment  Practical

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will look to evidence the ability to:

Complete work tasks according to work health and safety (WHS) legislative and workplace requirements, including:

  • Completing Job Safety report
  • Communicating WHS issues to relevant personnel
  • Participate in consultation about WHS issues
  • Identify and report hazards according to workplace requirements
  • Assess and control risks and document risk control measures according to own level of responsibility
  • Follow procedures for responding to incidents and emergencies.


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Tasks

 

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete the following assessment to a satisfactory standard. 
You will receive feedback on all assessment and once you have demonstrated competency, you will receive a grade for Assessment Task 5 (refer to MyRMIT for grading rubric).

Note - Assessments are all submitted online through relevant Blackboard and Google+ Community locations as indicated

 

Assessment Tasks (ungraded) 

1 - ONLINE OH&S QUIZ
You will complete a short online OH&S questionnaire, located online in the Blackboard interface for this unit.

This assessment is submitted / completed in BLACKBOARD
To be completed between week 1 & 7


2 - JSA (Job Safety Analysis)
 - You will complete a Job Safety Analysis report, as supplied by lecturer through online support interface. You will identify and list five potential OHS hazards in classes 4-7 in the JSA report, and submit through the Google+ online interface.
The report will be accompanied by five photographs, individually documenting the OH&S hazards identified in your JSA report (listed as Assessment 3).

This assessment is submitted to the relevant GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY
To be completed between weeks 4 & 7 

3 - PHOTOGRAPHIC JSA EVIDENCE
You will upload five photographs to the relevant Google+ Community interface for the unit, each individually documenting the OH&S hazards identified in your JSA report.
The photographs will correspond to the five hazards listed in your JSA report, each providing evidence.

This assessment is submitted to the relevant GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY
To be completed between weeks 4 & 7 

 


For further information on the grading system and criteria used, please refer to the course blackboard site.
Grades which apply to courses delivered in accordance with competency-based assessment, but which also use graded assessment:

CHD - Competent with High Distinction
CDI - Competent with Distinction
CC - Competent with Credit
CAG - Competency Achieved - Graded
NYC - Not Yet Competent
DNS - Did Not Submit for Assessment


Assessment Matrix

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