Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: VE 2019

Class Number: All

Class Section: All

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Course Code: OHTH5950C

Course Title: Maintain work health and safety

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5387 - Diploma of Dental Technology

Course Contact: Rachael Starr

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9341 1420

Course Contact Email: rachael.starr@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Justin Kidgell

justin.kidgell@rmit.edu.au 

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 unit 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 unit 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 Provideinformationabout 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 completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Contribute to workplace procedures for identifying hazards and controlling risks  
  1. Implement policies and procedures into work team processes        
  1. Support consultation, cooperation and communication 


Details of Learning Activities

Face to face theory

Face to face practical

Canvas topic activities  

 


Teaching Schedule

Block 1 day 2: Face to face theory lecture. Practical WHS audit report exercise

Block 1 day 4: Blended learning introduction to canvas learning topics 1 and 2

Week 2: Canvas topic 3 hazards and risks 

Week 3: Canvas topic 4 safe work practice part 1

Week 4: Canvas topic 5 safe work practice part 2 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment 1 - Audit and report

Assessment 2 - Theory written test

Assessment 3 - Self reflection portfolio

 

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.


Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1 - WHS audit and report (Due Block 2 week 1)    Assessment 2 - WHS theory written test (Block 2 week 1)   Assessment 3 - Self reflection portfolio (Due block 3 week 2)


Assessment Matrix

E/PC 

Assessment 1

Assessment 2

Assessment 3 

1.1

x

x

 

1.2

x

x

x

1.3

x

x

x

1.4

x

x

x

2.1

 

x

 

2.2

x

x

x

2.3

x

x

x

2.4

x

x

 

3.1

 

x

x

3.2

 

x

x

3.3

 

x

x

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