Course Title: Implement and monitor OHS policies and procedures
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: OHTH5465C
Course Title: Implement and monitor OHS policies and procedures
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6083 - Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering
Course Contact: William Lau
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4703
Course Contact Email: william.lau@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Andrew Kim
Telephone Number: +61 3 99254468
Email: andrew.kim@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 covers the mandatory requirements of persons in a supervisory role to implement and monitor an organisation’s occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs. It encompasses understanding an organisation’s OHS obligations, providing safety information to staff, implementing and monitoring participative arrangements, safety procedures and training and maintaining safety records.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEE017B Implement and monitor OHS policies and procedures |
Element: |
1. Provide OHS information to the work group. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Relevant provisions of occupational health and safety legislation and codes of practice are accurately and clearly explained to the work group. |
Element: |
2. Implement and monitor participative arrangements for the management of OHS. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Organisational procedures for consultation over occupational health and safety issues are implemented and monitored to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute. |
Element: |
3. Implement and monitor the procedures for identifying hazards, assessing risk and controlling risks. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Existing and potential hazards in the work area are identified and reported so that risk assessment and risk control procedures can be applied. |
Element: |
4. Implement the procedures for dealing with hazardous events. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Workplace procedures for dealing with hazardous events are implemented whenever necessary to ensure that prompt control action is taken. |
Element: |
5. Implement and monitor the procedures for OHS training. |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Occupational health and safety training needs are identified accurately, specifying gaps between occupational health and safety competencies |
Element: |
6. Implement and monitor the procedures for maintaining OHS records. |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Occupational health and safety records for work area are accurately and legibly completed in accordance with workplace requirements for |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
The student must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements, documentation, written tests, practical problem solving exercises, presentations, project planning, construction, implementation, testing and finalisation.
Learning and simulated work activities to demonstrate an understanding of Occupational Health and Safety, which includes:
Classroom learning activities involve the following topics:
OH&S Fundamentals
The work environment
Physical Hazards
Work simulated exercises involving project:
planning,
Management
Implementation
Teaching Schedule
This competency is clustered with EEET6762C.
Please refer to the teaching schedule of EEET6762C in the same cluster.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Internet, equipment specifications, data sheets and application notes as suggested by the staff member.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements, documentation, written tests, practical problem solving exercises, presentations, project planning, construction, implementation, testing and finalisation.
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Learning and simulated work activities to demonstrate an understanding of Occupational Health and Safety, which includes:
• Classroom learning activities involve the following topics:
o OH&S Fundamentals
o The work environment
o Physical Hazards
Assessment Tasks
This course will be assessed in conjunction of EEET6762C in the same cluster.
Please also refer to the Assessment Tasks in course guide part-B of EEET6762C.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements, documentation, written tests, practical problem solving exercises, project planning, construction, implementation, testing and finalisation.
.
Learning and simulated work activities to demonstrate an understanding of Occupational Health and Safety, which includes:
• Classroom learning activities involve the following topics:
o OH&S Fundamentals
o The work environment
o Physical Hazards
• Work simulated exercises involving project:
o planning,
o management
o implementation
This course is graded using the following course grades-
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.
Make sure you understand the special consideration policy available at -
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
This course provides for hardware assembly and soldering for use in EEET-6750C,Basic Electronics and EEET-6745C/EEET-6744C Microprocessors Fundamentals.
This course is delivered in a cluster (Electronic Workshops) in conjunction with "EEET6762C Terminate and connect components, conductors, wiring and cables for electronic circuits". All the learning and assessment activities will include the components of both UEENEEE017B and UEENEEH070B.
In this cluster, minimum student directed hours are 26 in addition to 34 scheduled teaching hours.
Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, assignments, preparation work, individual student-teacher course-related consultation and writing reports.
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