Course Title: Maintain occupational health and safety (OHS) processes
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: OHTH5857C
Course Title: Maintain occupational health and safety (OHS) processes
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4309 - Certificate IV in Conservation and Land Management
Course Contact: Bruce Partland
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8323
Course Contact Email: bruce.partland@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 70
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 maintaining OHS processes and defines the standard required to: facilitate meetings and document actions to consider OHS issues in the workplace; distribute information concerning OHS processes and requirements to staff; establish procedures to document the identification of hazards and assessment of risk
covering the operations of the enterprise; provide staff with OHS training in risk assessment, and other areas nominated by risk controls; put emergency procedures in place and organise for safety drills; maintain health and safety records.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
AHCOHS401A Maintain occupational health and safety (OHS) processes |
Element: |
1. Provide information about occupational health and safety |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Relevant provisions of OHS legislation and Codes of Practice are accurately and clearly explained to the work group. |
Element: |
2. Facilitate the participation of workers in OHS observance and decision-making |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Enterprise procedures for consultation over OHS issues are implemented and monitored to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute. |
Element: |
3. Implement procedures for identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risks |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Existing and potential hazards which are identified are reported so that adequate risk assessment and effective control measures are implemented. |
Element: |
4. Implement workplace procedures for dealing with emergencies and hazardous events |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Workplace procedures for dealing with OHS emergencies are implemented where necessary to ensure that prompt and effective control action is taken. |
Element: |
5. Implement and monitor enterprise procedures for providing OHS training |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 OHS induction and training needs are identified accurately, specifying the gaps between OHS competencies required and those held by the work group. |
Element: |
6. Implement and monitor enterprise procedures for maintaining occupational health and safety records |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 OHS records for work area are accurately and legibly completed in accordance with workplace requirements for OHS records, and legal requirements for the maintenance of records of occupational hazards, risk control, injury and disease events. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
1. Meeting procedure and minute keeping exercise considering an actual OH&S issue.
2. Oral presentation: Presenting a plan to address a workplace OHS issue including procedures to maintain a particular practice, emergency procedures and safety drills.
3. Written report documenting safety procedures to be followed in the future
Teaching Schedule
Last Thursday and Friday of each month (either following, or in tandem with the delivery of other Units of Competency. Workplace imperatives, including seasonal constraints, will guide the timing of delivery.).
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may include written reports, group work and presentations, workplace observation, verbal questioning
Assessment Tasks
1. Peer assessment of a chaired Meeting to discuss and resolve an OH&S issue (20%)
2. Oral presentation on a workplace OH&S issue. (40%)
3. Written report documenting resolution of an OH&S issue. (40%)
Assessment Matrix
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