Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: OHTH5467C
Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
School: 345T Media and Communication
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5216 - Diploma of Screen and Media
Course Contact : Program Administration
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4815
Course Contact Email:mctafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Teacher
MR MARK LANGLEY
Phone : 9925 4355
Email: mark.langley@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 60
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 course covers 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
Ensure a safe workplace BSBOHS509A will be delivered in conjunction with Direct television programs and segments CUFDRT401A but will be assessed separately.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBOHS509A Ensure a safe workplace |
Element: |
Establish and maintain a quality OHS management system |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Locate and communicate OHS policies which clearly express the organisation's commitment to implement relevant OHS legislation in the enterprise. |
Element: |
Establish and maintain an OHS system |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Establish and maintain participative arrangements with employees and their representatives in accordance with relevant OHS legislation |
Element: |
Establish and maintain participative arrangements |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Develop procedurs for ongoing hazard identification and assessment and control of associated risks |
Element: |
Establish and maintain procedures for identifying |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Develop and provide an OHS induction and training program for all employees as part of the organisation's training program |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this competency, you wil be aware of the importance of OHS and have the skills and knowledge required to ensure a safe workplace.
Details of Learning Activities
In-class learning activities include, but are not limited to:
lectures
teacher directed activities
demonstration and practical application
group discussion
site visits
Out of class activities include, but are not limited to:
independent study
online research
Teaching Schedule
WEEK |
CLASS CONTENT Important: Classes, activities, assessments and related activities may need to be re-scheduled/re-arranged due to resources, facilities & equipment availability and other changed circumstances as they arise. OH&S factors may lead to the re-scheduling or canceling of any event or activity. |
BSBOHS509A | CUFDRT401A |
WEEK 1 | Introduction to OHS in the TV studio Studio A protocols |
1.1 - 3 |
1,2,3, |
WEEK 2 | OHS representatives OHS Act Codes of Practice |
1.1 - 3 2.1 - 3 |
1,2,3, |
WEEK 3 | Hazards, risks and controls Risk assessments |
3.1 - 5 |
1,2,3, |
WEEK 4 | Production Task 1 | 1.1 - 3 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 5 | Production Task 1 | 1.1 - 3 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 6 | Incident, reports, record keeping, crew induction | 3.1 - 5 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 7 | Electrical safety, testing and tagging | 3.1 - 5 |
1,2,3, |
WEEK 8 | Production Task 2 | 2.1 - 4 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 9 | Production Task 2 | 2.1 - 3 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 10 | Manual handling, working at heights | 3.2 - 3 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 11 | Production Task 3 | 3.1 - 5 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 12 | Production Task 3 | 3.1 - 5 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 13 | Review of production assessments and work practice | 4.1 - 2 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 14 | Location agreements, location risk assessment | 4.1 - 3 |
1,2,3, |
WEEK 15 | Production Task 4 | 4.3 - 5 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 16 | Production Task 4 | 4.3 - 5 |
1,2,3,4 |
WEEK 17 | Assessment | 1.1 - 4.5 |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
You are advised to look at the course Blackboard site for ongoing updated information |
Other Resources
For further information on the grading system please refer to the course Blackboard site.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge of course content is assessed through written assignments and participation in practical exercises.
Assessment Tasks
This course will be delivered and assessed in conjunction with CUFDRT401A Direct television programs and segments.
Assessment tasks in this course are either formative or summative. Formative tasks provide the basis for ongoing feedback and can be considered as essential building blocks for the more substantial summative assessment tasks. Summative assessment tasks in this unit are graded.
For further information on the assessments and grading criteria, please refer to the course Blackboard site.
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete each one of the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASKS
1) Implementation of OHS practices - 1st TV Production exercise DUE WEEKS 4 & 5
2) Implementation of OHS practices - 2nd TV Production exercise DUE WEEKS 8 & 9
3) Risk Analysis for 3rd TV Production exercise DUE WEEKS 11 & 12
4) Risk Analysis for 4th TV Production exercise DUE WEEKS 15 & 16
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASK:
5) Research Project DUE WEEK 17
Grading criteria for the graded assessment can be found on the course Blackboard site.
You will be assessed using the following 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
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrated alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency. These are available through the course contact in Program administration.
Other Information
ETHICS AND YOUR WORK
In this course you are required to submit work which could be broadcast to a majority audience and would meet a rating of between G and MA (follow the links on The Office of Film and Literature Classification website - oflc.gov.au) to inform yourself of criteria and also meets RMIT’s Ethical Conduct requirements (follow the links on the RMIT website - rmit.edu.au) and Australian law which regard to vilification.
It is your responsibility to acquaint yourself with these regulations before submitting work for assessment.
In line with this requirement, the majority content of your film productions must be approved and signed off by your production supervisor (a Screen and Media teacher) one month ahead of the first day of photography
FEEDBACK
You will receive verbal and written feedback by the teacher on your work. This feedback also includes suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.
LATE SUBMISSIONS
Please refer to the course blackboard site for policy information including information on late submissions and plagiarism
Special consideration Policy (Late Submission)
All assessment tasks are required to be completed to a satisfactory level. If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by the due date, you will need to apply for an extension.
Please refer to the following URL for extensions and special consideration:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Andrea%20Syers;SECTION=1;
PLAGIARISM
RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.
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