Course Title: Maintain laboratory/field workplace safety
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: OHTH5596C
Course Title: Maintain laboratory/field workplace safety
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5282 - Diploma of Laboratory Technology (Biotechnology)
Course Contact: Amberlee Mitton
Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 8053
Course Contact Email: amber.mitton@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Brian Long
Nominal Hours: 50
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
This unit of competency has no prerequisite(s).
Course Description
This unit of competency covers the ability to monitor and maintain the occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental programs within a work area where the person has some supervisory responsibility for others. Personnel will be able to participate in risk assessment and management processes, such as working with other staff to assess and manage risks associated with technical activities, coaching others in participating in OHS and environmental management issues, being a safety representative or participating in a safety committee. Their work is done in accordance with defined enterprise policies and procedures.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
MSL944001A Maintain laboratory/field workplace safety |
Element: |
1. Perform all work safely |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1. Use established work practices and personal protective equipment to ensure personal safety and that of other laboratory personnel |
Element: |
2. Ensure others in the work group are able to implement safe work practices |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Ensure hazard controls and personal protective clothing and equipment appropriate to the work requirements are available and functional |
Element: |
3. Monitor observance of safe work practices in the work area |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Ensure enterprise procedures are clearly defined, documented and followed |
Element: |
4. Participate in risk management processes |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Report and address any identified hazards and inadequacies in existing risk controls within level of responsibility and according to enterprise procedures |
Element: |
5. Support the implementation of participative arrangements |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1. Inform and consult work group on OHS and environmental issues relevant to the work role |
Element: |
6. Support the implementation of emergency procedures within the work group |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1. Ensure that enterprise procedures for dealing with incidents and emergencies are available and known by work group |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
online activities
group work
role play
risk assessment
Teaching Schedule
week | Date | Activity |
1 | 8/2 | no class |
2 | 15/2 | Lab safety introduction |
3 | 22/2 | Biological safety overview on line quiz |
4 | 1/3 | Chemical safety overview On Line quiz |
5 | 7/3 | Review questions |
6 | 14/3 |
Risk assessment legislation review On line quiz |
7 | 21/3 | Manual handling/Chemical safety review On line quiz |
8 | 28/3 |
Assignment Retrieve information from MSDS |
9 | 4/4 | no class, exam week |
9 | 11/4 | no class Easter break |
10 | 18/4 | Fire safety On line quiz |
11 | 25/4 | No Class Anzac Day |
12 | 2/5 | Radiation/Biological safety review Role Plays |
13 | 9/5 | First Aid |
14 | 16/5 | Psychological stress |
15 | 23/5 | Talks, Review |
16 | 30/5 | Talks, worksheet |
17 | 6/6 | Test |
18 | 13/6 | alternative asessments |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessments for this course typically consist of:
• Class activities
• Assignments
• Presentations
• Exam
Assessment Tasks
Students will not receive a grade for this course. Instead they will be assessed as competent or not yet competent.
To gain competence students must satisfactorily complete all assessment tasks as follows
- all online quizzes
- assignments
- group work
- presentation
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
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It also occurs through enabling plagiarism, which is the act of assisting or allowing another person to plagiarise or to copy your own work. Please make sure you consider this carefully in completing all your work and assessments in this course and if you are unsure about whether you might have plagiarised, seek help from your teacher.
Students are required to submit work on the due date at the School Office using the cover sheets provided. The work will be accepted through the School Office and you will receive a receipt which you should keep as proof of submission. Students must NOT submit work directly to the teacher.
To pass the course you need to pass, on average, each type of assessment (tests, reports, assignments)
For example, if there are two tests you need to have an average of 50% to pass. But you also need to have passed the other assessments as well. You can’t make up marks from one type of assessment to another (eg pass the tests but fail the prac reports).
Additional assessment may be provided at the discretion of the Program Coordinator if your average test mark is above 45% and you have passed all other assessments.
Students must attend at least 80% of practical classes. If you miss a prac class you should provide a copy of your medical certificate or other evidence (court appearance, funeral notice, statutory declaration) to the teacher.
Extension of time for submission of assessable work-
* A student may apply for an extension of up to 7 days from the original due date
* They must lodge the application form (available on the web) at least the day before the due date
* The application is lodged with the School Admin Office on Level 6, Bdg 51
* Students requiring longer extensions must apply for Special Consideration (form available on the Web)
For missed assessments such as exams- you (& your doctor if you are sick) must fill out a special consideration form. This form must be lodged at the HUB or online with supporting evidence (eg medical certificate), prior to, or within, 48 hours of the scheduled time of examination.
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