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Manage work health and safety processes

Manage work health and safety processes

Unit of competency
National Code
PPMWHS501
State Code
ODT75
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
10/02/2022
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
31/05/2022
Field of Education
061301 - Occupational Health And Safety
Original Release Date
31/05/2022
Nominal Hours
35
Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage systemic processes for work health and safety and risk control for a pulp and/or paper manufacturing facility.The unit applies to those managers of several work groups or areas within a pulp or paper manufacturing facility, responsible for maintaining, managing, recording and training in established work health and safety processes. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Manage work health and safety information and records
  • 1.1 Identify and access relevant workplace health and safety legislation,standards, codes of practice, compliance codes, organisational procedures, guidance material and other sources of information and evaluate their relevance to pulp and paper manufacturing work context
  • 1.2 Collect and collate and provide information on workplace health and safety requirements, trends and risk controls
  • 1.3 Implement and monitor processes to ensure the accurate completion, collection and storage of workplace health and safety records
2. Manage work health and safety participative processes
  • 2.1 Monitor participative processes to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and organisational procedures
  • 2.2 Evaluate information provided to employees to ensure its format is readily accessible and understandable
  • 2.3 Implement and monitor processes to ensure that work group members have an opportunity, either directly or through their representative, to contribute to decisions that may affect their health and safety
  • 2.4 Evaluate processes for addressing workplace health and safety issues to ensure prompt resolution of issues raised through consultation
  • 2.5 Provide information about the outcomes of consultations in a format readily accessible to employers
3. Manage work health and safety risk management processes
  • 3.1 Review processes for hazard, incident and injury reporting and investigation to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and to inform future prevention strategies
  • 3.2 Monitor processes to ensure that hazard identification and risk assessments occur
  • 3.3 Check and monitor risk controls and hazard specific procedures to ensure consistency with the hierarchy of risk control and support compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements
  • 3.4 Identify and address any workplace health and safety implications of either proposed or implemented changes to the workplace, work processes or organisation of work
  • 3.5 Recognise limits of own professional expertise and consult expert advisors as required
4. Manage work health and safety training program
  • 4.1 Undertake workplace health and safety training needs assessment for work group members that takes account of existing skills of work group members and risk control requirements
  • 4.2 Implement and monitor training programs to ensure identified workplace health and safety training requirements are addressed
  • 4.3 Implement and monitor processes to ensure that all new employees receive workplace health and safety induction
  • 4.4 Access and consult workplace health and safety and training specialists as required, in the development and implementation of the workplace health and safety training program
5. Manage work health and safety continuous improvement process
  • 5.1 Consider input from individuals and work group in identifying and implementing workplace health and safety improvement
  • 5.2 Determine workplace health and safety priorities in consultation with appropriate managers and stakeholders
  • 5.3 Develop workplace health and safety action plans, taking account of priorities and training needs
  • 5.4 Monitor achievements against the workplace health and safety plans and update plans as required
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
AXJ03 PPMWHS420 Manage WHS processes Unit of competency
State Code National Code Title Type
BHL9 PPM50121 Diploma of Pulp and Paper Operations Management Qualification