Elements and Performance Criteria

Application of this unit may relate to:
Scheduled or unscheduled maintenance performed on flight lines, in hangars and in workshops
Individual or team related activities


State/Territory/Commonwealth OH&S Acts, regulations and codes of practice, including regulations and Organisational codes of practice relating to hazards present in the workplace.
General duty of care under OH&S legislation and common law; requirements for the maintenance and confidentiality of occupational injury and disease.
Requirements for provision of OH&S information and training.
Provisions relating to health and safety representatives and/or OH&S committees.
Provisions relating to OH&S issue resolution.

Policy development and updating.
Determining the ways in which OH&S functions will be managed. This may include distinct OH&S management activities, or inclusion of OH&S functions within a range of management functions and operations such as: maintenance of plant and equipment; purchasing of materials and equipment.
Designing operations, work flow and materials handling; planning or implementing alterations to site, plant, operations or work systems; mechanisms for review and allocation of human, technical and financial resources needed to manage OH&S, including defining and allocating OH&S responsibilities for all relevant positions.
Mechanisms for keeping up to date with relevant information and updating the management arrangements for OH&S, for example, information on health effects of hazards, technical developments in risk control and environmental monitoring and changes to legislation.
Mechanisms to assess and update OH&S arrangements relevant to legislative requirements; a system for communicating OH&S information to employees, supervisors and managers within the enterprise.

OH&S committees and other committees, for example, consultative, planning and purchasing.
Health and safety representatives; employee and supervisor involvement in OH&S management activities, for example, OH&S inspections, audits, environmental monitoring, risk assessment and risk control.
Procedures for reporting hazards, risks and OH&S issues by managers and employees.
Inclusion of OH&S in consultative or other meetings and processes.

Workplace inspections, including plant and equipment; audits.
Maintaining and analysing OH&S records, including environmental monitoring and health surveillance reports.
Maintenance of plant and equipment.
Reviews of materials and equipment purchases, including manufacturers and suppliers information.
Employee reporting of OH&S issues

Determining the likelihood and severity of adverse consequences form hazards.
OH&S audits; workplace inspections; maintenance of plant and equipment; purchasing of materials and equipment.
Planning or implementing alterations to site, operations or work systems.
Analysis of relevant records and reports, for example, injuries and incidents, hazardous substances inventories/registers, audit and environmental monitoring reports and OH&S committee records.

Assessing the OH&S consequences of materials, plant or equipment prior to purchase.
Obtaining expert advice; appropriate application of measures according to the hierarchy of control, namely: elimination of the risk.
Engineering controls.
Administrative controls.
Personal protective equipment.
Designing safe operations and systems of work; inclusion of new OH&S information into procedures.
Checking enterprise compliance with regulatory requirements.

Making inventories of, and inspecting, high risk operations.
Inspecting systems and operations associated with potentially hazardous events, for example, emergency communications, links to emergency services, fire fighting, chemical spill containment, bomb alerts and first aid services.

Arrangements for ongoing assessment of training needs, for example, relating to supervisors and managers.
Specific hazards; specific tasks or equipment.
Emergencies and evacuations.
Training required under OH&S legislation.
Allocation of resources for OH&S training, including acquisition of training resources, development of staff training skills and purchase of training services.
Induction training; training for new operations, materials or equipment.

Identifying records required under OH&S legislation, for example worker's compensation and rehabilitation records.
Hazardous substances registers; Material Safety Data Sheets.
Major accident/injury notifications.
Certificates or licences.
Manufacturers and suppliers OH&S information.
OH&S audits and inspection reports.
Maintenance and testing reports.
Workplace environmental monitoring and health surveillance records.
Records of instruction and training.
First aid/medical post records.

Reviewing the effectiveness of the OH&S management system.
Regular review of operating procedures.
Regular analysis of OH&S records.
Audits against OH&S legislative requirements.

Overview of Assessment
A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to effectively utilise OH&S legislation and organisational policies and procedures to establish, maintain and evaluate an OH&S system.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently perform all elements of the unit as specified by the criteria, including required knowledge, and be capable of applying the competency in new and different situations and contexts.
Assessors should gather a range of evidence that is valid, sufficient, current and authentic. Evidence can be gathered through a variety of ways including direct observation, supervisor's reports, project work, samples and questioning. Questioning techniques should not require language, literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency.

Context of and specific resources for assessment
This unit may be assessed on the job, off the job or a combination of both on and off the job. Where assessment occurs off the job, that is, the candidate is not in productive work, then an appropriate simulation must be used where the range of conditions reflects realistic workplace situations. The candidate must have access to all equipment, materials and documentation required and must be permitted to refer to any relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications, codes, standards, manuals and reference materials. The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate.