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Manage work health and safety processes

Manage work health and safety processes

Unit of competency
National Code
AHCWHS502
State Code
OBJ31
TGA Status
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
21/10/2019
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
28/01/2020
Field of Education
061301 - Occupational Health And Safety
Original Release Date
28/01/2020
Nominal Hours
40
Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to develop health and safety policies and procedures that demonstrate enterprise commitment to health and safety in the workplace. This unit applies to individuals who develop and implement systems to manage health and safety in the workplace. In this role, individuals analyse information and exercise judgement to complete a range of advanced, skilled activities.All work must be conducted in accordance with relevant legislative requirements, Codes of Practice, workplace procedures and safe work practices.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Develop health and safety policies and procedures
  • 1.1 Develop a health and safety management plan and program for the enterprise in consultation with designated personnel and management
  • 1.2 Clearly define and allocate health and safety responsibilities and duties and include them in job descriptions and duty statements for all relevant positions
  • 1.3 Identify, seek and allocate financial and human resources for implementing health and safety policies and procedures
  • 1.4 Provide and explain information on the health and safety system, for the area of responsibility, in a form which is readily understood by employees
2. Establish and maintain processes to ensure the participation of all employees in the application of health and safety
  • 2.1 Establish and maintain consultation processes with employees and their representatives
  • 2.2 Deal with issues raised though participation and consultation and resolve them promptly and effectively
  • 2.3 Provide information about the outcomes of participation and consultation in a manner readily accessible to employees
  • 2.4 Provide information on injury management and return to work programs
3. Establish and maintain procedures for managing work health and safety risks
  • 3.1 Identify existing and potential hazards and risks in accordance with trends identified in health and safety records
  • 3.2 Integrate the risk management process for the ongoing identification of hazards, risk assessment, control and review of risks within systems of work and procedures
  • 3.3 Monitor activities to ensure that the procedure is effectively adopted throughout areas of responsibility
  • 3.4 Address work health and safety hazards and risks at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards and risks are not created
  • 3.5 Investigate, record and report incident and dangerous occurrences in accordance with legal requirements and enterprise procedures
4. Plan and manage enterprise procedures for dealing with potential emergency events
  • 4.1 Identify, with accuracy, potential emergencies posing risks to the health and safety of workers and the public
  • 4.2 Develop plans and procedures, which control the risks associated with potential emergency events, in consultation with relevant emergency services
5. Establish and maintain a health and safety induction and training program
  • 5.1 Develop a health and safety induction program to meet the health and safety needs of new employees and visitors to the workplace
  • 5.2 Develop a health and safety training program as part of supervisors’ and employees’ general training
6. Establish and maintain a system for health and safety records
  • 6.1 Establish and monitor a system for keeping health and safety records to allow identification of patterns of occupational injury and disease in the enterprise
  • 6.2 Regularly update records and use them to evaluate the effectiveness of the enterprise health and safety system
7. Evaluate the enterprise health and safety system
  • 7.1 Assess the effectiveness of the health and safety system according to enterprise aims with respect to health and safety
  • 7.2 Develop and implement improvements to the health and safety system to ensure more effective achievement of enterprise aims
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
BAN39 AHCWHS501 Manage work health and safety processes Unit of competency
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
OFC33 AHCWHS503 Manage workplace health and safety processes Unit of competency