Work, Health & Safety In The Workplace

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation’s work, health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area according to WHS legislative requirements.

Learning Outcomes:

• • Keep up-to-date with legislation and relevant publications
• • Contribute to development and implementation of a WHS policy, a WHS Management System (WHSMS), and WHS plan
• • Contribute to the measurement and evaluation of WHS performance
• • Contribute to the review and improvement of the WHSMS
• • Establish and maintain procedures for effectively identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks in a work area
• • Provide information to the work team about WHS policies and procedures
• • Implement and monitor WHS consultation and participation processes for managing WHS
• • Implement and monitor organisational procedures for providing WHS training
• • Implement and monitor organisational procedures for maintaining WHS records for the team