implement and monitor work health and safety practices assignment

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Sitxwhs007 - implement and monitor work health and safety practices (release 1).

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• interpret materials describing regulatory requirements for WHS management and organisational policies and procedures.
• write high level reports and complete accurate records for regulatory compliance.
• conduct health, safety and security consultation activities
• explain health, safety and security procedures and information on safe work practices.
• incorporate the views of other people consulted in the workplace.
• monitor staff members’ daily compliance with health, safety and security management practices.

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• implement and monitor adherence to workplace health, safety and security procedures in three of the following real or simulated situations:
• evacuation of staff and customers
• security management of cash, documents, equipment, keys or people
• handling chemicals and hazardous substances
• hazard identification and reporting
• incident and accident reporting
• risk assessment and reporting
• coordinate consultative processes for managing the above workplace health, safety and security issues
• coordinate risk assessments, health, safety and security training, and the maintenance of records relating to above situations
• monitor the effectiveness of health, safety and security procedures for the above situations and identify:
• required adjustments
• staff training needs
• apply management practices that must be implemented for compliance with state or territory WHS legislation during above situations.

Knowledge Evidence

• primary components of relevant state or territory WHS legislation:
• actions that must be taken for legal compliance
• employer responsibilities to provide a safe workplace
• requirement to consult, and acceptable consultation mechanisms
• requirements for the use of WHS representatives and committees, and their roles and responsibilities
• requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and acceptable mechanisms
• requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms
• requirement to provide information and training
• employee responsibilities to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace
• employee responsibility to participate in WHS practices
• ramifications of failure to observe WHS legislation and organisational policies and procedures
• content of health, safety and security policies and procedures; and consultation, hazard identification, risk assessment and reporting documents
• methods used for health, safety and security consultation, hazard identification and risk assessment
• options for the provision of training:
• coaching or mentoring in safe work practices
• formal training programs in safe work practices
• hazard identification, risk assessment and control
• health, safety and security policy and procedure induction
• health, safety and security representative or committee
• provision of information, fact sheets and signage to ensure safe work practices
• types and key content of health, safety and security information:
• consultative arrangements for health, safety and security
• employee roles and responsibilities in health, safety and security management practices
• legal obligations and ramifications of failure to comply
• location of first aid kit and emergency evacuation plan
• health, safety and security training information and updates
• overall approach of organisation to health, safety and security
• participation of personnel in health, safety and security management practices
• responsibilities of employees to ensure safety
• specific risk control measures relevant to the workplace
• specific regulations and codes of practice
• hazard identification reporting documents
• risk assessment template documents
• consultative processes for obtaining staff input into health, safety and security policies and procedures
• time requirements for hazard identification:
• when changes to the workplace are implemented:
• before the premises are used for the first time
• before and during the installation or alteration of any plant
• before changes to work practices are introduced
• when any new information relating to health and safety risks becomes available
• required health, safety and security records and reports:
• consultation
• hazard identification
• incident and accident notifications to WHS regulatory authorities
• incident or accident, near miss reports and related statistics
• monitoring reports and recommendations for change
• risk assessments
• risk control actions
• training action plans
• training undertaken.

Assessment Conditions

• an industry workplace; or
• a simulated industry environment set up for the purposes of assessment.
• computers, software programs, printers and communication technology used to administer the implementation and monitoring of a health, safety and security system
• relevant state or territory WHS legislation
• current plain English regulatory documents distributed by the local WHS government regulator
• codes of practice and standards issued by government regulators or industry groups
• health, safety and security information and business management manuals issued by industry associations or commercial publishers
• health, safety and security policies and procedures
• team for which the individual coordinates health, safety and security management practices. This can be:
• teams in an industry workplace who are assisted by the individual during the assessment process; or
• individuals who participate in role plays or simulated activities, set up for the purpose of assessment, in a simulated industry environment operated within a training organisation.
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