Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to supervise implementation of work health and safety (WHS) practices and procedures in a section of a workplace in manufacturing, production, engineering and related industry environments.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Band: B
Unit Weight: 4

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two (2) occasions and include:
• following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
• identifying and interpreting information on work health and safety (WHS) legislation, workplace practices and procedures, specifications, charts, lists and other applicable reference documents
• establishing consultation mechanisms in sections of the work site
• scheduling meetings and keeping records/minutes of discussions with consultative forums on WHS matters
• supervising the allocation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to all staff
• establishing safety and housekeeping practices and procedures
• rectifying WHS legislative requirement non-conformances
• keeping records for monitoring the effectiveness of work practices and procedures with respect to the safety of the working environment
• identifying hazards and assessing risks and implementing risk control measures
• assessing control measures for effectiveness in controlling the risk
• monitoring hazards
• determining the need for expert advice in the identification and control of workplace hazards
• investigating accidents in accordance with procedures to determine the cause, as required
• supervising communication of WHS matters
• identifying training needs for a particular work section
• maintaining accident and incident records in accordance with SOPs.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:
• safe work practices and procedures and use of PPE
• legislative requirements for the workplace and supervisory responsibilities
• procedures for initiating discussions with the relevant consultative forums
• relevant consultative forums
• frequency of discussions to be held with the relevant consultative forums
• organisational WHS communication requirements
• WHS training practices, procedures and options available
• work practices and procedures developed in conjunction with the relevant consultative forums
• effect of work practices and procedures on the safety of the working environment
• procedures for monitoring the success of the work practices and procedures developed
• procedure for rectifying WHS legislative requirement non-compliances
• variables to be recorded during the monitoring process
• sources of information and expertise on WHS issues
• procedures for conducting accident investigations
• principles and hierarchy of hazard control measures and reasons for progressively implementing the hierarchy of control of hazards and the mechanisms for controlling hazards
• likely causes of accidents investigated
• procedures for accessing expertise external to the workplace
• procedures for recording accidents and incidents
• probable causes of trends or problem areas.

Assessment Conditions

• Assessors must:
• have vocational competency in supervising work health and safety in an industrial work environment at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience
• satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires
• Where possible assessment must occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills
• Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications
• Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'This section describes those required skills (reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy) that are essential to workplace performance in this unit of competency.\nFoundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.'}

Prerequisite Units

• MEM11011
• MEM13002
• MEM13015
• MEM16006

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