CPCPCM2043 - Carry out WHS requirements

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, incl the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
* applying work health and safety (WHS) requirements, policies and procedures on three separate and different occasions in the plumbing and services work environment.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* procedures and policies for identifying and reporting hazards, safety risks and hazardous materials, including asbestos and silica in the workplace
* job safety analyses (JSAs) and safe work method statements (SWMSs)
* safe manual handling techniques
* purpose and application of safety data sheets (SDSs) when working with different materials
* relevant legislation, regulations and workplace requirements relating to WHS, including hazard reduction and personal safety
* the requirements for working in confined spaces
* the requirements for working at heights, including on roofs
* electrical safety requirements, including but not limited to:
* tag and test
* residual current devices
* equipotential (electrical) bonding
* electrical earthing
* risk assessment processes
* safe work practices in a normal working environment:
* handling of materials
* hand tools
* power tools
* hazard control procedures and procedures for handling hazardous materials and substances
* personal protective equipment (PPE) prescribed under legislation, regulations and workplace policies and practices
* selection and use of firefighting equipment
* first aid procedures
* workplace induction requirements
* workplace response to emergencies.