UEECD0016 - Document and apply measures to control WHS risks associated with electrotechnology work
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Prerequisites
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to identify, document and apply work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) hazard and risk control measures associated with electrotechnology work.
It includes identifying workplace hazards, assigning levels of risk, developing control measures to eliminate and/or mitigate risks, reviewing risk control measures and maintaining documentation of hazards, risk control measures and their application in accordance with compliance procedures.
This unit addresses information, processes and techniques for the application of WHS/OHS, specific to working in the electrotechnology sector and is essential for workers without managerial or supervisory responsibilities.
Assessment
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 measures to control work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) risks, including:
*identifying hazards by job analysis and/or work-site inspection
*documenting hazards
*determining risks associated with identified hazards
*determining the degree of risk in consultation with relevant person/s and in accordance with workplace requirements and documenting the level of risk
*working with a group to identify effective hazard control measures
*working with a group to modify and/or develop safe work methods
*utilising the hierarchy of control to develop reasonably practicable control measures to eliminate or control risk
*reassessing the level of risk and documenting the reassessed level of risk
*documenting control measures
*updating worksite risk register
*monitoring, reviewing relevant control measure documentation to ensure control measures remain valid
*reviewing job-specific and/or worksite processes to ensure control measures remain valid
*identifying job-specific and/or worksite changes and modifying hazard, risk and control measure documentation
*following workplace requirements for filing control measure documentation
*identifying practical control measures for dealing with the hazards on a construction worksite, low voltage (LV) equipment, hazards of high voltage (HV).
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*risk management and assessment of risks, including:
*principle and purpose of risk management
*processes for conducting a risk assessment
*hazard identification by job analysis and work-site inspection
*recording hazards and assessing risk
*recognising and assigning a level of risk, including:
*high (potential to kill or permanent disability)
*medium (potential to cause an injury or illness of a permanent nature)
*low (potential to cause a minor injury requiring first aid but no permanent disability)
*the likelihood of an incident happening
*risk level matrix
*identifying control measures to eliminate or control risk, including:
*hierarchy of control measures
*what constitutes a reasonably practicable control measure
*monitoring and reviewing processes to ensure control measures remain valid
*control measure documentation, including:
*job safety analysis (JSAs)
*safe work method statements (SWMS)
*risk registers
*relevant industry standards
*construction site hazards, risks and control measures, including:
*manual and mechanical handling
*noise, dusts, gases and chemicals
*working at heights
*working in confined spaces
*harmful airborne contaminants: fibres of thermal insulation, fibrous cement materials, asbestos, silica and other fibres in insulation materials
*harmful devices: laser equipped devices, gas torches and welding equipment
*harmful materials: gases including refrigerants, industrial cleaning agents, fibres of optical cable, thermal insulation, glues and other setting agents
*hazards, risks and control measures associated with HV, including:
*control measures used for dealing with the hazards of HV
*parts of an electrical system and equipment where HV is likely
*the terms ‘touch voltage’, ‘step voltage’, ‘induced voltage’, ‘stored energy’ and ‘creepage’ as they relate to the hazards of HV
*Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS) requirements for safety services and issues related to HV installations
*consultation and the requirement for the use of authorised personnel for undertaking isolations, maintenance and reporting of faults (including permit requirements)
*hazards, risks and control measures associated with LV equipment, including:
*risks in modifying electrical installations, fault finding, maintenance and repair
*control measures before, while and after working on electrical installations, circuits and equipment
*isolation and tagging-off procedures
*risks, restrictions and control measures for working live
*alternate supplies
*hazards associated with extra-low voltage (ELV), LV and high currents, including:
*arrangement of power distribution and circuits in electrical installations
*parts of an electrical system and equipment that operate at LV and ELV, and, where high currents are likely
*harmful airborne contaminants: fibres of thermal insulation, fibrous cement materials, asbestos, silica and other fibres in insulation materials
*harmful devices: gas touches, welding equipment and laser equipped devises
*harmful materials: gases (refrigerants) and some industrial cleaning agents, fibres of optical cable and thermal insulation
*hazards, risks and control measures associated with disconnecting and reconnecting electrical equipment, including:
*isolation and tagging-off procedures
*alternate supplies (back-up supply and changeover switches).
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):