CPCPCM2043A - Carry out WHS requirements

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Unit code: CPCPCM2043A | Study level: TAFE
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Overview

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to carry out work health and safety (WHS) requirements through safe work practices in a plumbing and services work environment.  The unit requires the performance of work in a safe manner through awareness of risks, work requirements and the planning and performance of safe work practices with concern for personal safety and the safety of others.  It includes the initial response to workplace emergencies; the safe use of electricity; the identification of hazardous materials, including asbestos; and compliance with legislated work safety practices.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including 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:

  • complete written reports and other relevant documentation;
  • enable clear and direct communication, using questioning to identify and confirm requirements, share information, listen and understand;
  • use language and concepts appropriate to cultural differences;
  • use and interpret non-verbal communication, such as hand signals;
  • evaluate safety issues in the workplace and determine appropriate action;
  • recognise WHS hazards, including asbestos, and take all opportunities to alleviate safety problems in a variety of construction work sites and environments;
  • initiative and enterprise skills to identify and report to appropriate personnel any faults in tools or materials;
  • literacy skills to read and interpret: documentation from a variety of sources; MSDS; work safety procedures and instructions;
  • self-management skills to deal calmly and effectively with any potential safety problems and work closely with other team members and supervisors to ensure safe working conditions are maintained;
  • teamwork skills to work with others to action tasks and relate to people from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with varying physical and mental abilities, and;
  • technology skills to: access and understand site-specific instructions in a variety of media; use mobile communication technology.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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