CUAPPR515 - Establish and maintain safe creative practice

Unit code: CUAPPR515 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

City Campus

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine and respond effectively to broad and specific safety requirements in a professional practice.It involves determining work health and safety (WHS) requirements, identifying hazards, managing risks, and monitoring and enhancing safety of the practice.
The unit applies to those who are sole practitioners or working in collaborative teams across all sectors and areas of expertise, who are responsible for managing safety. The practitioner applies a self-directed approach to ensuring safety. The unit could apply to a range of internal and external work environments, including workshops, studios, offices, field locations and performance venues. The unit does not apply to individuals employed by organisations to manage the safety of a practice.

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, 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:
• establish and maintain at least two safe creative practices.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:
• analyse the needs of a particular practice and develop a set of systems, procedures and practices that support safety in that context
• identify key safety issues, including specific hazards and risks in the applicable area of practice
• apply general work health and safety (WHS) legislation and specific codes, standards or guidelines relevant to own practice.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• essential components of work health and safety (WHS) legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to the specific area of practice
• essential WHS responsibilities of employers, manufacturers, suppliers, employees and other parties with legal responsibilities
• applicable industry or process-specific safety guidelines that apply to particular fields of work and particular work environments
• hazards and their associated risks that exist in the specific professional practice
• potential impact of not addressing hazards and risks in the specific area of practice
• organisational systems, procedures and practices that support WHS management and regulatory compliance for a professional practice, including those relating to:
• business planning, especially new technology and organisational change
• purchasing policies and procedures
• reporting on financial, technical and other resource needs
• maintenance of WHS systems and procedures.

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.