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HLTWHS003 - Maintain work health and safety

Unit code: HLTWHS003 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
City Flinders
Footscray Nicholson
Industry
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and work practices as part of a small work team.  This unit applies to workers who have a key role in maintaining WHS in an organisation, including duty of care for other workers.

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:

  • conducted a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results;
  • provided WHS information to at least two workers;
  • consistently monitored safety procedures in the day-to-day work activities required by the job role;
  • completed a workplace incident report, and;
  • followed workplace procedures for a simulated emergency situation.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • state/territory legislation and how it impacts on workplace regulations, codes of practice and industry standards;
  • hazards common to the work environment and how they cause harm;
  • principles of hazards and risk assessment;
  • workplace emergency procedures, and;
  • workplace policies and procedures for WHS.

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 studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate IV in Community Services
CHC42015
Diploma of Community Development
CHC52115

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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