Explain relevant work health and safety information to personnel.

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1. Provide information on health, safety and security.

1.1 Explain relevant work health and safety information  to personnel.

1.2 Make all current work health and safety information readily accessible to staff.

2. Monitor safe work practices.

2.1 Monitor adherence to organisational work health and safety procedures .

2.2 Monitor ongoing compliance with safe work practices .

2.3 Take prompt action to address non-compliance with procedures and safe work practice.

2.4 Monitor the day-to-day effectiveness of work health and safety practices in maintaining the health, safety and security of personnel.

3. Coordinate consultative arrangements for the management of health, safety and security issues.

3.1 Coordinate the operation of all consultative processes .

3.2 Provide the opportunity for staff members to contribute their views on current and future work health and safety management practices.

3.3 Resolve or refer issues raised through work health and safety consultation to the appropriate person.

3.4 Provide timely staff and own feedback on work health and safety management practices to the designated person.

4. Implement and monitor procedures for identifying hazards, assessing and controlling risks.

4.1 Coordinate scheduled hazard identification activities ensuring hazards are identified at times designated by legislation .

4.2 Identify any hazards  on an ongoing basis through own day-to-day workplace operations.

4.3 React to reports of hazards by other workers, coordinate and participate in risk assessments.

4.4 Implement any risk control methods or refer to appropriate person if control is outside scope of responsibility.

4.5 Monitor the effectiveness of control measures, promptly identify any inadequacies and resolve or report them to the appropriate person.

5. Implement and monitor health, safety and security training.

5.1 Identify work health and safety training needs  based on regular staff monitoring.

5.2 Make arrangements for fulfilling training needs.

5.3 Monitor effectiveness of training and make required adjustments.

6. Maintain work health and safety records and reports.

6.1 Complete work health and safety records and reports  accurately and legibly and store according to organisation and legal requirements.

6.2 Use data and reports to provide reliable and timely input to the management of workplace health, safety and security.

6.3 Minimise use of printed materials and maximise electronic transmission and filing of all documents to reduce waste.

This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit.

Required skills 

• communication skills to:

• explain issues of work health and safety responsibility to personnel
• discipline non-compliant personnel
• conduct sometimes complex work health and safety consultation activities
• explain all work health and safety procedures and information on safe work practices

• critical thinking skills to:

• allow for a rational and logical evaluation of the effectiveness of work health and safety management practices
• incorporate the views of other people consulted in the workplace

• literacy skills to:

• read and interpret unfamiliar and complex materials describing regulatory requirements for work health and safety management and organisational policies and procedures
• write high level reports about the effectiveness of work health and safety management practices, including recommendations for change and complete accurate records for regulatory compliance

• planning and organising skills to coordinate consultative arrangements, work health and safety training and regular hazard identification and risk assessment activities
• problem-solving skills to analyse work health and safety system deficiencies and recommend change
• teamwork skills to monitor staff members’ daily compliance with work health and safety management practices and counsel on non-compliance.

Required  knowledge 

• the primary components of relevant state or territory OHS or WHS legislation. This would include:

• actions that must be taken for legal compliance
• employer responsibilities to provide a safe workplace
• requirement to consult and acceptable consultation mechanisms
• requirements for the use of work health and safety representatives and committees, and their roles and responsibilities
• requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and acceptable mechanisms
• requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms
• requirement to provide information and training
• employee responsibilities to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace
• employee responsibility to participate in work health and safety practices
• ramifications of failure to observe OHS or WHS legislation and organisational policies and procedures

• for the specific organisation:

• the full content of work health and safety policies, procedures, consultation, hazard identification, risk assessment and reporting documents
• methods used for work health and safety consultation, hazard identification and risk assessment
• options for the provision of training.