Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.

This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.

Elements and Performance Criteria

Foundation Skills

Unit Mapping Information

No equivalent unit

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role.

There must be demonstrated evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks at least once in line with state/territory WHS regulations, relevant codes of practice and workplace procedures:

• contributed to a workplace WHS meeting or inspection
• conducted a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results
• consistently applied workplace safety procedures in the day-to-day work activities required by the job role, including:

• infection control
• hazardous manual tasks
• use of personal protective equipment
• reporting incidents

• followed workplace procedures for at least one simulated emergency situation.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

• state/territory legislation and how it impacts on workplace regulations, codes of practice and industry standards, including:

• state/territory WHS authorities
• rights and responsibilities of employers and workers, including duty of care
• hazardous manual tasks
• infection control

• safety symbols and their meanings, including signs for:

• poisons
• emergency equipment
• personal protective equipment (PPE)
• specific hazards such as sharps, radiation

• hazard identification, including:

• definition of a hazard
• common workplace hazards relevant to the industry setting including hazardous manual tasks, infection control risks and personal safety risks
• workplace procedures for hazard identification
• strategies minimising risk

• safety considerations when working in a home-based environment, including:

• rights and responsibilities of workers and clients
• basic home fire safety including high-risk groups, behaviour that contributes to fire injury and fatalities, and smoke alarm placement, installation and maintenance.
• risks to personal safety
• common sources of infection and means to minimise transfer of infectious diseases
• fundamentals of the muscoskeletal system and practices to minimise injury to self and clients

• workplace emergency procedures
• workplace policies and procedures for WHS

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated:

• in the workplace

OR

• in an environment that provides realistic in-depth industry validated scenarios and simulations to assess candidates’ skills and knowledge.

In addition, assessment must ensure use of:

• current workplace policies and procedures for WHS
• PPE relevant to the workplace and job role of the worker

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705