Release

Comments

Release 1

This version released with PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package Version 3.0.

Elements

Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Manage work health and safety information and records

1.1 Identify and access relevant workplace health and safety legislation, standards, codes of practice, compliance codes, organisational procedures, guidance material and other sources of information and evaluate their relevance to pulp and paper manufacturing work context

1.2 Collect and collate and provide information on workplace health and safety requirements, trends and risk controls

1.3 Implement and monitor processes to ensure the accurate completion, collection and storage of workplace health and safety records

2. Manage work health and safety participative processes

2.1 Monitor participative processes to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and organisational procedures

2.2 Evaluate information provided to employees to ensure its format is readily accessible and understandable

2.3 Implement and monitor processes to ensure that work group members have an opportunity, either directly or through their representative, to contribute to decisions that may affect their health and safety

2.4 Evaluate processes for addressing workplace health and safety issues to ensure prompt resolution of issues raised through consultation

2.5 Provide information about the outcomes of consultations in a format readily accessible to employers

3. Manage work health and safety risk management processes

3.1 Review processes for hazard, incident and injury reporting and investigation to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and to inform future prevention strategies

3.2 Monitor processes to ensure that hazard identification and risk assessments occur

3.3 Check and monitor risk controls and hazard specific procedures to ensure consistency with the hierarchy of risk control and support compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements

3.4 Identify and address any workplace health and safety implications of either proposed or implemented changes to the workplace, work processes or organisation of work

3.5 Recognise limits of own professional expertise and consult expert advisors as required

4. Manage work health and safety training program

4.1 Undertake workplace health and safety training needs assessment for work group members that takes account of existing skills of work group members and risk control requirements

4.2 Implement and monitor training programs to ensure identified workplace health and safety training requirements are addressed

4.3 Implement and monitor processes to ensure that all new employees receive workplace health and safety induction

4.4 Access and consult workplace health and safety and training specialists as required, in the development and implementation of the workplace health and safety training program

5. Manage work health and safety continuous improvement process

5.1 Consider input from individuals and work group in identifying and implementing workplace health and safety improvement

5.2 Determine workplace health and safety priorities in consultation with appropriate managers and stakeholders

5.3 Develop workplace health and safety action plans, taking account of priorities and training needs

5.4 Monitor achievements against the workplace health and safety plans and update plans as required

Skill

Description

Learning

• Assess own capabilities for interpreting and applying workplace health and safety information and procedures

Oral communication

• Adjust language and communication style to communicate with personnel in the work teams, management and expert advisers about workplace safety

Reading

• Interpret workplace health and safety legislation, standards, guidance material and organisational procedures

Writing

• Complete workplace records accurately and legibly, using correct, clear language and industry terminology

Code and title current version

Code and title previous version

Comments

Equivalence status

PPMWHS501 Manage work health and safety processes

PPMWHS420 Manage WHS processes

Changes to unit title, performance criteria, foundation skills, performance evidence and knowledge evidence

Assessment conditions revised

Not equivalent

Release

Comments

Release 1

This version released with PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package Version 3.0.