Assessment Requirements for CPPCMN4007 Manage workplace safety arrangements

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for CPPCMN4007 Manage workplace safety arrangements

Modification History

Release 1.

Revised unit of competency replacing superseded equivalent CPPCMN4007A Manage workplace safety arrangements.

This version first released with CPP Property Services Training Package Version 4.

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy the requirements of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.

The person must also provide clear information and instruction to one work group on workplace procedures pertaining to health and safety in a readily accessible manner, and:

apply company processes and procedures for health and safety

demonstrate leadership skills in working with teams to identify hazards within work group, ensuring unresolved issues are referred and actioned

apply risk management procedures, including undertaking hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control according to hierarchy of control

identify and facilitate health and safety training needs and reporting requirements of work group

identify characteristics of workforce that affect the management of health and safety

identify health and safety compliance requirements relating to specific work tasks

integrate health and safety into company systems

apply key requirements of health and safety legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to work tasks

provide clear information and instructions to work group on workplace procedures relating to health and safety in plain English and catering for individual language and literacy levels

apply obligations for duty of care.

In doing the above work, the person must also demonstrate strategies in place to manage five of the following hazardous events that may occur in the workplace:

accidents, including motor vehicle accidents

bomb threats

chemical spills

electrocution

fires and explosions

inhalation of dangerous substances

manual handling

natural disasters

slips, trips and falls

violent incidents, such as:

armed robberies

workplace bullying.

Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

characteristics of the company’s workforce, including type of work undertaken and impacts on health and safety management

company processes and procedures, including those relating to:

accident and incident investigation

assessing and controlling risks

consultation and participation arrangements for employees and third parties

emergency planning and response

housekeeping and work environment

identifying hazards

health and safety management

health and safety procedures, including:

developing and communicating company health and safety policy

providing health and safety information, instruction, supervision and training

health and safety record keeping

reporting and resolving health and safety issues

training and assessment

risk management

principles of:

access and equity

hazard management

leadership as it applies to managing workplace safety

health and safety management systems

risk management procedures, including risk assessment and risk control procedures reflecting the following order of the process:

hazard identification

risk assessment

hazard control

evaluation

safe operating procedures or instructions that cover:

awareness of electrical hazards

chemical storage, handling and disposal

confined space procedures

dust

first aid and injury management

manual handling

noise

requirements for maintaining safety when working alone

safe use of tools and equipment

security

specific hazards

storage of dangerous goods

toxic, infectious and sharps waste

use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

use of safety data sheets (SDS)

vehicles and mobile equipment

working safely around electrical hazards, including wiring, cables and overhead powerlines

processes and practices for training staff in workplace safety requirements

strategies for providing workplace participative arrangements:

implementing employee performance feedback programs

formal and informal meetings of:

health and safety representatives

health and safety committees

other special purpose committees, such as consultative, planning and purchasing

company information, staff bulletins and notices

suggestions, requests, reports and concerns put forward by employees to management

strategies for encouraging staff contributions to participative arrangements, including:

actively listening to ideas and opinions of staff

reinforcing positive behaviours that contribute to a safe workplace

sharing opinions, views, skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety

key requirements of work health and safety (WHS) legislation and regulations, including:

dangerous goods codes

general duty of care under health and safety legislation and common law provisions relating to health and safety issue resolution

legal responsibilities of employers, employees and other parties with legal responsibilities

provisions relating to roles and responsibilities of health and safety representatives and/or health and safety committees

regulations and codes of practice, including those relating to hazards present in the workplace or industry

maintenance and confidentiality of records of occupational injury and disease

provision of health and safety information and training

procedures for workplace safety inspections and audits.

Assessment Conditions

The following must be present and available to learners during assessment activities:

materials:

computer with internet access

health and safety records as listed in the range of conditions

specifications:

company’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs

plain English guides to legislation and other compliance requirements

relationships with team members and supervisor:

supervisory responsibility for a small team.

Timeframe:

as specified by the task.

Assessor requirements

As a minimum, assessors must satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) current at the time of assessment.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=6f3f9672-30e8-4835-b348-205dfcf13d9b