TLIF4065 Ensure compliance with Australian Dangerous Goods Code

Release: 1

TLIF4065 Ensure compliance with Australian Dangerous Goods Code

Modification History

Release 1. This is the first release of this unit of competency in the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package.

Application

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to ensure compliance with the current Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code as part of work undertaken in various contexts within the transport and logistics industry. It includes ensuring responsibilities for handling and transporting dangerous goods are defined, managing performance and controlling risks, maintaining records and evaluating effectiveness. The unit generally applies to those who lead others individually or in teams. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Not applicable.

Competency Field

F – Safety Management

Unit Sector

Not applicable.

Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Ensure responsibilities for handling dangerous goods are defined	1.1	Responsibilities and duties for transporting and handling dangerous goods are clearly defined, allocated and included in job descriptions and duty statements for all relevant positions
1.2	Any relevant licensing requirements for employees are confirmed
2	Manage performance and control risks	2.1	Ongoing system for controlling risks based on a hierarchy of control is developed, and is integrated within general work procedures
2.2	Measures to control assessed risks and to monitor conformance are developed and implemented, in accordance with relevant dangerous goods transport regulations, code of practice and workplace priorities
2.3	Non-conformance is investigated and procedures for rectification are instituted
2.4	Inadequacies in dangerous goods transport procedures are identified and measures are implemented to improve workplace practice
3	Maintain records	3.1	Dangerous goods records system is established in accordance with relevant legislative framework
3.2	Accurate and legible records for operation within the workplace are completed in accordance with dangerous goods transport enterprise policies and legislative requirements
4	Evaluate effectiveness	4.1	Feedback about effectiveness of dangerous goods transport policies, procedures and programs is collected from work group and is provided to senior management
4.2	Improvements to dangerous goods transport procedures are proposed to senior management

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Unit Mapping Information

This unit replaces and is equivalent to TLIF4065A Ensure compliance with Australian Dangerous Goods Code.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=df441c6e-213d-43e3-874c-0b3f7036d851