BSBWHS512Contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safety

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What an assessment for BSBWHS512 must cover

61 assessable components: 5 elements (16 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 22 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 16 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish requirements for managing work-related psychological health and safety

  • 1.1Review and analyse legislative requirements applicable to psychological health and safety
  • 1.2Determine workplace responsibilities relating to psychological health and safety
  • 1.3Determine roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in relation to managing psychological health and safety

2 Record work-related psychosocial hazards in the workplace

  • 2.1Identify work-related psychosocial hazards in own workplace, and factors contributing to them
  • 2.2Access and store information, data and advice to assist with identifying work-related psychosocial hazards according to legislative requirements
  • 2.3Consult with workers and other required stakeholders to confirm identified work-related psychosocial hazards
  • 2.4Develop and maintain a register of identified work-related psychosocial hazards according to legislative requirements

3 Assess risk of identified work-related psychosocial hazards

  • 3.1Identify and consult with individuals and/or parties who should participate in risk assessment of identified work-related psychosocial hazards
  • 3.2Assess frequency and duration of exposure to identified work-related psychosocial hazards, and determine severity of risk
  • 3.3Record psychosocial risk assessment according to organisational policies and procedures

4 Contribute to implementing risk controls for risks associated with identified work-related psychosocial hazards

  • 4.1Contribute to determining required risk controls for identified work-related psychosocial hazards according to the hierarchy of control measures
  • 4.2Contribute to selecting risk controls that address identified work-related psychosocial hazards and control risks
  • 4.3Communicate selected risk controls to required stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures

5 Review effectiveness of risk controls for managing work-related psychological health and safety

  • 5.1Establish strategy and timeframe for reviewing risk controls for identified work-related psychosocial hazards
  • 5.2Consult with individuals and/or parties to review risk controls
  • 5.3Evaluate effectiveness of risk controls and document areas for improvement

Performance evidence

  • contribute to managing at least two different work-related psychological health and safety issues.
  • identify legislative requirements and workplace responsibilities
  • collect, document and analyse relevant information and data to assist with identifying work-related psychosocial hazards according to organisational policies and procedures, including those relating to privacy and confidentiality
  • identify potential work-related psychosocial hazards, with input from others, and document them in a risk register
  • record at least two psychosocial risk assessments
  • determine options for addressing identified work-related psychosocial hazards or minimising the risk
  • evaluate effectiveness of existing risk controls and document areas for their improvement, identifying when a review of risk controls is needed.

Knowledge evidence

  • legislative requirements relating to work-related psychological health and safety:
  • duty of care
  • due diligence
  • privacy and confidentiality
  • organisational policies, procedures, processes and systems relating to work-related psychological health and safety:
  • collecting, documenting and analysing information and data relevant to work-related psychosocial hazards
  • communicating control methods for work-related psychosocial hazards
  • personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements
  • reporting procedures
  • recordkeeping procedures and prescribed period for keeping records
  • privacy and confidentiality
  • techniques and procedures for identifying common work-related psychosocial hazards and factors contributing to them:
  • level of job demands, job control, support, workplace relationships, role clarity, recognition and reward, organisational change management, organisational justice, and environmental conditions
  • remote work and isolated work
  • violent and traumatic events, including secondary and vicarious trauma
  • internal and external sources of WHS information and data, and procedures for accessing them
  • key personnel who contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safety
  • common work-related psychological health and safety controls
  • elements of a WHS management system that relate to work-related psychological health and safety
  • methods of collecting valid and reliable work-related psychological health and safety information
  • roles and responsibilities of WHS personnel
  • WHS information needs of individuals and/or parties.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Interprets and critically analyses texts when contributing to work-related psychological health and safety
  • Reading: Constructs meaning from texts to assist in promoting work-related psychological health and safety
  • Writing: Develops risk registers, reports and associated documentation according to organisational requirements
  • Writing: Uses vocabulary, grammatical structure and conventions appropriate to text when developing risk registers, reports and other documentation
  • Oral communication: Asks questions and actively listens to gather information about potential risk situations
  • Oral communication: Provides information during or after work-related psychological health and safety response situations using structure and language appropriate to the audience
  • Navigate the world of work: Contributes to broader goals in work-related psychological health and safety contexts
  • Navigate the world of work: Identifies own legal rights and responsibilities, and general legal principles in relation to work-related psychological health and safety contexts
  • Navigate the world of work: Keeps up to date on changes to WHS laws relevant to own role and responsibilities, and considers their implications in work-related psychological health and safety contexts
  • Interact with others: Collaborates with others to achieve joint outcomes, playing an active role in facilitating effective group interaction
  • Interact with others: Supports, consults and liaises with others in work-related psychological health and safety situations
  • Get the work done: Formulates plans and monitors actions against stated goals, adjusting plans and resources to cope with contingencies
  • Get the work done: Uses decision-making processes: sets and clarifies goals, gathers information, and identifies and evaluates several choices to determine appropriate actions and responses
  • Get the work done: Applies problem-solving processes when identifying actions required for work-related psychological health and safety
  • Get the work done: Documents outcomes and feedback from others in order to identify general principles and concepts that may be applicable in new situations
  • Get the work done: Identifies the potential of new approaches to enhance work practices and outcomes

Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

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What does an assessment tool for BSBWHS512 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for BSBWHS512 needs to address all 61 unit components: 5 elements with 16 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 22 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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