PPMWHS401 — Maintain work health and safety processes
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What an assessment for PPMWHS401 must cover
47 assessable components: 7 elements (29 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 6 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 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 Provide information to work group
- 1.1Explain relevant requirements of workplace health and safety standards, legislation, codes of practice, compliance codes, guidance material and safe working procedures and practices
- 1.2Provide clear information on workplace policies and procedures in a readily accessible and understandable format
- 1.3Explain roles and responsibilities of workplace health and safety representatives and committees
- 1.4Provide information on hazards, outcomes of risk assessments and required risk controls to work group in an accessible and understandable format
2 Support others to implement safe work practices
- 2.1Make required personal protective equipment available and functional for work
- 2.2Implement processes to confirm that others in work group can identify hazards, assess required risk controls, follow safe work practices and observe workplace policies and procedures
- 2.3Identify workplace health and safety training needs, and either address or report these needs to those with control
3 Implement work health and safety participative processes
- 3.1Consult with and provide advice to work group in relation to workplace health and safety matters relevant to their work
- 3.2Deal with work health and safety issues raised promptly or refer to appropriate personnel
- 3.3Record and communicate outcomes of consultation regarding workplace health and safety to work group
4 Monitor compliance with work procedures
- 4.1Check the work procedures for availability, clarity and completeness, addressing any deficiencies or reporting them to appropriate personnel
- 4.2Identify and address any deviations from procedures or report to appropriate personnel
- 4.3Evaluate hazard identification and reporting processes for effectiveness and address any deficiencies or report to appropriate personnel
- 4.4Monitor workplace health and safety housekeeping and hygiene practices to ensure that workplace standards are maintained, and take action to address any deficiencies
- 4.5Assess own behaviour for consistency with workplace safe working procedures and practices
5 Implement hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control procedures
- 5.1Identify, assess, eliminate and report hazards with residual risk
- 5.2Conduct risk assessments according to workplace processes
- 5.3Develop control measures, taking account of the hierarchy of control
- 5.4Implement outcomes of risk assessments and support identified risk controls
- 5.5Identify deficiencies in workplace health and safety risk controls, and address or report them
- 5.6Identify personal professional limitations and seek expert advice as required
6 Implement workplace procedures for maintaining work health and safety records
- 6.1Obtain feedback to ensure that work group is aware of workplace reporting requirements
- 6.2Review workplace health and safety records to confirm their accurate, thorough and timely completion
- 6.3Use aggregate information and data from records to identify hazards and monitor risk controls
7 Implement emergency procedures
- 7.1Obtain feedback to ensure that emergency procedures are available and known by the work group
- 7.2Implement processes to ensure that emergency equipment is available and routinely checked for functionality
- 7.3Implement processes to ensure that others in the work group are able to respond appropriately to emergencies
- 7.4Conduct or contribute to investigations to identify cause of emergencies
- 7.5Identify and implement or support control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risk of emergencies
Performance evidence
- made at least two different presentations to work team on workplace health and safety related processes
- ensured at least two personnel are able to implement safe work practices
- consulted the team about a workplace health and safety issue and communicated the outcomes of the consultation back to the team
- reviewed at least two work procedures for clarity, accuracy and availability to work group, and reported any deficiencies to appropriate personnel
- carried out at least three hazard/risk assessments on product and production processes, and identified appropriate risk controls
- reviewed organisation’s workplace health and safety records and identified any hazards and risks
- reviewed at least two emergency procedures and obtained feedback from team about their accessibility and usability
- investigated at least one emergency to determine cause, and identified and implemented or supported control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risk
Knowledge evidence
- workplace health and safety legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to pulp and paper manufacturing worksites
- common pulp and paper manufacturing workplace hazards, including chemicals, noise, manual handling, work postures, underfoot hazards and moving parts of machinery
- guidance material, including codes of practice/compliance codes relevant to pulp and paper manufacturing worksites
- legislative requirements for work health and safety record keeping for: - serious incident and injury reporting - registered plant - hazardous substances and dangerous goods - environmental monitoring - health surveillance
- workplace health and safety records and their appropriate use, including: - hazard, incident and investigation reports - workplace inspection reports - incident investigation reports - first aid reports - minutes of meetings - Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Risk Assessments (RA) - Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and registers - employee handbooks - plant and equipment operation records, including those relevant to registered plant - maintenance and testing reports - training records - environmental monitoring records - health surveillance records
- workplace specific information, including: - sources of work health and safety information in the workplace - legal rights and responsibilities of the workplace parties as documented in work safety procedures - hazards of the particular production work environment - hazard identification procedures relevant to the hazards in the production work environment - risk controls for specific hazards - designated personnel for raising workplace health and safety issues - roles and responsibilities of employees, supervisors and managers in the workplace - roles and responsibilities of workplace health and safety representatives, committees and employers - workplace procedures related to work health and safety, including hazard, incident and injury reporting, hazard identification, risk assessment and control, consultation and participation, incident investigation, record keeping - potential emergency situations, alarms and signals, and required response
Foundation skills
- Learning: Assess and identify own limitations in relation to workplace health and safety knowledge
- Oral communication: Adjust communication with personnel in the work team, other work teams, managers and expert advisers about workplace safety Use clear language and industry terminology to explain workplace health and safety requirements to work team
- Reading: Interpret graphical and written safety information
- Writing: Complete workplace records accurately and legibly, using clear language and industry terminology
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Questions about assessing PPMWHS401
What does an assessment tool for PPMWHS401 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PPMWHS401 needs to address all 47 unit components: 7 elements with 29 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 6 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for PPMWHS401?
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