RIIBLA602E — Establish and maintain explosives safety and security management systems

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What an assessment for RIIBLA602E must cover

41 assessable components: 9 elements (31 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 2 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 Determine blasting objectives and prepare to establish and maintain explosives safety and management systems

1.1Obtain, interpret and confirm blasting objectives
1.2Access, interpret and apply documentation required to establish and maintain explosives safety and security management systems
1.3Develop organisational safety and security policies, objectives and procedures that outline organisational commitment to explosives safety and security, and proposed implementation of required legislation
1.4Define, allocate and include job descriptions and duty statements for required positions
1.5Identify, obtain and allocate resources for operation of explosives safety and security management system
1.6Communicate information on explosives safety and security management system and procedures in a format accessible to required personnel

2 Establish and maintain participative arrangements for management of explosives

2.1Establish and maintain consultative processes with required personnel
2.2Confirm issues raised through participation and consultation are addressed according to organisational procedures
2.3Confirm information about the outcomes of participation and consultation is provided in a format accessible to required personnel

3 Establish and maintain processes for identifying safety and security hazards throughout explosives lifecycle

3.1Develop and maintain process for ongoing identification of existing and potential safety and security hazards throughout explosives lifecycle for the operation
3.2Monitor activities to confirm that safety and security hazard identification procedures are adopted throughout explosives lifecycle
3.3Confirm safety and security hazard identification procedures are applied at planning, design and evaluation stages of any change to explosives activities

4 Establish and maintain procedures for assessing safety and security risk throughout explosives lifecycle

4.1Develop procedures for ongoing assessment of safety and security risks throughout activities encompassing explosives lifecycle for the operation
4.2Monitor activities to confirm risk assessment procedure is adopted effectively throughout the organisation
4.3Confirm appropriate assessment of safety and security risks identified throughout activities encompassing explosives lifecycle for the operation
4.4Confirm procedures are in place for safety and security risk assessment to be addressed at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change to explosives activities within the organisation

5 Establish and maintain procedures for treating safety and security risks throughout explosives lifecycle

5.1Develop measures to control assessed safety and security risks according to legislative requirements, industry standards and codes of practice, and trends identified from organisational records management system
5.2Confirm implementation of interim solutions, until permanent control measure is developed, when measures that treat identified safety and security risks at their source are not immediately practicable
5.3Monitor activities to confirm that safety and security risk treatment procedure is adopted throughout organisational activities that cover explosives lifecycle
5.4Confirm safety and security risk treatment is addressed at planning, design and evaluation stages of any change to explosives activities in the organisation, and confirm inclusion of required safety and security risk control measures
5.5Identify inadequacies in existing safety and security risk treatment measures, and provide resources to implement new measures according to organisational procedures

6 Establish and maintain organisational procedures for addressing unplanned explosives safety and security incidents

6.1Identify range of most likely, potential, unplanned, safety and security incidents according to analysis of likely risks relating to activities covering explosives lifecycle
6.2Develop procedures for addressing safety and security risks associated with identified potential events according to legislative, emergency services and explosives supplier requirements
6.3Provide safety and security information and training to required personnel implementing procedures covering explosives lifecycle activities according to legislative, organisational and explosives supplier requirements

7 Establish and maintain explosives training program

7.1Develop training program addressing training needs of required personnel according to explosives activities being undertaken
7.2Confirm implementation of training program according to organisational requirements

8 Establish and maintain system for explosives records

8.1Establish system for recording explosives lifecycle activities and outcomes according to legislative and organisational requirements
8.2Monitor explosives record system and confirm system allows for identification of patterns of occupational injury, incidents and security breaches in the organisation

9 Evaluate explosives safety and security management system and related policies, procedures and programs

9.1Assess effectiveness of explosives safety and security management system and related policies, procedures and programs
9.2Develop and confirm implementation of improvements to explosives safety and security management system, and confirm resultant achievement of improved blasting outcomes
9.3Assess and confirm compliance with legislative requirements relating to explosives and relevant industry sector, industry standards and codes of practice, guidance notes and guidelines

Performance evidence

establish and maintain an explosives safety and security management system on at least one occasion that addresses hazard and risk identification, risk assessment and risk controls across the explosives lifecycle for an organisation, including: security of people and access to explosives, assets and information systems; delivery of explosives to location; manufacture of explosives (either static plant or mobile mixing); storage of explosives, including Class 1 and Class 5.1 security sensitive ammonium nitrate (SSAN); use of explosives; misfire management; disposal of explosives; incident management; record management; training requirements; audit and review of systems and procedures.
locate and apply required legislation, industry standards and codes of practice, and organisational policies and procedures, and confirm safety and security of explosives and compliance of work activity
implement requirements for establishing and maintaining explosives safety and security management systems, including: identifying, forecasting, obtaining, allocating and scheduling resources required to implement explosives safety and security management systems, including financial and human resources; defining, allocating and including job descriptions and duty statements that allow implementation and integration of explosives safety and security management systems; establishing and maintaining consultative processes with employees and their representatives
work with others to establish and maintain an explosives safety and security management system in a manner that meets required outcomes, including: receiving, conveying and clarifying work activity requirements; determining coordination requirements for confirming developed system is compliant with legislative requirements.

Knowledge evidence

legislative requirements relating to establishing and maintaining an explosives safety and security management system
policies, procedures, industry standards and codes of practice required to establish and maintain an explosives safety and security management system, including those relating to: security of explosives, including requirements relating to: people, assets and information; triggers to review security controls; maintenance of security controls; explosives manufacture processes (static or mobile), including requirements relating to: quality assurance and quality control processes to ensure authorised explosive is manufactured; hazards and risks associated with ammonium nitrate contacting copper and brass compounds; decontamination processes; maintenance programs for required plant and equipment; storage of explosives (Class 1 and Class 5.1 SSAN), including requirements relating to: magazine construction requirements; storage facility layouts and locations, including segregation between incompatible products and sufficient external separation to nearby sensitive receivers; inspection regimes; explosives and product reconciliation, including those relating to ordered, used and disposed product; transport, including requirements relating to: product quantity limits for specific vehicles and licence categories; carry box construction; documentation; marking of packaging and vehicles; transport routes, including crossfall and gradients of roads; licencing; explosives use activities, including requirements relating to: objectives of blasting activities; types of blasts to be undertaken; blast management plan; blast design requirements; drill plans and drill hole accuracy; differences between concept design and actual drilled pattern; hazards, risks and limitations of selected explosives and initiation systems; elevated temperature, reactive ground and spontaneous combustion where applicable; geological, geotechnical and hydrological issues; vibration and overpressure limits, including calibration and maintenance of monitoring equipment; flyrock; explosives loading activities, including traffic management, priming, bulk product loading and stemming; initiation system type connection; management of blast exclusion zones; management of blast outcomes and reconciliation against design outcomes; misfire management, including requirements relating to: remediation processes; hazards and risks of handling misfired products; disposal processes, including requirements relating to: manufacturer and supplier recommendations; record management, including type, quantity, location and destruction method employed, and reconciliation to demonstrate product accountability; training procedures, including requirements relating to: training standards for personnel in the management structure; competency of people involved in explosives lifecycle work activity; manufacturer specific initiation systems; working in proximity to explosives activities; incident management procedures, including requirements relating to: safety; security; reporting; investigation.

Foundation skills

Numeracy: Calculates resourcing requirements
Oral communication: Conveys information and requirements clearly and listens carefully
Reading: Identifies and interprets relevant information from workplace procedures, documentation and legislation
Writing: Prepares specific information that complies with a range of requirements, using sector-specific vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions

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