SISXPLD006 — Identify hazards, assess and control risks for sport, fitness and recreation activities

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• identify hazards and complete three risk assessments for different sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation activities
• incorporate risk control methods into documented plans and safety procedures for the three activities
• complete three risk assessments for three participant groups, and develop and document risk management strategies for potential participant responses and behaviour.

Knowledge evidence

• requirements under national, and local state or territory work health and safety law for:
• organisation and worker responsibility to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace
• when, where and how hazards must be identified
• when, where and how risk assessments must be conducted
• consulting on hazard identification, risk assessments and control measures
• record keeping
• for sport, fitness, aquatic and recreation organisations:
• what constitutes the workplace including environments where activities occur
• what constitutes a worker including paid and volunteer workers
• what constitutes other people present in the workplace including participants and spectators
• organisational work health and safety procedures for:
• identifying hazards and assessing risks
• assessing risks associated with participants
• consulting on hazard identification, risk assessments and control measures
• methods that can be used to identify hazards for sport, fitness, aquatic and recreational activities:
• inspecting the activity site or venue and all equipment used for the activity, and completing safety checklists
• gathering and evaluating weather and other environmental information
• identifying participant characteristics and level of ability
• reviewing incidents and near miss incidents
• evaluating the complexity of activities
• features of commonly used risk assessment methods:
• identifying potential injuries, illness and consequences
• determining the exposure
• estimating probability
• determining overall risk level
• features of commonly used methods for controlling risks:
• substituting systems or equipment with something safer
• isolating the hazard
• introducing engineering, administrative or procedural controls
• using personal protective equipment
• implementing combined controlled measures to minimise risks
• factors that affect the development and use of risk management strategies to manage potential participant responses and behaviour:
• participant characteristics:
• age and body composition
• current experience and ability in the sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation activity
• fitness level and physical capabilities
• injuries and medical conditions
• emotional, behavioural and intellectual ability
• reasons why people engage in sport, fitness, aquatic and recreational activities that involve risk
• participant perceptions of own ability and risk from low to high and how this can be a match or mismatch to actual ability and risk
• how optimal arousal and flow state during activities can affect how personal risk is managed
• risk management strategies for potential participant responses and behaviour:
• setting ground rules
• role modelling safe behaviours
• closely monitoring and supervising over and under confident participants
• removing participants from activities
• postponing, modifying or ceasing activities
• specific to particular type of sport, fitness, aquatic or recreation activity
• industry association safety standards or codes of practice
• safety standards or codes of practice issued by national, state or territory work health and safety authorities
• format, inclusions and use of templates to:
• identify and record hazards
• identify and record safety issues associated with potential participant behaviour
• assess and record associated risk and control methods.

Foundation skills

• Reading skills to:: interpret complex and sometimes unfamiliar documents: organisational work health and safety procedures and templates materials describing work health and safety regulatory requirements for hazard identification and risk assessment.
• Writing skills to:: use fundamental sentence structure to complete templates and records that require factual and subjective information.
• Oral communication skills to:: present own perspectives on safety issues, actively listen to other perspectives and seek clarification through questioning.
• Numeracy skills to:: score the level of risk and estimate overall risk level for hazards.
• Teamwork skills to:: cooperate with team members, supervisors and managers to make joint decisions about the safe operation of activities.
• Self-management skills to:: critically analyse hazards and logically evaluate associated risks to apply effective and tailored control measures.

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