SITXWHS007 — Implement and monitor work health and safety practices
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What an assessment for SITXWHS007 must cover
89 assessable components: 6 elements (18 performance criteria), 13 performance evidence and 53 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 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 on health, safety and security.
- 1.1Explain relevant health, safety and security information to personnel.
- 1.2Make all current health, safety and security information readily accessible to staff.
2 Monitor safe work practices.
- 2.1Monitor adherence to organisational health, safety and security procedures.
- 2.2Monitor ongoing compliance with safe work practices.
- 2.3Take prompt action to address non-compliance with procedures and safe work practices.
- 2.4Monitor day-to-day effectiveness of health, safety and security practices in maintaining the health, safety and security of personnel.
3 Coordinate consultative arrangements for the management of health, safety and security issues.
- 3.1Coordinate consultative processes to provide opportunity for staff members to contribute their views on health, safety and security management practices.
- 3.2Resolve or refer issues raised through health, safety and security consultation to the appropriate person.
4 Implement and monitor procedures for identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks.
- 4.1Coordinate scheduled hazard identification activities, ensuring hazards are identified at times designated by legislation.
- 4.2Identify any hazards on an ongoing basis during own day-to-day workplace operations.
- 4.3React to reports of hazards by other workers, and coordinate and participate in risk assessments.
- 4.4Implement risk control methods or refer to appropriate person if control is outside scope of responsibility.
- 4.5Monitor effectiveness of control measures, promptly identify any inadequacies, and resolve or report them to the appropriate person.
5 Coordinate health, safety and security training.
- 5.1Identify health, safety and security training needs based on regular staff monitoring.
- 5.2Make arrangements for fulfilling training needs.
- 5.3Monitor effectiveness of training and make required adjustments.
6 Maintain health, safety and security records and reports.
- 6.1Complete health, safety and security records and reports accurately and legibly and store according to organisational and legal requirements.
- 6.2Use data and reports to provide reliable and timely input into the management of workplace health, safety and security.
Performance evidence
- implement and monitor adherence to workplace health, safety and security procedures in three of the following real or simulated situations:
- evacuation of staff and customers
- security management of cash, documents, equipment, keys or people
- handling chemicals and hazardous substances
- hazard identification and reporting
- incident and accident reporting
- risk assessment and reporting
- coordinate consultative processes for managing the above workplace health, safety and security issues
- coordinate risk assessments, health, safety and security training, and the maintenance of records relating to above situations
- monitor the effectiveness of health, safety and security procedures for the above situations and identify:
- required adjustments
- staff training needs
- apply management practices that must be implemented for compliance with state or territory WHS legislation during above situations.
Knowledge evidence
- primary components of relevant state or territory WHS legislation:
- actions that must be taken for legal compliance
- employer responsibilities to provide a safe workplace
- requirement to consult, and acceptable consultation mechanisms
- requirements for the use of WHS representatives and committees, and their roles and responsibilities
- requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and acceptable mechanisms
- requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms
- requirement to provide information and training
- employee responsibilities to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace
- employee responsibility to participate in WHS practices
- ramifications of failure to observe WHS legislation and organisational policies and procedures
- content of health, safety and security policies and procedures; and consultation, hazard identification, risk assessment and reporting documents
- methods used for health, safety and security consultation, hazard identification and risk assessment
- options for the provision of training:
- coaching or mentoring in safe work practices
- formal training programs in safe work practices
- hazard identification, risk assessment and control
- health, safety and security policy and procedure induction
- health, safety and security representative or committee
- provision of information, fact sheets and signage to ensure safe work practices
- types and key content of health, safety and security information:
- consultative arrangements for health, safety and security
- employee roles and responsibilities in health, safety and security management practices
- legal obligations and ramifications of failure to comply
- location of first aid kit and emergency evacuation plan
- health, safety and security training information and updates
- policies:
- overall approach of organisation to health, safety and security
- participation of personnel in health, safety and security management practices
- responsibilities of employees to ensure safety
- procedures
- specific risk control measures relevant to the workplace
- specific regulations and codes of practice
- use of:
- hazard identification reporting documents
- risk assessment template documents
- consultative processes for obtaining staff input into health, safety and security policies and procedures
- time requirements for hazard identification:
- when changes to the workplace are implemented:
- before the premises are used for the first time
- before and during the installation or alteration of any plant
- before changes to work practices are introduced
- when any new information relating to health and safety risks becomes available
- required health, safety and security records and reports:
- consultation
- hazard identification
- incident and accident notifications to WHS regulatory authorities
- incident or accident, near miss reports and related statistics
- monitoring reports and recommendations for change
- risk assessments
- risk control actions
- training action plans
- training undertaken.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret materials describing regulatory requirements for WHS management and organisational policies and procedures.
- Writing skills: write high level reports and complete accurate records for regulatory compliance.
- Oral communication skills: conduct health, safety and security consultation activities; explain health, safety and security procedures and information on safe work practices.
- Problem-solving skills: incorporate the views of other people consulted in the workplace.
- Teamwork skills: monitor staff members’ daily compliance with health, safety and security management practices.
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 SITXWHS007 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SITXWHS007 needs to address all 89 unit components: 6 elements with 18 performance criteria, 13 performance evidence requirements, 53 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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