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SITXWHS007 - Implement and monitor

work health and safety practices

Unit code: SITXWHS007 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points
N/A
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Industry
Prerequisites
N/A
• Overview
• Assessment
• As part of a course

OVERVIEW
The unit applies to all tourism, travel, hospitality and event sectors and to any
small, medium or large organisation.
It applies to those people who operate independently or with limited guidance
from others. This includes supervisors and departmental managers.This unit
incorporates the requirement, under state and territory work health and safety
(WHS) legislation, for businesses to take a systematic approach to managing the
safety of their workers and anyone else in the workplace.

ASSESSMENT
FOR MELBOURNE CAMPUSES

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill
competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units
learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of
work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of
competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

• 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.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• 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.

REQUIRED READING

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials
as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via
the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

AS PART OF A COURSE
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate IV in Kitchen Management

SIT40521 | Certificate iv | Duration:

Diploma of Hospitality Management

SIT50422 | Diploma | Duration:

Diploma of Travel and Tourism Management

SIT50122 | Diploma | Duration:

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU
takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right
to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit
information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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