Course Title: Assist with compliance with WHS laws

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4379 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety

Course Title: Assist with compliance with WHS laws

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
OHTH5890C	City Campus	TAFE	155T Vocational Health and Sciences	Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term1 2016, Term2 2016

Course Contact: Warren James

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4632

Course Contact Email: warren.james@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with providing advice about the legislative duties, rights and obligations of individuals and parties prescribed in work health and safety (WHS) legislation. It includes identification of WHS legislation, duties, rights and obligations and the necessary actions to ensure compliance in the workplace.

 

This unit applies to individuals who assist with providing advice about the legislative duties, rights and obligations of individuals and parties prescribed in WHS laws as part of a systematic approach to managing WHS. This unit applies to people who work in a broad range of WHS roles across all industries.

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this unit.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	BSBWHS402 Assist with compliance with WHS laws
Elements:	1 Assist with determining the legal framework for WHS in the workplace 2 Assist with providing advice on WHS compliance 3 Assist with WHS legislation compliance measures

Learning Outcomes

Please refer to the Elements of Competency.

 

Overview of Assessment

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

 

Cluster 1: The following table details the process of assessment for this cluster of units:

BSBWRT401 - Write complex documents

BSBRES401 - Analyse and present research information

BSBWHS402 - Assist with compliance with WHS laws

 

Assessment Tasks	%
Task 1	Forum discussion	10
Task 2	Online Quiz – Complex Documents (Blackboard)	10
Task 3	Online Quiz – WHS Law (Safetyline)	15
Task 4	Assignment	65