Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5331 Diploma of Youth Work
Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 20
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.Important Information:
Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OHTH5852C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2017, Term1 2018, Term1 2019 |
OHTH5852C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2020, Term1 2021 |
OHTH5852C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
535T Social Care and Health |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2022, Term1 2023 |
Course Contact: Dianne Mackay
Course Contact Phone: +613 9925 4454
Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required for workers to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others as it applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, either under direct supervision or with some individual responsibility.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety |
Elements: |
1. Follow safe work practices 2. Implement safe work practices 3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace 4. Reflect on own safe work practices |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the below elements.
Follow safe work practices |
1.1 Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices 1.2 Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures 1.3 Follow workplace emergency procedures |
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2. Implement safe work practices |
2.1 Identify and implement WHS procedures and work instructions 2.2 Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures 2.3 Take actions to maintain safe housekeeping practices in own work area |
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3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace |
3.1 Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures 3.2 Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities 3.3 Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area |
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4. Reflect on own safe work practices |
4.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work area 4.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures |
Overview of Assessment
This course is assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment.
To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete the following assessment tasks to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher when you have completed the assessment tasks.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams