Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2023

Course Code: OHTH5852C

Course Title: Participate in workplace health and safety

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

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Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.  

 

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5331 - Diploma of Youth Work

Course Contact: Dianne Mackay

Course Contact Phone: +613 9925 4454

Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au


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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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

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.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety

Element:

1. Follow safe work practices

Performance Criteria:

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

Element:

2. Implement safe work practices

Performance Criteria:

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

Element:

3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

Performance Criteria:

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

Element:

4. Reflect on own safe work practices

Performance Criteria:

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

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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


Details of Learning Activities

This course will be a blended delivery with face to face on campus  sessions  and  online via Canvas/Collaborate Ultra sessions

In-class (campus-based and online classroom) activities: 

  • teacher directed group activities/projects 
  • group discussion 
  • class activities to review discussions/lectures 
  • role play activities 

Out-of-class activities: 

  • independent assessment -based work, research
  • independent study 
  • Assessment based Group work


Teaching Schedule

Week

Topic

Assessment Due date

Week 1
  •  Introduction to WHS Unit
  • Workplace health and safety overview.
  • Relevant legislations and policy frameworks.
  • Workplace and work role context
  • Assessment Task 1

 

  

Week 2
  • Risk assessment tools.
  • Incident report writing.
  • Managing client visits.
  • Discuss and complete Task 2 in class

Assessment Task 1 due

Week 3
  • Detailing and reporting work and safety issues within your organisation.
  • Reflect on own practice
  • Preparing for working with clients: Risk assessments and work hazards

    • Task 3

This assessment will be completed in class 

Assessment Task 2 due

Week 4

Review of the content and assessment support

Assessment Task 3 due


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

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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. 

Assessment 1    Knowledge Assessment   Assessment 2   Workplace inspection and risk assessment  Assessment 3   Emergency procedures         You should refer to the assessment plan which is available on Canvas for details of each assessment task and for detailed assessment criteria.           Grades that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:   CA: Competency Achieved NYC: Not Yet Competent DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment   You will be given two (2) attempts for each assessment to demonstrate the required skills. A third (3rd) attempt can only be offered after discussions between teacher and the Program Coordinator and is not automatic. Resubmissions beyond two (2) attempts are at the discretion of the teacher and/or coordinator   If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.       A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your   

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

 

 

 


Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1    Knowledge Assessment   Assessment 2   Workplace inspection and risk assessment  Assessment 3   Emergency procedures


Assessment Matrix

Available on Canvas

Other Information

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