Course Title: Maintain work health and safety

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2024

Course Code: OHTH5950C

Course Title: Maintain work health and safety

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5432 - Diploma of Community Services

Course Contact: Melinda Brown

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4580

Course Contact Email: Melinda.Brown@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and work practices as part of a small work team.

This unit applies to workers who have a key role in maintaining WHS in an organisation, including duty of care for other workers.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	HLTWHS003 Maintain work health and safety
Element:	1. Contribute to procedures for identifying hazards and controlling risks
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Identify existing and potential hazards and record them according to workplace procedures 1.2 Contribute to the development of strategies for implementing risk controls in line with workplace procedures and policies 1.3 Implement risk controls in line with the hierarchy of risk control and workplace and legislative requirements 1.4 Identify and report issues with risk controls, including residual risk, in line with workplace and legislative requirements
Element:	2. Implement policies and procedures into work team processes
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Regularly provide information about WHS policies and procedures to the work team 2.2 Provide information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and risk controls to the work team 2.3 Monitor housekeeping practices to ensure that WHS policies and procedures are followed 2.4 Maintain WHS incident records in the work area according to workplace procedures and legislative requirements
Element:	3. Support consultation, cooperation and communication
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Support workplace consultative procedures by encouraging work team participation in consultative activities 3.2 Report health and safety issues in line with workplace procedures and legislative requirements 3.3 Encourage and assist work team members to contribute to WHS

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 

Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities will include:

Practical demonstrations
Group activities/projects
Analysis/critique of relevant reading material
Workshops, group discussion
Peer learning
Research activities
Simulated workplace activities

Teaching Schedule

Semester 1 2024 Maintain Work Health & Safety
Date	Workshop Details	Assessment Due Dates:
Week 1	Introduction to the course Introduction to  Maintain Work Health & Safety Unit (OH&S) Understanding Hazards and Risk in community Services Overview of assessment tasks
Week 2	Workplace Work Health and Safety  Review Week 1 Legislation for Work Health & Safety Employers and workers’ rights and responsibilities for health and safety
Week 3	OH&S and Workplace requirements Review Week 2  Common hazards/risks faced by community services workers Identifying workplace hazards and potential hazards Assessing risks and developing/applying controls and analysing residual risk Perform a workplace risk assessment Assessment Preparation Task 1 - (Perform a Workplace Risk Assessment)
Week 4	OH&S and Workplace requirements Review Week 3 Perform a workplace risk assessment Assessment Preparation Task 1 - (Perform a Workplace Risk Assessment)
Week 5	Working Safely in the workplace Work Health and Safety policies and procedures in Community Services Work Health and Safety housekeeping practices in Community Services Assessment Preparation Task 2 (Presentation Information session Workplace Health and Safety)
Week 6	Working Safely in the workplace Work Health and Safety policies and procedures in Community Services Work Health and Safety housekeeping practices in Community Services Assessment Preparation Task 2 (Presentation Information session Workplace Health and Safety)	Assessment 1  Due
Week 7	Workplace OHS procedures, process and response Work Health and Safety workplace consultation processes and procedures - Health and Safety Representatives (HSR’S)  and Health and Safety Committees Monitoring workplace Health and Safety Compliance Work Health and Safety workplace policies and procedures for responding to a workplace incident. Work Health and Safety incident reporting and record keeping   Assessment Preparation Task 3 - (Incident report)	Assessment 2  Due
Week 8	Workplace OHS procedures, process and response Work Health and Safety workplace policies and procedures for responding to a workplace incident. Work Health and Safety incident reporting and record keeping   Assessment Preparation Task 3 - (Incident report)	Assessment 3 Due
Week 9	Work Health and Safety workplace emergency procedures Workplace procedures for emergency evacuations and situations Undertake Assessment 4. (Emergency Evacuation Video) Assessment Preparation Task 5 - Short Answer Questions	Assessment 4 Due
Week 10	Review Week/Assessment Support  Assessment Preparation Task 5 - Short Answer Questions	Assessment 5  Due

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

There are five individual assessment tasks consisting of case study analysis, role plays, and short answer questions. 

Assessment Tasks

You will be given two (2) attempts for each assessment to demonstrate the required knowledge and 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.

 

Assessment Task 1 - The objective of this task is for the student to demonstrate their ability to perform a workplace risk assessment in a community services workplace environment to identify workplace hazards, assess associated risks, develop controls for each risk and analyse residual risk. 

Assessment Task 2 - The objective of this task is for the student to demonstrate their oral communication to accurately present workplace health and safety information to colleagues.

Assessment Task 3 - The objective of this task is for the student to demonstrate their ability to follow Work Health and Safety workplace policies and procedures in responding to a workplace incident. 

Assessment Task 4 - The objective of this task requires students to demonstrate knowledge and skills in following emergency procedures during the simulated emergency evacuation of an RMIT classroom, study room or space.

Assessment Task 5 - The objective of this task is to help students consolidate what they have learned during the course and to determine knowledge and skills in relation to maintaining appropriate work health and safety practices.

Assessment Matrix

A marking rubric for each assessment task is located on Canvas

Other Information

Please refer to the RMIT student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: rmit.edu.au/students

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