Course Overview

Course Title: Contribute to the health, safety and wellbeing of students
Credit Points: 30
Nominal Hours: 30
Course Coordinator: Jacqui Cheng and Melanie Reynolds
Course Coordinator Phone:
Course Coordinator Email: jacqueline.cheng@rmit.edu.au; melanie.reynolds@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement work health and safety policies and procedures to support the health, safety and wellbeing of students in an educational environment.
The unit applies to education support workers who operate under the guidance and supervision of a teacher or other educational professional. They work mainly with students in classroom settings in primary and secondary schools, as defined by State/Territory legislation.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit is clustered for delivery and assessment with Supervise students outside the classroom (CHCEDS049)
Assessment for this course includes knowledge question task, simulation and role play tasks, observation and feedback tasks.?

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