Description

Pre Requisites

Application

•  Civil construction
•  Coal mining
•  Drilling
•  Extractive industries
•  Metalliferous mining

Performance Criteria

1. Identify hazards

1.1 Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to conducting local risk control
1.2 Inspect work area conditions to identify potential hazardsin the workplace
1.3 Apply existing procedures to deal with recognised hazards
1.4 Recognise the type and scope of unresolved hazards and their likely impact

2. Assess risk and identify unacceptable risk
2.1 Assess and determine consequence if the event should occur
2.2 Consider and determine likelihood of the event
2.3 Identify criteria for the acceptability/unacceptability of the risk or source from the appropriate party
2.4 Assess risk against criteria to identify if it warrants 'unacceptable risk' status and either action or refer to the appropriate party

3. Identify, assess and implement risk treatments
3.1 Identify and consider all possible risk treatment options
3.2 Identify options by preliminary analysis and consideration of possible options
3.3 Analyse options, including the identification of resource requirements
3.4 Select most appropriate action for dealing with the situation
3.5 Plan and prepare the course of action in detail and acquire/obtain required resources
3.6 Implement the risk treatment
3.7 Review risk management processes

4. Complete records and reports
4.1 Communicate information on the course of action and implementation
4.2 Complete records and reports for hazards and actions from personal risk assessment as specified by legislation and site requirements

Required Skills & Knowledge

•  apply legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures
•  speak clearly and directly, listen carefully to instructions and information, respond to and clarify directions
•  collect, analyse and organise information
•  access, interpret and apply site information
•  work with other team members
•  apply teamwork to a range of situations
•  apply problems solving skills
•  apply decision making skills
•  show initiative in adapting to changing work conditions or contexts
•  apply time management
•  take responsibility for self organisation of work priorities
•  apply mathematical skills to perform a basic risk ranking of hazards
•  interpret and apply material safety data sheets (MSDS)

•  risk management processes and methods, including: identifying hazards, assessing risks, determining acceptability of risks, identifying controls
•  AS/NZS 4360-2004 Risk Management
•  specific worksite risk management procedures
•  specific worksite safety systems information
•  specific worksite communication, reporting and recording procedures

Range Statement

•  legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures
•  Australian standards
•  code of practice
•  Employment and Workplace Relations legislation
•  Equal Employment Opportunity and Disability

•  a source of potential harm or a situation with a potential to cause loss

•  equipment
•  stored energy
•  methods
•  plans
•  people
•  the work environment

•  The chance of something happening that will have an impact upon objectives. It is measured in terms of consequences and likelihood

•  selection and implementation of appropriate options for dealing with risk

•  the outcome of an event or situation expressed qualitatively or quantitatively, being a loss, injury, disadvantage or gain

•  a measure of likelihood expressed as the number of occurrences of an event in a given time

•  a qualitative description of probability and frequency

•  the measure of the chance of occurrence expressed as a number between 0 and 1

•  the organisation's internal policy, goals and/ or objectives in reference to relevant legislation

•  eliminating the hazard
•  substitution
•  engineering controls
•  administrative controls (procedures, etc)
•  personal protective equipment.

•  hazard reporting forms
•  supervisor/deputy/OCE reports
•  incident reports
•  near miss reports
•  shift reports
•  JSAs
•  Take 5
•  Step Back

Evidence Guide

•  knowledge of the requirements, procedures and instructions to conduct local risk control
•  implementation of requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient conduct of local risk control
•  working with others to undertake and conduct of local risk control that meets all of the required outcomes
•  consistent timely completion of conducting local risk control that safely, effectively and efficiently meets the required outcomes

•  This unit must be assessed in the context of the work environment. Where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment may occur in a simulated environment provided it is realistic and sufficiently rigorous to cover all aspects of workplace performance, including task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
•  The assessment environment should not disadvantage the participant. For example, language, literacy and numeracy demands of assessment should not be greater than those required on the job.
•  Customisation of assessment and delivery environment to sensitively accommodate cultural diversity.
•  Aboriginal people and other people from a non English speaking background may have second language issues.
•  Assessment of this competency requires typical resources normally used in the work environment. Selection and use of resources for particular worksites may differ due to site circumstances.
•  Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with disabilities.
•  Access must be provided to appropriate learning and/or assessment support when required.

•  written and/or oral assessment of the candidate's required knowledge
•  observed, documented and/or first hand testimonial evidence of the candidate's:
•  implementation of appropriate requirement, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient achievement of required outcomes
•  consistently achieving the required outcomes
•  first hand testimonial evidence of the candidate's:
•  working with others to undertake and conduct of local risk control