This module identifies plant-associated WHS hazards; both assessing and controlling such risks; offers valuable advice on plant registration, licencing and certification; and managing maintenance and operation training.
Key topics, to achieve the above, include:
- Accessing WHS information; understanding their instruments, policies, procedures, processes and systems
- Workplace Health and Safety - including implemented laws
- Plant inspections, policies and procedures
- Plant working hazards and plant-specific knowledge
- Hazard definition and identification - including key consultations and conventions
- Recording and reporting hazards and WHS risk assessments
- Assessing plant WHS risks; key information sources; risk categorisation
- Undertaking risk assessments; techniques, tools and processes
- Consultation outcomes
- Organisational policies
- WHS risk information sources
- Incident causation and injury processes
- Maintenance and use of plant; control of WHS risks
- Risk control hierarchy and development; creating, implementing and monitoring a plan
- Systematic WHS approaches - sequencing, scheduling, control, consultation and reporting
- WHS responsibilities for employers, officers and others
- Recording, reviewing, evaluating and reporting risk controls
- WHS legislation compliance, monitoring and reporting
- Plant registration, renewing and maintaining; operator licence and certification, documenting procedures
- High-risk work licencing
- Identifying training requirements and knowledge; planning and conducting training
- Recordkeeping examples