Certificate III in Work Health and Safety

Units of Competency

• BSBWHS307Apply knowledge of WHS laws in the workplace

  This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand work health and safety (WHS) laws, and comply with them in one’s own workplace.

  The unit applies to those who contribute to compliance with WHS laws as part of their WHS responsibilities, which are in addition to their main duties.

• BSBWHS309 Contribute effectively to WHS communication and consultation processes

  This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to work health and safety (WHS) communication and consultation in the workplace. It involves communicating WHS information to required personnel, and taking appropriate follow-up action to assist in ensuring that communication and consultation processes are effective and conducive to others in the workplace who raise WHS issues.

  The unit applies to those who contribute to WHS communication and consultation as part of their work health and safety responsibilities, which are in addition to their main duties.

• BSBWHS308 Participate in WHS hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control processes

  This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to participate in the processes of work health and safety (WHS) hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control. It includes participating in worker consultation and support to contribute to a healthy and safe workplace.

  The unit applies to those who assist with identifying workplace hazards and assessing and controlling WHS risks as part of their WHS responsibilities, which are in addition to their main duties.

• BSBWHS310 Contribute to WHS issue-resolution processes

  This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to work health and safety (WHS) issue-resolution processes, and to communicate their outcomes.

  It applies to individuals who contribute to the resolution of WHS issues in the workplace as part of their WHS responsibilities, which are in addition to their main duties.

• PUAFER001 Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

  This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required by occupants to identify and prevent the development of facility emergency situations or to minimise their consequences, and to report if emergency protection systems and/or equipment is compromised.

  It applies to a broad range of emergencies and covers the work required before an emergency services and/or specialist response team arrives; it does not include the specific use of equipment to prevent facility emergency situations.

  The unit has been developed to cover facilities as specified in Australian Standard 3745 and AS 4083. For this unit, as covered by AS 3745 and/or AS4083, occupants are people attending a facility on a permanent or temporary basis such as an employee, contractor, student or resident, but not a visitor or patient and a facility is a building, structure or workplace that is, or may be, occupied by people (occupants).

  All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in accordance with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and approved safe practices. It applies to occupants who are required to be ‘emergency aware’ in their facility.

  No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

• BSBWHS331 Participate in identifying and controlling hazardous chemicals

  This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and control hazardous chemicals in the workplace. It requires knowledge of the potential hazards associated with chemicals and how to work safely with them. It involves supporting workplace safety by communicating information about hazardous chemicals using established consultation methods.

  The unit applies to those who participate in identifying chemicals as part of their WHS responsibilities, which are in addition to their main duties. It applies to hazardous chemicals with the potential to harm human health, which may be solids, liquids or gases; pure substances or mixtures. When used in the workplace, these substances can generate vapours, fumes, dusts and mists.

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