Suitable for employers, managers & supervisors responsible for ensuring the health & safety of employees, contractors, subcontractors & suppliers, when working with products and materials containing CS.
Course Overview
This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to supervise and manage those working with products and materials that generate respirable crystalline silica (RCS). The unit includes planning for and supervising the use of compliant plant, tools and equipment to work with products and materials containing crystalline silica (CS).
The unit also includes briefing workers on compliant work requirements and establishing appropriate risk control measures, so far as reasonably practical, for potential exposure to RCS. The unit also covers work practices as part of continuous improvement processes for work health and safety (WHS) when working with products and materials containing CS.
The unit is suitable for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), employers, supervisors and managers responsible for ensuring the health and safety of employees, contractors and sub-contractors and suppliers when working with products and materials containing CS.
The worksite may be a factory or workshop setting, commercial and residential settings, and/or construction sites, including demolition sites.
Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements may apply to this unit. Relevant WHS state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to confirm jurisdictional requirements.
Entry Requirements
Prerequisite Units: There are no prerequisite units required for entry to this course.
Other Requirements: There are no other requirements for entry to this course.
Topics
- Plan and prepare for work
- Conduct workplace briefings and consultations
- Implement safety requirements
- Manage worksite operations
- Oversee compliant clean-up, maintenance and storage operations
- Review workplace operations
