This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to promote positive health and safety culture.
It covers:
1 advocating a positive health and safety culture for your organisation;
2 developing and communicating a positive health and safety culture for your organisation;
3 working with key stakeholders in implementing a positive health and safety culture;
4 maintaining a positive health and safety culture in your organisation; and
5 encouraging relevant stakeholders of your organisation to lead by example on health and safety matters
You must be able to:
1. provide people with sufficient and clear information about benefits to your organisation of a positive health and safety culture
2. obtain and maintain support of those in your organisation who can champion a positive health and safety culture
3. communicate information about a positive health and safety culture following company procedures
4. find out current level of understanding of, and, support for health and safety instructions and procedures by people in the workplace
5. identify appropriate people and groups in your organisation
6. identify the appropriate people and groups external to your organisation where required
7. develop and implement additional links with people and groups following company procedures
8. develop plans to promote and implement a health and safety culture in the workplace
9. identify where improvements and changes may be necessary using current sources of information
10. base improvements on observed and underlying indicators of the health and safety culture
11. provide support, assistance or advice to the appropriate people and groups following company procedures
12. include suitable performance measures and review dates following company procedures
13. check relevant information including local, national and legal guidelines and advice is provided at appropriate times, levels and pace
14. present plans in a clear and concise manner to the appropriate people
15. implement plans to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace
16. ensure plans include promoting advantages and legal necessities of following health and safety procedures
17. provide practical opportunities for regular consultation on health and safety issues and ways of encouraging ideas and good practice
18. identify and review opportunities for further improvements to the health and safety culture in the workplace
You need to know and understand:
1. health and safety culture within the organisation
2. organisation’s communication system used to promote the benefits of a positive health and safety culture
3. how people communicate
4. people and groups who may be affected
5. how to engage people and groups who may be affected
6. information needs of those people in the workplace affected
7. available information sources for health and safety within the workplace
8. importance of keeping people regularly informed and discussing their involvement
9. problems that may arise
10. performance measures to utilise
11. providing effective information, advice and guidance to others
12. external factors influencing a positive health and safety culture
13. other sources of expertise and advice on health and safety matters
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PROHSP2 Promote a positive health and safety culture
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to promote positive health and safety culture.
It covers:
1 advocating a positive health and safety culture for your organisation;
2 developing and communicating a positive health and safety culture for your organisation;
3 working with key stakeholders in implementing a positive health and safety culture;
4 maintaining a positive health and safety culture in your organisation; and
5 encouraging relevant stakeholders of your organisation to lead by example on health and safety matters
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
1. provide people with sufficient and clear information about benefits to your organisation of a positive health and safety culture
2. obtain and maintain support of those in your organisation who can champion a positive health and safety culture
3. communicate information about a positive health and safety culture following company procedures
4. find out current level of understanding of, and, support for health and safety instructions and procedures by people in the workplace
5. identify appropriate people and groups in your organisation
6. identify the appropriate people and groups external to your organisation where required
7. develop and implement additional links with people and groups following company procedures
8. develop plans to promote and implement a health and safety culture in the workplace
9. identify where improvements and changes may be necessary using current sources of information
10. base improvements on observed and underlying indicators of the health and safety culture
11. provide support, assistance or advice to the appropriate people and groups following company procedures
12. include suitable performance measures and review dates following company procedures
13. check relevant information including local, national and legal guidelines and advice is provided at appropriate times, levels and pace
14. present plans in a clear and concise manner to the appropriate people
15. implement plans to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace
16. ensure plans include promoting advantages and legal necessities of following health and safety procedures
17. provide practical opportunities for regular consultation on health and safety issues and ways of encouraging ideas and good practice
18. identify and review opportunities for further improvements to the health and safety culture in the workplace
Knowledge & Understanding
You need to know and understand:
1. health and safety culture within the organisation
2. organisation’s communication system used to promote the benefits of a positive health and safety culture
3. how people communicate
4. people and groups who may be affected
5. how to engage people and groups who may be affected
6. information needs of those people in the workplace affected
7. available information sources for health and safety within the workplace
8. importance of keeping people regularly informed and discussing their involvement
9. problems that may arise
10. performance measures to utilise
11. providing effective information, advice and guidance to others
12. external factors influencing a positive health and safety culture
13. other sources of expertise and advice on health and safety matters