This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to control health and safety risks.
It covers
managing control of health and safety risks effectively, co-ordinating outcomes, prioritising risks and reviewing effectiveness;
making sure that significant hazards have been identified and risks have been assessed; and
making sure that appropriate risk control measures meet health and safety statutory requirements and industry best practice and have been implemented effectively
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
prioritise areas in the workplace where hazards with a potential for serious harm to health and safety are most likely to occur following standard operating procedures
identify hazards in those areas following industry best practice
select and use suitable techniques to analyse risks to health and safety following industry best practice
decide tolerability and/or acceptability of risks using appropriate instruments and survey techniques to determine potential exposure of employees and other people who may be affected
produce and maintain appropriate records of risks following industry best practice
identify and evaluate risk control measures and current systems of work in your organisation following industry best practice
evaluate risk assessments, co-ordinate outcomes and prioritise implementation following industry best practice
identify and recommend implementation of risk control measures required by health and safety local and national standards and guidelines relevant to your organisation and industry best practice
involve relevant stakeholders in consultations and inform them of results following industry best practice
identify resources required and cost-effectiveness of risk control measures needed following industry best practice
assist in implementation of risk control measures following industry best practice
check processes for proactively monitoring risk control measures are in place following industry best practice
keep appropriate records of risk control measures and inform stakeholders of significant findings following industry best practice
give recommendation for periods for review of risk control measures following industry best practice
review effectiveness of measures following industry best practice
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
health and safety hazards
risk assessment techniques
instruments and survey techniques used to determine exposure of people who may be affected
analysis techniques suitable for determining risks
methods for reviewing effectiveness
health and safety statutory requirements
tolerability/acceptability of risk
quality management requirements for documentation
risk control measures, including safe systems of work
external factors influencing health and safety risk control methods
risk control hierarchies
risk control measures required by relevant health and safety legislation and industry best practice
PROHSP6 Control health and safety risks
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to control health and safety risks.
It covers
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand: