Occupational Health and Safety National Occupational Standards
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- PROGEN20 Comply with health and safety requirements in the workplace
- PROHSK1 Basic hazard awareness
- PROHSS1 Make sure your own actions reduce risks to health and safety
- PROHSS2 Develop procedures to safely control work operations
- PROHSS3 Safely control work operations
- PROHSS5 Investigate and evaluate health and safety incidents and complaints at work
- PROHSS6 Conduct health and safety risk assessments of a workplace
- PROHSS8 Review health and safety procedures at workplaces other than your own
- PROHSS9 Supervise health, safety and welfare of individuals at work
- PROHSP1 Develop, implement and review the organisations health and safety strategy
- PROHSP2 Promote a positive health and safety culture
- PROHSP3 Develop and implement the health and safety policy
- PROHSP4 Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety information
- PROHSP5 Develop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety matters
- PROHSP6 Control health and safety risks
- PROHSP7 Develop, implement and review proactive monitoring systems for health and safety
- PROHSP8 Develop, implement and review reactive monitoring systems for health and safety
- PROHSP9 Develop and implement health and safety audits
- PROHSP10 Develop and implement health and safety emergency response systems and procedures
- PROHSP11 Develop and implement health and safety review systems
- PROHSP12 Contribute to health and safety legal actions
- PROHSP13 Influence and keep pace with improvements in health and safety practice
- PROHSP14 Behavioural safety in the workplace
- PROHSP15 Manage contractors to ensure compliance with health and safety
- PROHSP16 Develop and implement health and safety induction processes
- PROHSR1 Identify plans and priorities of the regulatory authority for work related health and safety, and contribute to them effectively
- PROHSR2 Inspect duty holders, worksites and activities for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
- PROHSR3 Investigate work-related accidents, incidents, ill health reports and complaints for the purposes of health and safety regulation
- PROHSR4 Plan and gather evidence for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
- PROHSR5 Enforce statutory provisions and brief prosecutors for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
- PROHSR6 Enforce statutory provisions and present guilty pleas in Magistrates’ Courts for the purpose of work-related health and safety regulation
- PROHSR7 Draft and serve notices or other statutory enforceable documents for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
- PROHSR8 Influence health and safety duty holders and others for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
- PROHSR9 Improve work related health and safety through promotional activities