Workplace safety

CUAPPR505 Establish and maintain safe creative practice

This unit is about determining and responding to safety requirements in a professional practice. It applies to those who are responsible for managing safety, and can be used in various environments, including workshops, studios, offices, field locations. and performance venues.

 

How you will be assessed

You will be assessed through:

 

Practical

You will be assessed in the workplace as a safe environment with typical activities of the creative arts industry. You will need access to general and practice-specific (WHS) information.

You need to show that you have:

  1. Analysed the needs of a particular practice and develop a set of systems, procedures and practices to support safety in that context
  2. Identifie key safety issues, including specific hazards and risks in the relevant area of practice
  3. Applied general work health and safety (WHS) legislation and specific codes, standards or guidelines relevant to your practice.

 

Interview/assignment questions

  1. Explain essential components of work health and safety (WHS) legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to your specific area of practice.
  2. Explain essential WHS responsibilities of employers, manufacturers, suppliers, employees and other parties with legal responsibilities
  3. Explain relevant industry or process-specific safety guidelines that apply to particular fields of work and particular work environments
  4. Describe hazards and their associated risks in the specific professional practice
  5. Explain the potential impact of not addressing hazards and risks in your area of practice
  6. Explain your organisation’s systems, procedures and practices for WHS management and regulatory compliance for a professional practice:
    1. business planning, especially new technology and organisational change
    2. purchasing policies and procedures
    3. reporting on financial, technical and other resource needs
    4. maintenance of WHS systems and procedures.

Note: Your assessor may also ask you a variety of what if questions.

 

Detailed requirements

1. Determine work health and safety requirements for professional practice

  1. Research key features of legislation that apply to professional practice
  2. Source and evaluate practice-specific codes, standards and guidelines that affect the management of safety in the relevant work environment
  3. Develop systems and procedures that respond to work health and safety (WHS) requirements and effectively integrate those responses into practice management
  4. Evaluate the role of others in practice safety and involve them as appropriate

 

2. Identify hazards and assess and manage risks

  1. Identify existing and potential hazards specific to the area of practice using relevant methods, templates and tools
  2. Assess and manage risks associated with those hazards in line with established processes and according to WHS legislation and codes of practice
  3. Implement and monitor developed systems and procedures in response to identified requirements for hazard control measures and risk assessment in the workplace
  4. Develop and maintain current and accurate documentation to support hazard identification and risk management in workplace practices
  5. Address hazard identification and risk assessment and management at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards are not created

 

3. Monitor and enhance safety of the practice

  1. Keep your WHS knowledge up to date in your area of practice
  2. Ask colleagues on WHS practices and potential issues, and integrate improvements into your systems and procedures as appropriate
  3. Proactively identify other sources of information and professional development opportunities on safety
  4. Integrate current and emerging ideas and technologies that support workplace safety into your practices