Establish, implement and maintain organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing
Overview
"This standard is about establishing, implementing and maintaining a culture of health, safety, welfare and wellbeing. To ensure personnel undertake their responsibilities through planning, managing and monitoring; developing, implementing and reviewing the site in accordance with current organisational requirements which are equal to or exceed current statutory and legislative requirements. Ensuring hazards are identified and where necessary, risk assessments completed.
This standard is for people working in the occupational area of construction site management which is defined as the management of multiple construction trades and disciplines and can be used by supervisors and managers"
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
"P1 establish a culture of health, safety, welfare and wellbeing on site
by carrying out the following
1.1 communicate with and involve the workforce
1.2 provide opportunities for development or training
1.3 lead by example
1.4 implement a proactive reporting process
1.5 identify and implement agreed ways to improve health,
safety, welfare and wellbeing
P2 delegate specific health, safety, welfare and wellbeing
responsibilities
2.1 assign responsibilities that are defined, documented and
communicated and which adhere to current organisational
requirements
2.2 carry out and monitor site inductions to ensure people
have been informed of their responsibilities
P3 ensure accurate and appropriate notices and hazard warnings
that conform to current organisational requirements are
maintained and observed
3.1 carry out regular inspections to ensure conformity
3.2 ensure maintenance is carried out regularly and
documented
3.3 check that people have been trained to recognise and
understand the different types of notices and warnings
P4 ensure health, safety and welfare equipment and resources are
available and sufficient to meet current organisational
requirements
4.1 monitor and allocate health, safety and welfare equipment
and resources
4.2 implement a recording system to confirm that the health
and safety control equipment is appropriate for the work
being carried out
4.3 implement maintenance checks on health, safety and
welfare equipment and resources
P5 implement systems which meet current organisational
requirements to identify hazards, reduce risks and maintain the
health, safety, welfare and wellbeing of people including the
following
5.1 identify the hazards and their consequences
5.2 analyse hazards and identify risks
5.3 consolidate and prioritise risks
5.4 implement monitoring systems and regularly evaluate to
improve health, safety, welfare and wellbeing
5.5 implement appropriate measures to manage risks at
source
P6 ensure hazards are assessed to identify the residual risks, apply
the principles of prevention to reduce the risks and provide
information to the appropriate people
6.1 record identified residual risks and maintain a reporting
system to disseminate information
6.2 identify measures which can control the risks to health and
safety
6.3 implement organisational prevention policy which covers
health, safety, welfare and wellbeing relating to the
working environment
P7 monitor health, safety, welfare and wellbeing systems regularly
for compliance with current organisational requirements
7.1 ensure health, safety, welfare and wellbeing organisational
requirements are current and actioned
7.2 collect and record workplace health, safety, welfare and
wellbeing systems data
7.3 contribute to reports which demonstrate compliance with
the organisational policies"
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
"Performance Criteria 1
Establish and improve
K1 the different methods of communication required to establish a
culture of health, safety, welfare and wellbeing with the following
K1.1 the workforce
K1.2 sub-contractors
K1.3 suppliers
K1.4 clients
K1.5 consultants
K1.6 visitors
K1.7 the public
K2 the principles of leading by example
K3 how to implement a proactive reporting process to provide the
workforce the opportunity to influence the health, safety, welfare
and wellbeing culture on site
K4 how to identify opportunities to improve health, safety, welfare
and wellbeing, make appropriate recommendations and
implement agreed modifications
K5 the importance of wellbeing in the workplace
Performance Criteria 2
Inform people
K6 how to identify and delegate the specific responsibilities for
health, safety, welfare and wellbeing to, including but not limited
to:
K6.1 supervisors
K6.2 safety officers
K6.3 first aiders
K6.4 fire marshals
K7 how to carry out site inductions, using various communication
methods, which are specific to the site and which provide
information including but not limited to:
K7.1 health and safety responsibilities
K7.2 health, safety and welfare equipment and resources
K7.3 risk control procedures
K7.4 first aid arrangements
K7.5 emergency plans
K7.6 evacuation plans
K7.7 traffic management
K7.8 hazards
K7.9 fire procedures
K8 how to monitor and maintain records of inductions to ensure they
consistently inform the following of their health, safety and
welfare responsibilities, including but not limited to:
K8.1 the workforce
K8.2 supervisors
K8.3 safety officers
K8.4 first aiders and fire marshals
Performance Criteria 3
Notices
K9 how to ensure the following notices and hazard warnings comply
with construction specific health, safety and welfare regulations,
general health, safety and welfare legislation and organisational
policies and procedures:
K9.1 prescribed notices
K9.2 statutory certification notifications
K9.3 site safety signs
K9.4 information
K10 how to maintain accurate and appropriate signs, notices and
hazard warnings, ensuring they are sufficient to cover all
requirements, their distribution and position is correct, and they
are being effective for the workforce, visitors and the public
K11 why it is important to ensure accurate and appropriate notices
are maintained
Performance Criteria 4
Equipment and resources
K12 how to ensure the following health, safety and welfare
equipment and resources are available and sufficient for the
project, including but not limited to:
K12.1 protective clothing
K12.2 protective equipment
K12.3 first aid facilities and arrangements
K12.4 welfare facilities
K12.5 storage and security of materials and equipment
K12.6 accident and incident reporting
K12.7 firefighting equipment
K12.8 provision of health, safety and welfare training
K13 how to ensure health, safety and welfare equipment and
resources comply with current organisational policies and
procedures
Performance Criteria 5
Implement systems
K14 how to implement hazard identification, risk assessment,
prevention and protection management systems which meet
current organisational policies and procedures for identifying and
reducing risks
K15 how to implement management systems for reporting and
recording accidents, emergencies and near misses
K16 how to maintain the welfare of the following in accordance with
current organisational policies and procedures:
K16.1 workforce
K16.2 sub-contractors
K16.3 suppliers
K16.4 consultants
K16.5 visitors
K16.6 the public
Performance Criteria 6
Hazard identification and risk assessment
K17 how to ensure health, safety and environmental hazards which
have the potential to cause harm are identified
K18 how to obtain additional information about hazards by
communicating with the following:
K18.1 clients
K18.2 designers
K18.3 workforce
K18.4 sub-contractors
K18.5 suppliers
K18.6 consultants
K19 the effects of occupational health hazards
K20 how to identify and record any residual risks and implement
contingencies to manage the potential implications
K21 how to apply the principles of prevention to eliminate and control
risks at source, to manage risks and hazards, to attain a
collective protection approach and to monitor the use of health
and safety control equipment
K22 how to review risks and communicate information to the following
K22.1 workforce
K22.2 sub-contractors
K22.3 suppliers
K22.4 consultants
K22.5 visitors
K22.6 the public
Performance Criteria 7
Monitor for compliance
K23 how to monitor health, safety, and welfare and wellbeing systems
regularly to ensure compliance with current organisational
policies and procedures
K24 why it is important to monitor health, safety, and welfare and
wellbeing systems regularly"