MSS11
Diploma of
Environmental Monitoring & Technology
MSL943002A
Participate in laboratory/field workplace
safety
Completion Summary
Trainee Name
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Trainee Assessment Guide
Evidence collection guide for RPL
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Table of contents
UNIT INTRODUCTION
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Description
Application
Resources
Grading
Critical aspects
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HOW DO I COMPLETE THIS UNIT?
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Step 1 - Interview
Step 2 - Collect
Step 3 - Submit
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ASSESSMENT GUIDE
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Elements & Performance Criteria
Physical evidence of competence
Evidence of required knowledge
Evidence of skills demonstration
Other methods of assessment
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RANGE STATEMENT
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Codes of practice
Routine checks
Hazards
Addressing hazards
Designated personnel
Enterprise policies and procedures
Incidents
Emergency equipment
Participating in OHS activities
Environmental issues
OHS and environmental management requirements
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FINAL ASSESSMENT REPORT
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Trainee assessment readiness
Workplace assessor details
RTO assessor details
Competence assessment
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Unit Introduction
Description
This unit of competency covers the ability to follow workplace occupational health and
safety (OHS) policies and procedures, deal with the identification and control of hazards,
work safely at all times, follow emergency response procedures and contribute to the
maintenance of workplace safety.
Application
This unit of competency is applicable to laboratory assistants and instrument operators
working in all industry sectors. OHS responses are restricted to a 'first response' approach,
including the notification of appropriate enterprise personnel. Workers will be provided
with clear directions, information, training and appropriate supervision.
Resources
Resources for this unit may be available at cffet.net/env. Speak to your assessor about the
need for these resources.
Grading
Your result will be recorded and reported to you as Achieved Competency (AC) or Not yet
Competent (NC).
Critical aspects
Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently apply the
skills covered in this unit of competency in new and different situations and contexts.
Critical aspects of assessment and evidence include:
◗ work safely
◗ recognise potential incidents and hazards and take appropriate corrective action
◗ follow workplace incident, first aid and emergency response procedures
◗ promptly communicate OHS and environmental issues to designated personnel
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How do I complete this unit?
Step 1 - Interview
The easiest way to get RPL is credit transfer from another course. If you think you can get
100% credit transfer for this unit from another course, do not continue with this guide.
With this document in hand, contact your assessor and ask for an RPL interview. After the
interview, you will be able to use this document to map out how you will collect you
evidence.
◗ Using the table of Elements & Performance Criteria, speak with your assessor and
identify what you can and cannot provide evidence for.
◗ Discuss how you will prove your competence by using the How can I show I can do this
task? column form the table by using the bold words from the table to help you choose
the most appropriate form of evidence collection.
Step 2 - Collect
Once you have mapped how you are going to prove your competence with your assessor,
use the following sections of this guide to collect all your evidence.
◗ Complete the Physical evidence of competence section which will collect all the
paperwork evidence for you such as training records, policies, procedures, audits etc.
◗ Answer questions in the Evidence for Required Knowledge section which covers the
minimum amount of theoretical knowledge for the unit. These can be performed
verbally to your assessor if required.
◗ Perform any practical demonstrations of your skills to the assessor, and record these in
the Demonstrations & Observations Table.
Under some circumstances you may be asked by your assessor to demonstrate competence
using techniques that are not listed here. These will need to be recorded in the Other
Methods of Assessment table. Examples include workplace projects, exams, external
licences or any other method such as third party reporting.
Step 3 - Submit
Once you have completed the collection of evidence for this unit, you need to submit you’re
the evidence to your assessor (by email, post, however you want). You assessor will review
the evidence and identify any gaps.
◗ If no gaps are found, you ask for the Final Assessment Report to be signed off by your
assessor and workplace supervisor (if required under rules of traineeships).
◗ If gap training is required, you will need to fill those gaps under the guidance of your
assessor to achieve competence.
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Assessment Guide
Elements & Performance Criteria
This table lists the Elements (E) and Performance Criteria (PC) for the unit. The Elements
describe the broader functions or activities of a job, while the Performance Criteria outline
the specific skills and knowledge you must gain competency in.
Read through the table of PC’s and identify those that you can and cannot do. Speak with
your assessor about the types of evidence you can provide and write comments as to how
you can show you are competent.
Elements (E)
Performance Criteria (PC)
Identify,
1.1 Routinely check immediate work area
control and
for hazards prior to commencing and
report OHS
during work
and
environmental 1.2 Address hazards within area of
hazards
responsibility
1.3 Report hazards and incidents to
designated personnel according to
enterprise policies and procedures
Conduct work 2.1 Select, fit and use appropriate
safely
personal protective clothing and
equipment
2.2 Follow enterprise procedures when
carrying out work tasks
2.3 Keep all work areas clean and free
from obstacles
2.4 Maintain enterprise standards of
personal hygiene
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Elements (E)
Performance Criteria (PC)
2.5 Safely store, transport and dispose of
hazardous materials and dangerous
goods
Follow
incident and
emergency
response
procedures
3.1 Identify incident and emergency
situations
3.2 Report and record incident and
emergency situations according to
enterprise procedures
3.3 Follow incident and emergency
procedures as appropriate to the
nature of emergency, using
emergency equipment according to
enterprise procedures
Contribute to
OHS in the
workplace
4.1 Raise WHS and environmental issues
with designated personnel in
accordance with enterprise
procedures and legislated rights and
obligations of employees
4.2 Participate in WHS activities within
scope of responsibilities
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Physical evidence of competence
When you include physical items as evidence of competence for this unit, make sure you
key it in this table so your assessor can relate it back to the elements and performance
criteria.
NOTE: Only submit what you need. Providing 100 pieces of evidence does not make you
more competent, it just wastes everyone’s time.
Evidence
number
Evidence name
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SWMS ASG23.4 V3 – Chlorine cylinder installation
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Evidence of required knowledge
Provide brief answers for the following questions.
1. Which legislation enforces WHS in NSW?
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2. Which state authority enforces WHS legislation and regulation in NSW?
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3. What is the Australian national WHS body called?
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4. Identify the primary service that the section you work in provides to external clients.
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5. Within your work section, define your work role, workplace protocols or job description
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6. Within your work section, identify the rights and responsibilities of yourself and your
employer in relation to the Workplace Health & Safety Act 2011 (and regulations).
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7. Identify five workplace signs, symbols or signals and briefly explain what hazards they
are alerting staff and visitors about.
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8. Describe which hazards found in own job and work area pose the greatest risk to your
health and explain how they are controlled.
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9. What is the hierarchy of hazard control? How is it used in your workplace?
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10. Describe both the location and purpose of three pieces of personal protective
equipment and emergency/hazard control equipment in the work area.
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11. For one of the PPE identified above, briefly explain any training, use, care or storage
requirements that it requires (e.g. calibration tests for gas testing pumps).
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12. Explain the purpose of (material) Safety Data Sheets (SDS). Identify three pieces of
information that they provide.
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13. Briefly explain the requirements and procedures for reporting OHS hazards and
incidents, including injuries, illness and near misses in your workplace.
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14. Your organisation purchases a new chemical never before used in your workplace. List
the procedures that must occur in your organisation before you can use it.
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15. Your organisation purchases a new piece of equipment never before used in your
workplace. List the procedures that must occur in your organisation before it is used.
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16. For one chemical or process in your organisation, identify and explain the potential
environmental impacts the chemical or process could have (worst case scenario based
on maximum amounts used or full capacity of process).
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17. Identify the difference between a ‘dangerous good’ and a ‘hazardous substance’.
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Evidence of skills demonstration
Can you prove your competence for some or all of the skills in this unit via a demonstration
of some kind? If so, organise the demonstration with your assessor and the assessor will
record the details of the demonstration on this page.
Task being observed
Comments
Date
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PC
E.g. Chlorine cylinder
installation
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the empty chlorine cylinder with a new
one. Task was completed in accordance
with SWMS.
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Other methods of assessment
Use this table to record methods of assessment not recorded elsewhere in this guide.
Stipulate the type of assessment in the first column and provide details of the assessment
event, location and other pertinent details in the ‘details’ column. Your assessor will
complete the E and PC columns.
Type of assessment
Details
E.g. External training and
certification
E.g. Completed confined space training
with private RTO. Photocopy of training
records attached (see evidence log)
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Range statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different
work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if
used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may
be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the
candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be
included.
Codes of practice
Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international
standards, it is expected the latest version will be used. Standards, codes, procedures
and/or enterprise requirements may include Australian and international standards,
Australian Dangerous Goods Code, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
Import Guidelines, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Codes of Practice, gene technology regulations, Guide to physical containment levels and
facility types, National Code of Practice for the labelling of workplace substances
[NOHSC:2012 (1994)]
Routine checks
Routine checks may include general housekeeping checks, such as obstructions which may
cause trip hazards, checking of safety equipment, such as eye wash stations, checking
reagents and equipment are safe to use, checking availability of emergency equipment and
checking functionality of personal protective equipment
Hazards
Hazards may include: electric shock, microbiological organisms and agents associated with
soil, air, water, blood and blood products, and human or animal tissue and fluids, solar
radiation, dust and noise, chemicals, such as acids, heavy metals, pesticides and
hydrocarbons, aerosols from broken centrifuge tubes and pipetting, radiation, such as
alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray and neutron, sharps, broken glassware and hand tools,
flammable liquids, cryogenics, such as dry ice and liquid nitrogen, fluids under pressure,
such as steam, hydrogen in gas liquid chromatography and acetylene in atomic absorption
spectrometry, sources of ignition, high temperature ashing processes, disturbance or
interruption of services, occupational overuse syndrome, slips, trips and falls, manual
handling, working at heights and working in confined spaces, crushing, entanglement and
cuts associated with moving machinery or falling objects, pedestrian and vehicular traffic,
vehicle and boat handling
Addressing hazards
Addressing hazards may include hazard and incident reporting and investigation procedures,
elimination, substitution (such as review of nature of substances or processes used,
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isolation, use of appropriate equipment, such as biohazard containers, laminar flow
cabinets, Class I, II and III biohazard cabinets, Class PCII, PCIII, and PCIV physical containment
laboratories), engineering, administrative procedures (such as ensuring access to service
shut-off points, recognising and observing hazard warnings and safety signs, labelling of
samples, reagents, aliquot samples and hazardous materials, handling and storage of all
hazardous materials and equipment in accordance with labelling, MSDS and manufacturer's
instructions, identifying and reporting operating problems or equipment malfunctions,
cleaning and decontaminating equipment and work areas regularly using recommended
procedures, applying containment procedures, following established manual handling
procedures for tasks involving manual handling, use of appropriate equipment and
procedures to avoid personal contamination and contamination of others, following risk
control measures to minimise environmental hazards, use of practices which minimise
waste, reporting to appropriate personnel of abnormal emissions, discharges and airborne
contaminants, such as noise, light, solids, liquids, water/waste water, gases, smoke, vapour,
fumes, odour and particulates, minimising exposure to radiation, such as lasers,
electromagnetic and ultraviolet, use MSDS, use of signage, barriers and service isolation
tags, use of personal protective equipment, such as hard hats, hearing protection, sunscreen
lotion, gloves, safety glasses, goggles, face guards, coveralls, gown, body suits, respirators
and safety boots.
Designated personnel
Designated personnel may include laboratory manager, supervisor , OHS coordinator , OHS
representative
Enterprise policies and procedures
Enterprise policies and procedures may refer to OHS specific procedures, such as hazard and
incident reporting, communication, consultation and issue resolution and risk management,
controlling known hazards, minimising environmental threats, minimising and disposing of
waste, responding to safety, emergency, fire and incidents, selecting/using personal
protective clothing and equipment
Incidents
Incidents may include workplace injury and accidents , cutting, stabbing, puncturing,
crushing, immersion in water, suffocation, hypothermia, burns, heat stress, animal bites,
allergic reactions and assaults, biological, chemical or radioactive spills, fire, bomb threat,
security threat and explosion
Emergency equipment
Emergency equipment may include, first aid equipment , eye wash kit or shower, fire
extinguisher
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Participating in OHS activities may include:, seeking assistance to clarify obligations and
procedures, clarifying work instructions that impact on safety and legal liability, OHS and
environmental issues which may need to be raised by employees with designated
personnel,
Environmental issues
May need to be raised by employees with designated personnel may include identification
of hazards not otherwise addressed, assessment of risk and decisions on measures to
control risk, risk reduction measures, problems with implementation of controls, problems
with recycling, by-product collection and waste disposal, investigation of injury and
incidents, clarification of understanding of OHS policies and procedures
OHS and environmental management requirements
OHS and environmental management requirements all operations must comply with
enterprise OHS and environmental management requirements, which may be imposed
through state/territory or federal legislation - these requirements must not be
compromised at any time, all operations assume the potentially hazardous nature of
samples and require standard precautions to be applied, where relevant, users should
access and apply current industry understanding of infection control issued by the National
Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and State and Territory Departments of
Health
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Final Assessment Report
Trainee assessment readiness
Name of Employee
Signature of employee
Date
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I am comfortable with completing this assessment task
I understand why the assessment is taking place
I understand my right of appeal
Competency based assessment has been explained to me
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Discussion about special considerations or needs I have has taken place
WH&S issues relating to the assessment task have been considered
My Assessor has related my work role to the range statement
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Workplace assessor details
Workplace technical assessor:
Workplace assessor position:
Signature:
Date:
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RTO assessor details
RTO:
RTO Representative(s):
Signature:
Date:
Hunter TAFE
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Competence assessment
Result:
Achieved Competency (AC)
Date
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COMMENTS ASSESSOR/EMPLOYEE:
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ACTION PLAN GAPS/TRAINING REQUIRED:
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