This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
Duration
Face to face 2 days
Fees
$210
Delivered on site or offsite
Depending on industry requirements, accessibility and numbers
The course will be delivered via a face to face format in either DNA Kingston Training rooms or at your workplace, depending on numbers, client requirements and training facilities.
Locations of training rooms include: Busselton, Bunbury and Belmont (Perth)
Minimum and maximum participant numbers apply.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Assessment locations
Assessment maybe at the work place or simulated conditions that replicate operational workplace conditions
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Follow safe work practices for direct client care |
Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures Identify any client-related risk factors or behaviours of concern, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures Follow workplace policies and procedures to minimise risk Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures |
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Follow safe work practices for manual handling |
Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risk Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risk |
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Follow safe work practices for infection control |
Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures |
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Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace |
Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area |
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Reflect on own safe work practices |
Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work role Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures Participate in workplace debriefing to address individual needs |
Pre-requisite Unit – Entry requirements
Nil
Participants will be required to successfully complete an LLN assessment to confirm numeracy, reading, writing and language skills at least to ACSF Level 3 prior to enrolment into their selected course.
It is a requirements that participants wishing to attend this training be able to:
- enter and exit the work location safely and unaided
- have adequate mobility to be able to enter restricted /darkened work areas
- be able to conduct manual handling activities involving movement of persons
- have adequate mobility, eyesight and hearing to be able to observe their surrounding work area in all directions during activities.
Assessment requirements
Assessment will require a theory component and practical demonstration
Participants will undertake a theory assessment and a practical demonstration. The theory assessment consists of multiple choice, true or false and short answer questions, with a practical demonstration of skills to be observed. The practical assessment requires participants to demonstrate competence of this unit, including conducting CPR for a scenario provided.
Clothing requirements
- Steel cap boots
- Long pants
- Longs sleeve shirt
HLTWHS002 – Follow safe work practices for direct client care
- contributed to a workplace WHS meeting or inspection
- conducted a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results
- consistently applied workplace safety procedures in the day-to-day work activities required by the job role, including:
- infection control
- hazardous manual tasks
- use of personal protective equipment
- reporting incidents
- followed workplace procedures for at least one simulated emergency situation.
- Learner resources and guides
- Assessment material theory and practical
- Appropriate equipment
- Power points
- Videos
- Protective personal equipment and Hi- Vis Vest, hardhat and other PPE currently used in industry for performing rescues from a live LV panel
- Documentation may include workplace requirements, relevant industry standards, equipment specifications and operation manuals to meet specific site needs of industry.
Learning and assessment materials, along with power points which can be accessed online as required.
Support of face to face Trainer