TAA04 TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT PACKAGE

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TAA04TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT PACKAGE
TAAENV403B ENSURE A HEALTHY AND SAFE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
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WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

• This workshop will address the competencies
• for the following unit
• TAAENV403B Ensure a healthy and safe learning
  environment

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment for these units will be based on
• Your workshop participation and contribution
• The completion of the learning activities during
  the workshop
• Completion of a practical assessment task which
  will be fully explained by your facilitator

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OVERVIEW
This workshop will cover the processes and
strategies that can be used to ensure that
training and assessment take place in, and comply
with, occupational health and safety
requirements
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KNOWLEDGE

• All learners need to know
• the hazards relevant to the industry in which
  they are working or will work
• occupational health and safety procedures
  applicable the workplaces where they do or will
  work
• commonly used OHS symbols and signs
• the legal responsibilities of employers and
  employees

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RESPONSIBILITY

• It is the responsibility of trainers and
  workplace supervisors to assist people in
  learning all that they need to know and do to
  work safely
• It is the responsibility of learners to
  demonstrate safe work practices in all training
  and assessment situations

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QUALITY

• The Australian National Training Authority
• (ANTA) and Training Package Developers
• (TPDs) have developed a number of
• guidance packages for RTOs, program
• designers, trainers and assessors
• ANTA is, however, no longer the overseeing body.
  Its responsibilities have been transferred to the
  Department of Education, Science and Training
• (DEST)

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CONTEXT

• The qualifications of trainers, assessors or the
  training and assessment team must also be
  considered
• They should cover the scope of the subject area
  and the interrelated OHS competencies being
  delivers in training and being assessed

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ACTIVITY 1

• In groups
• Respond
• Record
• Present
• 15 minutes

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COSTS

• Occupational health and safety is
• increasingly recognised as an issue of
• national, economic and social importance
• Estimates indicate that the national cost
• in terms of workers compensation is in
• excess of 4 billion

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OHS ISSUES
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ACTIVITY 2

• In groups
• Respond
• Record
• Present
• 15 minutes

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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

• Have you ever been expected to
• deliver training or conduct an
• assessment in a situation that did
• not meet OHS compliance
• requirements?
• What did you do?

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ASSESSING RISK

• OHS legislation is concerned with
• Prevention of workplace injury and illness
  through the organisation and design of work and
  workplaces
• Prevention through the recognition, evaluation
  and control of the causes of occupational disease
  and injury

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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

• What training/assessment
• resources
• machinery and equipment
• are integral to the
• training you do or will deliver?
• How do or will you ensure
• that these are safe to use and operate?

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LEARNER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Whilst much of the emphasis on prevention of
• workplace hazards rests with employers, OHS
  implies a
• mutual responsibility
• It is the employees' right to work in a safe
• environment
• The employee, however, has a responsibility to
  observe
• the health and safety regulations and guidelines
• This applies equally to learners trainees and
  new
• apprentices

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SOLUTIONS

• The Hierarchy of Control prioritises
• preferred options for implementing possible
  problem solutions and OHS controls
• Hierarchy of Control priorities
• 1. Elimination
• 2. Substitution
• 3. Engineering
• 4. Administration
• 5. Personal Protective Equipment

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PROCESSES

• The risk management process
• identify hazards
• assess the risk of the hazard causing injury or
• illness
• control the hazard to eliminate or minimise
• the level of risk
• monitor/ review and evaluate the
• effectiveness of controls

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EXAMPLES
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RISK ASSESSMENT
Map the likelihood of a hazard causing harm
against the likelihood of an actual occurrence
Match this to the probable severity (damage
rating) of the harm
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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Do you and the other members of the training and
development team know what your responsibilities
are with regard to risk assessment?

• Does the RTO or the organisation you work for
• keep you informed of up-dates and changes to
• OHS legislation?
• If you answered no to these questions what
• will you do to rectify this?

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ACTIVITY 3

• Individually or in groups
• Respond
• Record
• Discuss 
• 15 minutes

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REPORTING
All organisational personnel, whether they are
full time facilitators/ assessors or contracted
for discreet training/ assessment projects,
should know what the procedures are for reporting
hazards They must also know the reporting
procedures for any accidents or incidents that
occur in the learning environment or in
association with training and assessment
procedures
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SUMMARY

• You have a legally enforceable duty of care to
• ensure that you understand the legislative
• requirements for OHS and have sufficient
• competence in OHS requirements for the industry
• Concerned
• It is essential that you access appropriate
• professional development to bring your OHS skills
  
• and knowledge to the required level

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ACTIVITY 4

• In groups
•  
• Discuss
• Record
• Report
• 25 minutes

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment for this unit will be based on
• Your workshop participation and contribution
  levels
• The completion of the learning activities during
  the workshop
• Completion of a final assessment task which will
  be explained at the end of the training.