Protect health and safety in the workplace

Based on NZQA 497

People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety; describe the systems approach to workplace health and safety; and explain how hazards are defined in the HSE Act.


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This unit is used in the following courses

 * Horticulture

Identify and describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety
Range: responsibilities include but are not limited to – taking all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees, providing personal protective clothing and equipment, managing hazards, providing supervision and training. Range: responsibilities and rights include but are not limited to – protecting the health and safety of self and others, using protective clothing and equipment, the right to refuse unsafe work, to be adequately supervised and/or trained.
 * Responsibilities of employers under the HSE Act are identified and described.
 * Responsibilities and rights of employees under the HSE Act are identified and described.

Describe the systems approach to workplace health and safety
Range: principal systems include but are not limited to – emergency procedures, training, employee participation, incident and hazard reporting, hazard management. Range: evidence is required of two examples each of eliminating, isolating, and minimising hazards.
 * The principal systems are described in terms of their requirements.
 * The hierarchy of hazard management controls is described in terms of eliminating, isolating, and minimising hazards.

Explain how hazards are defined in the HSE Act.
Range: evidence is required of examples of four different types of hazards.
 * Hazards are defined in terms of the requirements in the HSE Act.