This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment.

Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
The following range applies to the Learning Outcome
– Monitor health and safety responsibilities.
Hazards:
• falls from height
• slips, trips and falls (same level)
• hit by falling or moving objects
• manual handling
• health issues
• power sources
• hazardous substances
• trapped by something collapsing or overturning
• confined spaces
• fire
• lack of/breaches of security
• water
• moving vehicles
The following range applies to the Learning Outcome
– Monitor systems for managing site health, safety and welfare.
Statutory notices:
• prescribed notices
• certificates
• site safety signs
Health, safety and welfare equipment
• protective clothing
• protective equipment
• first aid facilities and arrangements
• welfare facilities
• storage, security and disposal of materials and equipment
• accident and incident reporting
• fire-fighting equipment
• provision of health, safety and welfare training
Inductions:
• health and safety responsibilities
• site, construction and installation operations
• health, safety and welfare equipment and resources
• risk control procedures
• first aid arrangements
• health and safety plans
• site specific procedures
• emergency and evacuation procedures
Project requirements:
• construction specific health, safety and welfare regulations
• general health, safety and welfare legislation
• recognised industry Codes of Practice
• organisational procedures
• identifying hazards
• reducing associated risk
• reporting accidents and incidents and preventing recurrence
• situations which do not comply with regulations
Taken as a whole, the evidence must show that the candidate consistently meets all the assessment criteria across the ranges for the element.
Performance Evidence – There must be work place evidence against each assessment criteria. Where the workplace evidence does not cover a whole range, knowledge evidence must be provided to cover the remaining items of the range for each relevant assessment criteria. The candidate must produce documentary evidence from the workplace covering the following item(s) that are considered to be common and key/critical to demonstrating competence.
Learning Outcome 1
Product Evidence:
• Information on significant residual risks which includes identified hazards arising from construction products and processes
Process Evidence – N/A
Learning Outcome 3
Product Evidence
• Record(s) of encouraging a culture of health, safety and welfare of people on site which include recommending possible opportunities for improvement.
• Record(s) of implemented and maintained systems which include statutory notices, safety information, hazard warnings and equipment.
Process Evidence
• Monitoring of health, safety and welfare of people on site which include encouraging the culture and recommending possible opportunities for improvement.
• Notifying those responsible where aspects of non-compliance are identified.