Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems

504: Monitor occupational health and safety performance

OHS performance is a key function of OHS professionals. Performance management requires the OHS professional to employ appropriate strategies and tools to gather information as part of assessing risks and the effectiveness of controls. As a part of monitoring the effectiveness of controls and risk management processes, OHS professionals should be able to interpret data describing OHS performance and identify the factors affecting performance. This should include:

– Leading and lagging indicators
– Documentation
– Worker behaviours and compliance
– Ensuring OHS consistency in workplaces with multiple locations

Prerequisite

References in Other Frameworks

BCRSP: HRCM5, HSM21, HSM22, HSM23; IOSH: TC1, CC6

Understand and Remember

– Potential sources or modes of failure in controls
– Risk control and hazard monitoring techniques
– Work environment monitoring
– The role of health surveillance and health risk assessments
– Principles for selecting performance measures
– Key performance indicators (qualitative, quantitative, leading and lagging)
– Criteria and processes for monitoring and validating critical controls
– Benchmarking
– Basic principles of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methodologies

Apply and Analyze

– Communicate the results of OHS monitoring processes
– Provide training in the collection and use of OHS monitoring data
– Apply OHS performance monitoring data to continuous improvement processes

Evaluate and Create

– Select appropriate performance measures
– Evaluate existing OHS performance monitoring processes, including:
– Compliance audits
– OHSMS audits
– Review of protocols, procedures, and relevant standards
– Develop new OHS performance monitoring processes or adapt in response to changes in the workplace context

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Related Units of Competency

501 Demonstrate
Understanding of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
502 Demonstrate
Understanding of quality management processes and their integration with OHS

Prerequisites:
503 Use
And maintain an OHS Document Management System

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