Integrating OHS & Business

604: Perform information gathering, data analysis, and forecasting

All organizations require a capacity for information gathering, data analysis, and forecasting. Often, this may be an informal process. However, in order for an organization to improve its OHS-related outcomes, it is sometimes the responsibility of the OHS professional to perform or facilitate information gathering, data analysis, and forecasting tasks in order to relate OHS to operational processes. In order to act as an effective resource in this area, the OHS professional should demonstrate competence with:

– Knowledge collection
– Knowledge analysis
– Quantitative and qualitative data analysis
– Knowledge communication and transfer

Prerequisite

None

References in Other Frameworks

BCRSP: HSM18, HSM23, HSM24, THSS9; INSHPO: F30; IOSH: CC7

Understand and Remember

– Effective uses and limitations of data and measurement processes
– Basic statistical measures, including sources of error
– Data display and reporting
– Principles of research methodology

Apply and Analyze

– Design assessments of intervention effectiveness
– Use data analysis software
– Assess short- and long-term implications of collected data
– Interpret and communicate the results of OHS data analysis
– To a lay audience
– To a technical audience

Evaluate and Create

– Evaluate organizational data collection and analysis processes
– Identify areas of excellence
– Identify opportunities for improvement
– Develop organizational data collection processes or adapt existing processes in response to a change int he workplace context

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Related Units of Competency

601 Demonstrate
Understanding of fundamentals of business administration and operations
602 Demonstrate
Understanding of the intersection between OHS and human resource processes
607 Develop
And implement an OHS continuous improvement plan
608 Integrate
Health and safety with corporate social responsibility
611 Identify
And implement methods for risk evaluation and decision making in a business environment