Health Safety, Environmental Principles and General Housekeeping US 113852

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD
Learners acquiring this standard will be learning towards obtaining a national qualification or are
working within a health and safety environment, where acquisition of competence against this
standard will add value to learner`s job, or chances of finding employment.
The qualifying learner is capable of:
 Identifying hazards
 Evaluating hazards
 Controlling hazards
 Explaining and using relevant legislation and regulations
 Gathering and organising occupational health, safety and environmental information from the
workplace
 Carrying out occupational health and safety training
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
Learners accessing this unit standard / qualification will have demonstrated competence against
adequate reading and writing skills as well as knowledge of the workplace in terms of the jobs
performed by people on a team, procedures required of them and experience of dealing with
problems and processes in the workplace.
 Identify hazards.
 Evaluate and report hazards.
 Apply preventative measures (including training) in the workplace.
 Explain, use and comply with relevant legislation and regulations.
 Gather and organise OHS information from the workplace.