Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Competencies covered

Competency: CHCEDS033 Meet legal and ethical obligations in an education support environment

Element: 1. Identify legal and ethical obligations.

 1.1. Identify and access current workplace information that covers the range of legislation and guidelines relevant to the job role.
1.2. Clarify and confirm understanding of information with supervising teacher to ensure consistency of interpretation and application.
1.3. Obtain advice from supervising teacher when conflicting instructions are encountered.

Element: 2. Comply with legal and ethical obligations.

 2.1. Adhere to legal and ethical requirements in work practice according to organisational policies and procedures and scope of role.
2.2. Identify and promptly report incidents of non-compliance.
2.3. Recognise potential ethical issues and dilemmas and discuss with supervising teacher.

Element: 3. Contribute to workplace improvements

3.1. Identify situations where work practices could be improved to meet legal and ethical responsibilities.
3.2. Pro-actively share feedback with colleagues and supervisors.
3.3. Review own conduct and seek feedback from others to confirm continuing compliance with legislation, policy and procedures.
Competency: CHCEDS059 Contribute to the health, safety and wellbeing of students

Element: 1. Maintain a safe environment.

 1.1. Provide guidance and support to students on the safe use and care of equipment and resources.
1.2. Maintain classroom displays according to work safety regulations and organisational policies and procedures.
1.3. Support student protection programs as appropriate.
1.4. Identify situations that pose a threat to personal safety of self or others and follow organisational procedures to respond.
1.5. Recognise hazards in the workplace and report to appropriate personnel according to organisational policies and procedures.
1.6. Follow organisational policies and procedures for dealing with hazards within the scope of own job role.

Element: 2. Maintain a hygienic and healthy environment.

 2.1. Assist in maintaining the classroom in a clean and tidycondition.
2.2. Identify situations where students require assistance with personal care or hygiene and respond according to organisational polcies and procedures.
2.3. Attend to soiled student clothing and areas according to organisational policies and procedures.

Element: 3. Supervise students in conjunction with teacher.

 3.1. Supervise students according to teacher direction and organisational policies and procedures.
3.2. Supervise students outside the classroom according to teacher direction and school policy and procedures.

Element: 4. Deal with emergency situations.

 4.1. Contribute to planning for emergency and potential emergency situations within the school.
4.2. Recognise emergency and potential emergency situations promptly and take required actions within the scope of own job role.
4.3. Follow organisational emergency procedures when emergencies occur.
4.4. Seek assistance promptly from colleagues and/or other authorities where appropriate.
4.5. Report details of emergency situations according to organisational policies and procedures and accurately complete accident and incident report forms.

Element: 5. Support the health and wellbeing of students.

5.1. Assist students in need of minor first aid according to organisational policies and procedures.
5.2. Provide assistance with the general care and wellbeing of students and attend to students with minor illnesses according to organisational policies and procedures.
5.3. Identify health issues in the student community and their impact on student learning and follow organisational reporting procedures.
5.4. Assist in the provision of health promotion programs.
5.5. Follow required procedures to maintain confidentiality of student health information.
5.6. Use professional language when liaising with health professionals and families under the guidance of the teacher.
Competency: HLTWHS001 Participate in Workplace Health & Safety

Element: 1. Follow safe work practices

 1.1 Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices
1.2 Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures
1.3 Follow workplace emergency procedures

Element: 2. Implement safe work practices

 2.1 Identify and implement WHS procedures and work instructions
2.2 Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures
2.3 Take actions to maintain safe housekeeping practices in own work area

Element: 3. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

 3.1 Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures
3.2 Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities
3.3 Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area

Element: 4. Reflect on own safe work practices

 4.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work area
4.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Unit Description

This unit cluster (A) focuses on Compliance and covers the following competencies:

Topics

Compliance

Unit offerings

Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.