MONITOR A SAFE WORKPLACE BSBOHS407A

Complete the Survey then Register and login to the course

To access this course you must complete the Registration Survey first to register. Allow up to 30 minutes to complete the Survey. When you have completed the Survey you will arrive at the Self Registration Page where you'll be required to enter a Name, Username,  Password and Password confirmation. After you complete the Registration form you will then recieve an email with a confirmation link and a 2nd link back to this page. Click on the confirmation link first, then go back to your email and click on the 2nd link that brings you back to this page and click on the "Login or Register" link to Login with your username and password.

Once you have logged in you will be prompted to enter some final information into the Profile Page including your Last Name, City and Country. When you have entered that last bit of information you can click on the "BSBOHS407A" button at the bottom of the page to enrol into the course.

About this course & participant guide

Occupational health and safety (OHS) training is an important component of an effective OHS management system and a legal requirement under OHS laws. Advertising Agencies as the employer must provide OHS instruction, training and information particularly with regards to the legislative risk management and consultative provisions that workers (employees, crew, freelancers & contractors) are required to participate in.

To assist the Advertising industry meet these OHS obligations for photo-shoots the Communications Council in conjunction with OHS Media Services through the WorkCover NSW Assist funding program has developed an on-line OHS training & assessment course – ‘Monitor a Safe Workplace’ (BSBOHS407A) the compulsory OHS unit from the Certificate IV in Screen & Media (CUF40107) under the industry national training package. The on-line course consists of 6 unit elements and sub-elements with learning content to read, video case studies to watch, your photo-shoot OHS experience & video case study activities and an assessment quiz to answer. Refer to REGISTRATION, LEARNING, ASSESSMENT & COURSE EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.

For a large number of experienced managers, crew, freelancers & contractors you may already possess the required OHS knowledge & skills – the competencies to achieve your certification. As such all you need to do is complete on-line the course registration details including your industry & OHS experience, undertake the assessment quiz and provide a third party reference using the template provided. To achieve your certification you need to score 75% in the assessment quiz for each unit element. If you score less you may need to go back and review the learning content and videos and undertake the quiz again for that particular unit. For some you may need to work through the entire course if you believe that your OHS knowledge & skills are deficient for your photo-shoot OHS role.

In addition through the on-line forum you have the opportunity to discuss OHS matters or issues that you would like clarified with our OHS consultant or share experiences with other participants.

COURSE DESCRIPTION & APPLICATION

This e-learning course addresses the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement the Advertising Agency occupational health & safety (OHS) policies, procedures & programs in the relevant photo-shoot work area to meet legislative requirements. The course applies to individuals with a broad knowledge of OHS policies who contribute well developed skills in creating solutions to unpredictable photo-shoot problems through analysis and evaluation of information from a variety of sources. They provide supervision and guidance to others and have limited responsibility for the output of others.

TARGET GROUP

Advertising Agency photo-shoot employees and freelancers such as: Photographers, Art Directors, Art Buyers, Producers, Production Managers, Stylists, Technicians, photo-shoot studio managers & personnel.

COMPETENCY

This e-learning course is based on the competency unit ‘Monitor a Safe Workplace’ (BSBOHS407A) which represents the core OHS competency unit from the Certificate IV in Screen & Media (CUF40107) qualification from the national Screen & Media Training package (CUF07) - a national qualification under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). .

STATEMENT OF ATTAINMENT AWARD

On successfully completing the e-learning course you will receive ‘statement of attainment’ award.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

To gain the ‘Monitor a Safe Workplace’ statement of attainment you need to complete (or demonstrate that you are competent in) the unit. To achieve this you will need to demonstrate through assessment that you are competent in the performance criteria for the unit. The performance criteria are the evaluative statements that specify what is to be assessed and the required level of performance. The unit – ‘Monitor a Safe Workplace’ is broken down into 6 unit elements as set out below.

HOW LONG DOES THE COURSE TAKE TO COMPLETE

Under the AQTF course requirements 6-8 hours are allocated to complete the course. However, depending on your past OHS training & OHS photo-shoot experience (referred to as your recognised prior learning – RPL) the time to complete the course may be much shorter.

LEARNING, ASSESSMENT & COURSE EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

The Learning Guide & Work Activities addresses the unit element performance criteria and required knowledge & skills. You can work thorough the Unit Element Learning Guide & Work Activities on-line and / or download the PDF version.

Video case studies

For each of the 6 unit elements outlined in the Unit performance criteria above there are short video case studies that demonstrate how the knowledge & skills for each unit element are being applied by Advertising Agency photo-shoots.

Sample Advertising Agency Photo Shoot OHS Management System (OHSMS)

This document represents a sample of the Advertising Agency policies, procedures and application (OHS tools) for the OHS management of photo-shoots. You can refer to this sample OHS Management system as you work through the Learning content and to complete the Assessment Quiz at the end of each Unit Element.

Your Photo-shoot OHS Experience & Video Case study Activity

Having read through the Unit Element Learning Guide; watched the video case studies; and reviewed the Sample Advertising Agency Photo-shoot OHSMS, you are required to answer a couple of questions in relation to your last or current photo-shoot assignment.  Your answers should be short and in point form. They will be reviewed by the course trainer and assessor and graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. You complete this activity in the Your Journal section.

Assessment Quiz

You are required to complete the Unit Element Assessment Quiz comprising a set of 15 multiple choice, true & false, matching words etc. These are predominately related to photo-shoot assignment scenarios. You are required to achieve a 75% score or above to pass that Unit Element. You are allowed 6 attempts to achieve your satisfactory score of 75% or above.

Third Party Reference

If you are completing the course by recognised prior learning you will need to provide a reference from a third party (supervisor or peer) to confirm that you apply the course knowledge & skills for your production work.

Use the Third Party Reference template. Only one reference is required. Remember you also have to complete the assessment quiz as well

Forum notice-board & FAQ’S

If you have any questions related to the course content and activities post them on the Forum notice-board and they will be addressed by the course trainer & assessor or for comment by other students. This is a shared forum for all students.

In addition there is an FAQs regarding how to navigate the course site and specific frequently asked course questions. This will be up-dated throughout the course.

Live chatroom

You also have the opportunity to chat with the course assessor & trainer and other participants in the live chatroom.

Course evaluation

On completion of the course and assessment process you are required to complete a course evaluation form. This is an on-line evaluation survey.