Permits / Risk Safety Courses

Issue Work Permits

This competency unit addresses the need for students who issue work permits to understand the permit system, know the limitations of each permit and make decisions regarding the need for and correct use of each permit. This competency unit includes the issue of any and all permits. It applies to the issuing of permits covering a single plant or plant area such as might be an operators scope of responsibility.

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Permit Issuer

The Confined Space Entrant/Standby course is designed for persons who are required to undertake work in confined spaces on a BHP Billiton Iron Ore site. The course targets the planning and risk assessment processes required for safe entry into designated confined spaces. All persons on a BHP Iron Ore site who are working in or around Confined Spaces must hold this qualification in order to gain the correct understanding of BHP’s permits, policies and procedures.

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Prevent Injury

Prevent Injury course covers the competency associated with the identification, avoidance, review, and evaluation of workplace risks and hazards, maintenance of personal safety and the reporting to supervisors and team members.

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Work Health and Safety Risk Management

This course addresses the skills and knowledge required to contribute to identifying work health and safety (WHS) hazards; assessing WHS risks; and developing, implementing and evaluating risk controls appropriate within your job role and relating to your work area.

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Work in Accordance with an Issued Permit

This unit aims to ensure that students working under a permit to work understand the system, know the limitations of the permit under which they are working and comply with all the requirements of the permit. The people to whom this unit applies may be called permit recipients' or permit holders' by some organisations. Some organisations call permits' clearances' This unit covers the basic competency of working under a permit.

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