Monitor Hazards & Risks & Ensure Safety Of Self, Other Personnel, Plant & Equipment

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It is your responsibility to conduct regular monitoring of tasks and activities to ensure that control measures are maintained and are effective.

For your inspections and monitoring activities to be effective you will need a thorough knowledge of worksite & machine procedures. These will include all relevant workplace operating procedures, work instructions and temporary instructions.

All of these requirements are in place to ensure your worksite complies with the designated regulations and legislation. It is important to make sure that the codes and standards you refer to are the most current versions as approved by state and federal government. All changes must be responded to in accordance with the procedures for your site and the permit conditions.

You should check that:

• Problems are being anticipated and efficiently resolved.
• Changing conditions and circumstances are being responded to appropriately and effectively.
• The performance of monitoring and testing equipment is checked against a standard sample. If work stops for a certain period of time (e.g. over an hour) the workspace will need to be tested again.