Statutory Supervisor requirements.
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Part 10.7A of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 WHS (Mines) Regulations prescribes positions in relation to mines. These statutory positions are appointed by the mine operator to carry out specific functions in relation to the operations of a mine
Statutory Supervisor requirements.
Statutory supervisors must be appointed for each of the following places at a mine in respect of which a levy is payable under the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 –
(a) a laboratory;
(b) a processing plant;
(c) a quarry;
(d) a workshop;
(e) each place where the mine operator for the mine considers it is necessary to have a statutory supervisor to reduce the risks to health and safety associated with mining operations carried out at the mine.
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BSBWHS411 Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs
BSBWHS414 Contribute to WHS risk management
Statutory Supervisor requirements.
If you are appointed as a Statutory Supervisor in Western Australia some of your requirements are as follows:
(a) allocating tasks to the worker for that worker to carry out at the appointed place;
(b) supervising and controlling workers and other persons at the appointed place;
(c) if necessary, inspecting areas where workers and other persons travel to the appointed place for risks or hazards to those persons;
(d) taking steps to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that workers and other persons are not exposed to risks or hazards in the appointed place;
(e) if the supervisor is being replaced by another supervisor — providing written reports to the incoming supervisor under regulation 630.
If you are appointed as a Statutory Supervisor in Western Australia some of your requirements are as follows:
A person is eligible to be appointed as a statutory supervisor for a place at a mine if the person —
(a) works for at least 2 years as a supervisor or worker in a similar operation or industry that the mine is engaged in; and
(b) successfully completes an approved WHS risk management unit for statutory supervisors; and
(c) passes an applicable legislation examination for statutory supervisors.