This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to manage a utilities industry health, safety and environmental (HSE) management system.

It includes determining and maintaining participative arrangements, risk management and hazardous events of a HSE management system. It also includes maintaining induction and HSE training programs, HSE record management and evaluating system and programs.

The unit is to be applied to establish, maintain and manage systematic approaches to HSE management in the utilities industry. It will be applied in a management context in terms of responsibility to ensure that the workplace is, as far as practicable, safe and without risk to employees, clients and other present visitors.

This unit applies to any safe worksite where gas industry operations occur. It could also apply to other workplaces in the electricity supply industry (transmission and distribution and generation), the electrotechnology industry and the water industry, subject to all HSE and duty of care requirements being met for the workplace.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.