NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: support provision environment
core-27.4 Waste: training in safe handling and protective clothing
Clause and reference core-27.4, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Every worker involved in managing waste or infectious or hazardous substances is trained in safe and appropriate handling, including use of PPE and any other required protective clothing.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Training records for waste and hazardous substance handling
- Induction checklist items on sharps and body fluid handling
- Protective clothing issue records
What assessors commonly find
- Workers handling sharps without training
- No refresher on hazardous substance handling
What evidence do I need?
For core-27.4 Waste: training in safe handling and protective clothing, the evidence to bring is: Training records for waste and hazardous substance handling. It sits under Core module: support provision environment and our reference for it is core-27.4. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me training records for waste and hazardous substance handling, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading