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SITXWHS004 Establish and maintain a work health and safety system

Assessment 1 - Establish and maintain a framework for health, safety and security

WHS REPORT

Question 1: Describe the two (2) legislative requirements that do not meet or comply with WHS workplace systems

Question 2: Why don't they comply and what will you do as the new WHS officer to ensure they comply?

Question 3: As the new WHS Officer at the cannery what actions will you take to ensure legal compliance?

Question 4: Design a WHS management system to suit two (2) needs of the organisation

Question 5: Explain who you will consult with and why

Question 6: Describe the financial, human and specialist external resources you will need in your new role to help address current WHS management practices

Question 7: Develop WHS two (2) policies and procedures that will address current workplace issues and, in a format, readily accessible to all personnel

Question 8: Explain who and why you will allocate two (2) health, safety and security responsibilities to and reflect these

Question 9: Describe three (3) key employer responsibilities that must be adhered to when providing a safe workplace

Question 10: Explain why it is important that cannery staff have job descriptions that reflect WHS and work tasks requirements

Question 11: Explain the key personal that you will consult with when planning WHS training. Including the designated times for consultation and the consultation mechanisms

Question 12: Describe the WHS training requirements and how you will implement the WHS training including WHS inductions for your new team members

Question 13: Explain what system you will use to monitor and keep WHS records at the cannery

Question 14: What methods will you undertake to communicate new WHS information to fish cannery personnel?

Question 15: List four (4) relevant WHS/ OHS legislations that apply to the cannery and explain why

Question 16: As the new WHS Officer you will work with WHS representatives and committees, describe their roles and responsibilities

Question 17: Explain how you will identify hazards at the cannery and how you will categories each hazard identified

Describe the following:
Risk management
Risk control

Question 18: Describe four (4) employee's responsibilities undertaken to ensure a safe workplace for themselves and others

Question 19: As the new WHS Officer how might you encourage cannery staff to participate in WHS practices

Assessment 2 - Establish and maintain consultative arrangements for the management of health, safety and security

WHS PERFORMANCE RECOMMENDATION REPORT

Question 1: Issues you have identified and explain how you will raise these issues through consultation

Question 2: How you will make these recommendations and information accessible to all employees

Question 3: Methods and strategies that you will implement to ensure management and staff at the fish cannery receive the most updated WHS information

Question 4: Your recommended upgrade to the emergencies policy in the Standard Operating Manual, especially the evacuation of staff and customers

Question 5: Suggested improvements to the hazard identification and reporting process

Question 6: The upgrade to the handling chemicals and hazardous substances policy

Question 7: How you plan to respond to the health and safety issues you have identified, including the light fittings, production floor coverings and heavy food items stored on top shelves

Question 8: Explain your recommendations for the improvement of incident and accident management and required notification to WHS regulatory authorities

Question 9: Implement appropriate incident and accident reporting by staff

Question 10: Identify the unsafe work practices highlighted in the previous WHS report and provide recommendations

Question 11: You have identified areas of concern around the management of cash, equipment, machinery keys, staff and general operational documentation. Describe the recommendations that you will provide to Malcom Bentley.

Assessment 3 - Develop WHS checklists for ongoing risk assessment

Question 1: Develop a detailed WHS checklist which can be used to identify and assess all identified existing and potential hazards in cannery workplace

Question 2: Develop procedures for ongoing identification assessment and control of risks, that integrate within the existing cannery operations

Question 3: Develop a hazard identification and risk assessment template that incorporate criteria for assessing the cannery's risks.

WHS WRITTEN REPORT

Question 4: To support the development of your WHS checklists and templates Malcom would also like you to compile a written report informing him of the following:

Question 5: What is systematic hazard identification?

Question 6: Why should you plan for it?

Question 7: Why are times to plan designated by legislation?

Question 8: What are the benefits of nominating roles and responsibilities of personnel for hazard identification?

Question 9: Who at the cannerywould you nominate the responsibilities of risk assessment risk control, why?

Question 10: What can the cannery staff do to take a lead role in controlling risks?

Question 11: Describe the interim or emergency solutions to two (2) of the risks identified

Question 12: How will you ensure all staff follow legislative requirements for notifying and cooperating with WHS government regulators?

DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING AND CONTROLLING RISKS HAZARDS AND RISKS

Question 13: Provide details of the three (3) risks or associated hazards you have identified in the original WHS report

Question 14: Describe how these risks were assessed

Question 15: Describe a control method for each of the three (3) risks

Question 16: Provide details on how they would be rectified or substituted for a lesser risk

Question 17: Detail how you would ensure the procedures are adopted by the team at Johns Best Fish Cannery and Factory

Question 18: When evaluating a process who will you consult with to assess effectiveness?

Question 19: As the WHS Officer, how will you collect feedback about the effectiveness of the procedure?

Assessment 4

Implement and evaluate organisational health, safety and security system

To assist in the implementation and evaluation process you will be required to work in groups of five (5). This will be your consultative arrangements and will allow for you to evaluate your WHS findings. You will each discuss (implement) your WHS procedures and associated templates that identify the WHS issues at the cannery. As the WHS Officer you need to share with stakeholders your recommendations.

Your WHS framework is
Your consultative arrangements for managing identified WHS issues are

Practices for identifying future hazards are
Strategies you will put into place when assessing and controlling the risk
Hazard identification reporting documents you will use
The cannery's overall approach was initially to WHS practices and why
Specific risk control measures relevant to the workplace you recommended
Specific regulations and codes of practice are applicable to issues identified

Now that you have attended to consultative arrangements you would have taken time to evaluate part of or all the WHS recommendations provided by those in your group. Evaluating a variety of approaches, solutions, risk assessments and so forth.

Did everyone clearly identify the WHS issues?
What were they?
Who identified the most issues?
Did everyone recommend updates to the Standard Operating Procedure?
Which procedure best addressed the WHS issue?
How well do you think these recommendations will be received?
CONCLUSION REPORT

As an outcome of identifying WHS issues at the cannery, being involved in the implementation and feedback process. You will now provide the external administrator, Malcom Bentley with improvement suggestions. In your conclusion to Mr. Bentley:
Provide recommendations for training and associated WHS updates
Provide a brief overview (training plan) that will benefit existing staff
Provide recommendations for a better WHS record keeping system
Provide recommendations on how staff could be encouraged to participate in personal WHS practices
Finally, as a result of a WHS incident that you should have identified, provide recommendations of where best to locate first aid kit and emergency evacuation plan.

Questions
Number and re-write all questions and provide a suitable response.
For example:
Q1 In the state that you live in what is the name of the Act that employees and employers must adhere to regarding workplace safety?

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