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Assessment Task 1: Written Questions

Question 1
Read the WHS regulations for your State or Territory and identify the requirements for hazardous manual handling tasks.
What is the name of the regulation relevant to your state/territory?

What is one requirement from the Regulations that refers to hazardous manual handling tasks? Include the section of the regulations in your answer.

Identify and explain how WHS legislation impacts on the National Quality Framework (Early Childhood Regulations/Law and Standards). Provide at least one example of how the NQF reflects the WHS legislation.

Question 2 What is the name of the WHS Authority in your State?

Question 3 Explain the role of a Health and Safety Representative.

Question 4 WHS Regulations state that Safety Data Sheets (SDS) must be available for any hazardous chemicals. What information must an SDS contain? Provide a brief outline of each point.

Question 5 If you thought there was a safety issue at your service, how would you raise and report this so that risk control measures can be put in place? Outline three examples of procedures that should be followed.

Question 6 List three common workplace hazards in a childcare setting.

Question 7 What is a hazard? Outline three examples of hazards you might find with toys and equipment in a childcare setting.

Question 8 A new item of equipment has been bought for the playground. It is adjustable for different age groups. There are many different ways that the equipment can be set up.
Explain how you would make sure you knew how to operate this equipment safely.

Often safety standards and instructions change. Explain how you will keep up to date with changes.

Question 9 List four signs that may show that a person is tired and/or stressed.

Do you think you can work well when you are tired and stressed? Identify why or why not.

Explain what you should do if you feel like this.

Question 10 Review the signs in the table below and identify each sign and explain where you might see this in an early education setting.

Safety sign What does this sign mean? Where might you see this in an Early Childhood Education and Care service?

Question 11 Explain what constitutes an emergency situation and identify at least five different types of emergency situations which could arise at an early childhood education and care service.

Question 12 Explain why infection control measures are important in an early childhood education and care service and identify at least three examples of routines or events in early childhood education and care which require infection control.

Assessment Task 2

Case Study 1: Carrying the Nappies
Brock Deneson, one of the educators at Little.ly, tripped at work yesterday just after lunch at 1pm. Brock was taken to the hospital where it was found that he had broken his foot. He will now be in a ‘moon boot' for at least six weeks. You called the ambulance as soon as you saw how bad the accident was.
You witnessed the incident. Brock was walking along the passage between the storeroom and the Willow Oak Room carrying two large boxes of nappies on top of each other. The boxes are not heavy, but they are large and awkward.
A child toddled in front of him. Because of the boxes Brock didn't see the child until the last moment. He fell and, trying to avoid falling on the child, landed awkwardly on his foot.
Brock was crying from the pain. He said it was his fault because he should have been looking where he was going. Brock was carrying two boxes at a time because he said he was so tired that he just wanted to get the job done quickly.
You remember that Brock had told you that with working full-time, studying the Diploma, and looking after his aged Mum at home, he was absolutely exhausted.
You also remember that at last month's WHS meeting, management had agreed to buy a trolley, but it hasn't been delivered yet.
Today on July second 2022, your supervisor has asked you to complete a Staff Member Incident, Injury and Trauma Record form as Brock won't be back at work for some time and they need the information for Work Cover purposes.

Question 1.1 What could Brock do about his stress and fatigue? Suggest three strategies to reduce stress and fatigue in the workplace.

Question 1.2 What are three reasons that incident reports must be completed?

Question 1.3 You must complete the Staff Member Incident, Injury and Trauma Record (located on the Little.ly website). Use the information in the case study to guide you in completing the report.

Question 1.4 You have been asked to help with the development of a procedure for moving items safely from the storeroom, into the children's rooms.

Your supervisor would like you to make a list of things that employees need to be careful of when doing this.
Make a list of at least six safe practices that could be added to the procedure.

Question 1.5 Describe the hazards in the scenario. Include at least three contributing factors from the case study that lead to Brock's injury.

Question 1.6 Read the Hazard Management Policy and the Manual Handling Policy and identify at least one point from each policy that should have been followed to avoid this incident.

Question 1.7 Identify two people at Little.ly who hazards should be reported to where they are identified in the future.

Question 1.8 Identify three ways hazards can be reported to the appropriate personnel.

Question 1.9 Imagine you have been asked to meet to discuss possible amendments to the safe workplace policies and procedures based on this scenario. List at least three suggestions you would make to management.

Question 1.10 List at least three housekeeping actions you could take personally to ensure the work area is maintained more effectively to reduce injuries like this in the future.

Case Study 2: Broken Gate Latch

A hazard identification check has found that the latch on Little.ly's front gate is faulty. This means that the gate no longer closes automatically.

This has been recorded and Hayley Schramm (Director) has been advised.
Hayley said that the usual maintenance repairer is away on holiday. The other repairer in town is more expensive so she will wait until the usual one is back, then have him fix the gate.
In the meantime, staff have been asked to keep an eye on the gate to make sure it is closed after people have used it.
Today a disaster nearly happened. As parents were bringing in children in the morning, the gate did not shut properly behind one of them. Andrew (four years old), a boy who loves to explore, saw his opportunity and quickly slipped out of the gate.
Luckily another parent saw this happen and brought Andrew straight back into the service.
Hayley said it was the your fault as you were supposed to watch the gate.
The team were really busy in the morning and couldn't watch it all the time.

Question 2.1 What is the responsibility of the service Director/owners for health and safety in the service?

Question 2.2 Do you think the manager has shown sufficient duty of care? Why? Why not?

Question 2.3 What is the responsibility of the employees for health and safety in the workplace?

Question 2.4 Do you think the employees have shown sufficient duty of care? Why? Why not?

Question 2.5 What are two more effective things that could have been put in place to reduce the risk?

Question 2.6 Hayley made a decision without consultation. If she had called a WHS meeting to discuss the gate, how would this have helped?

Question 2.7 In the instance that the latch is still not fixed, who else could you report your concerns to?

Case Study 3: Manage Emergency Situation

Danni Woslecki the Assistant Educator in the Willow Oak room at Little.ly was working on her own on Friday at 8 a.m. as only three children in this age group had arrived. The children in the older rooms had moved through to the Scarlett Oak room with Declan Callaghan. Seven children had arrived for the day with the other rooms, and they were all together until new staff arrived.

The three children in attendance are non-walking babies.
The only staff on the premises were Declan, Anaisha (Chef), Gavin Smack (Office Administrator) and Danni.
All of a sudden Danni smells smoke. She looks out the back door and can't see anything. Then she looks in the kitchenette and can't see anything concerning. When she looks down the hallway, she sees smoke billowing from the kitchen door.
There are working phones in the rooms and each room can call between rooms, to the office and to external phone lines.
Danni goes to the phone holder, however it isn't there. She presses the page button and the phone beeps on the bench. She runs across the room to grab it.

There are also Whistles in each room which is part of the procedure to blow the whistle in the event of a fire. The phones are hand-held and can be moved from the room.

There is an evacuation bag and cot in the sleep room. When Danni gets to the evacuation cot is full of resources such as bouncers and pillows. The children can't fit in the cot until she removes them.

The evacuation bag is hanging off the cot and includes:
Asthma puffer and spacer
EpiPen
Individual children's medical management plans
List of family contact details
Water
Nappies and wipes
Biscuits
Crayons and paper
A roll of child attendance
Sanitiser
Sunscreen
Blanket and sheet
Umbrella
The exit door leads directly to the yard, where there is another gate through to the car park which is the evacuation point.
Once Danni is outside, the phone rings and it is Gavin who asks ‘are you and the children outside?', Danni responds ‘yes'.
He then asks, ‘Have you seen Anaisha?' Danni answers ‘no'.

Gavin says ‘Can you call an ambulance too, I can't see her and I think she is in the kitchen, but I can't go back in now, I am going to check on the older children with Gavin now'.

Danni arrives in the car park and notices that one of the children is wheezing and they start to cry. She knows they are Asthmatic. Danni has to administer Asthma Puffer to the child in line with their procedure.

Danni is now in the car park waiting in the hot sun with the children (the temperature is 30 degrees) there is no shade.
The fire brigade arrives.

Question 3.1 Create a timeline list of the actions in order of priority Danni should take given the scenario and the Little.ly Policies and Procedures.

Question 3.2 Which policies and procedures would relate to this emergency? Please identify at least five.

Question 3.3 Identify at least three safe housekeeping procedures that should be in place to ensure the work area (room/service) is always set up for responding to an emergency such as the one in the scenario.

Question 3.4 Identify three things Danni and her colleagues could do ensure they are up to date with current emergency management practices.

Question 3.5 Explain Danni's duty of care in relation to the children in this situation.

Question 3.6 Explain why Danni must use the evacuation cot to move the children and how this relates to workplace health and safety.

Assessment Task 3: Assess Hazards and Risks in the Workplace

You are to conduct a hazard inspection of your workplace's outdoor space and complete either the Little.ly Outdoor Safety Checklist Template or you may choose to submit the workplace template which is used to check outdoor environments for hazards.

You will also be required to report any hazards to your supervisor and engage in a brief meeting to discuss the potential risks associated with the hazards.

You must identify at least one existing hazard and one potential hazard that may arise in the future. For example, you might see a bush where a wasp nest might appear in the future.

The meeting with your supervisor will support you with the development of the risk assessment in Part B of this task.

Step 1
Prior to beginning, you should read the service/Little.ly policies and procedures related to Health and Safety to ensure you are meeting the requirements.
Choose the template you will use for your hazard inspection of the outdoor yard in your workplace. You must choose either:
The Little.ly Outdoor Safety Checklist or
The service Outdoor Safety/hazard identification checklist
Print the checklist out prior to conducting the hazard inspection and assessing the environment. Choose the day you are completing the checklist and record your findings under that day.
Take notes as you move throughout the space and complete the checklist.
You must identify at least:
One existing hazard and
One potential hazard.

Step 2
You must report identified hazards immediately to your supervisor.
Engage in a meeting/discussion with your workplace supervisor about the identified hazards and record your discussions in the WHS Meeting Minutes Template.

Step 3
Your supervisor must sign and date your WHS Meeting Minutes to confirm their participation in the discussion with you regarding the hazards.

Part B: Complete a Risk Assessment

Read your workplace's or Little.ly's risk assessment policies and procedures to prepare for this task. Think about the hazards and risks involved in supervising children in the outdoor area.

Use the Risk Assessment Template and identify at least four hazards for this activity.

Include hazards you identified in Part A of this assessment, as well as other potential hazards of working with children in an outdoor learning environment.

Think about the risks involved with each hazard and rate the risks using the risk rating matrix.
Enter your risk assessment data in the Risk Assessment Template from your workplace or from the Little.ly website.