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BSBWHS521 Ensure a safe workplace for a work area

Task 1: WHS Requirements
This task will require you to identify relevant work health and safety (WHS) requirements required to ensure a safe workplace in your work area.
You will use these requirements to develop a WHS management plan for your work area in Workplace Project Task 2.
Work area refers to a specific site within an organisation/workplace that is distinguished by the nature and type of work being undertaken.
This includes WHS requirements from the following sources:
• Organisational policies and procedures
• Organisational WHS training programs
• WHS laws applicable to your state/territory, which must include:
o Legislation
o Regulation
o Codes of practice applicable to your specific work area
Use your workplace/organisation's template to complete this task, or use the WHS Requirements template provided at the Bounce Fitness site.
To complete this task, you must:
• Locate and gather information that you need to ensure a safe workplace for people in your work area from the sources outlined above.
This will require you to access and research information relevant to WHS, including:
o Organisational policies and procedures
o Organisational WHS training programs
o WHS laws applicable to your state/territory, which must include:
• Legislation
• Regulation
• Codes of practice applicable to your specific work area
• Identify the following organisational and legislative WHS requirements in your work health and safety requirements template:
o Consultation and participation requirements, which must include:
• Identifying duty holders
• Identify and approving required resources
• Developing and implementing WHS training programs
o Risk management requirements, which must include:
• Hazard identification
• Risk assessment
• Risk control using hierarchy of control
o Developing and providing WHS training and induction programs
Review Workplace Project Task 1 - Assessor's Checklist before starting this task. This form outlines the following:
• Resources you are required to access to complete the task. Discuss these resources with your assessor prior to starting this task.
• All criteria your submission must address to satisfactorily complete this task. Your assessor will also discuss with you the criteria outlined in this form prior to the assessment
Review the template you will use to complete this task. If you are using a template from your workplace/organisation, discuss with your assessor to ensure that the template covers all requirements that apply to this task. Otherwise, use the WHS Requirements template provided at the Bounce Fitness site.
Submit the completed work health and safety requirements to your assessor. Include any organisational documentation used to identify requirements, such as:
• WHS policies and procedures
• Organisational WHS programs