Assist With Maintaining Workplace Safety Assessment
- Subject Code :
BSBWHS311
- Country :
Australia
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Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions |
Information for students
Knowledge questions are designed to help you demonstrate the knowledge which you have acquired during the learning phase of this unit. Ensure that you:
- review the advice to students regarding answering knowledge questions in the Business Works Student User Guide
- comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
- adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines
- answer all questions completely and correctly
- submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced
- submit a completed cover sheet with your work
- avoid sharing your answers with other students.
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Assessment information Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix A of the Business Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information on: · where this task should be completed · the maximum time allowed for completing this assessment task · whether or not this task is open-book. Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A template is provided in Appendix C of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that. |
Questions
Provide answers to all of the questions below:
- Explain how an organisation’s policies and procedures for an emergency situation such as a fire can support workplace health and safety.
- Provide an example of how an organisational policy and procedure can support incident investigations for a notifiable incident?
- Provide three examples of WHS reporting requirements that may be part of an organisation’s policies and procedures.
- Explain a procedure that could be used for identifying hazards in the workplace, using an example to illustrate your answer.
- Briefly explain how you can conduct a risk assessment.
- How can a risk management policy support an organisation with identifying and controlling risks?
- Using the following table, outline how you can use the hierarchy of control to assess and control risk:
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Control measures |
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Elimination |
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Substitution |
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Engineering measures |
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Administrative/safe work practices |
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Personal protective equipment |
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- For each of the following organisational systems and procedures, identify the relevance of workplace health and safety.
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Bullying and harassment in the workplace |
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Mental health and wellbeing programs |
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Flexible work arrangements |
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- Identify four environmental issues that can impact business operations.
- Explain the purpose of the codes of practice that can support an organisation to deal with one of the environmental issues identified above.
- Using the following table, identify one piece of relevant legislation in relation to workplace health and safety:
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Equal opportunity |
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Industrial relations |
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Anti?discrimination |
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- How does anti-discrimination law impact on business operations?
- This question is based on the college you are studying this course with and requires you to have access to:
- WHS policy related to risk management, fire, emergencies and evacuation procedures.
- at least one Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for something at your college e.g. photocopy machine.
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Outline the WHS legislation including the Act and regulations relevant to where your college is located and any licencing requirements. |
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Summarise your college’s risk management information provided to students (you will find this in your Student Handbook). |
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Summarise your college’s emergency procedures for a fire. |
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Summarise your college’s procedures for evacuation of the building in the event of a bomb threat or other incident that isn’t a fire. |
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Access an SOP for something located at your college and outline how to safely use the machine / item. |
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- Discuss how you keep up to date with changes in WHS laws and requirements in your current role as a student or an employee if you are currently employed.
