Assessment 3 Bsbwhs401a Implement and Mo
ASSESSMENT: BSBWHS401A - Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements A
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ASSESSMENT: BSBWHS401A - Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements
Assessment 3 Project
You work in a large department store and are the newly appointed health and safety representative for your work group. The organisation is wanting in compliance with its health and safety compliance. You have just completed an investigation and have discovered the following:
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workers are unsure of the health and safety legislation and codes of practice that relate to them
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workers have not received training in the organisation’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs for two years and people are unsure which are current and which have been superseded
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there is no mechanism to inform workers of hazards (and their assessment) that have been identified in their work area
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historically there has been little encouragement or support for work teams to manage work area hazards
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if workers raised issues they were generally ignored
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there was little communication back to workers if consultation about health and safety issues did occur
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a health and safety training needs analysis has not been conducted for two years
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there are some pressing health and safety information gaps that can be addressed by training
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management are reluctant to approve health and safety training as they fear it will cost too much
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the workplace hazard assessment has not been updated for the last six months
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there are four hazards that were identified in the last hazard assessment that have not been actioned
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there is no procedure in place to use data to identify risks, control those risks, or monitor outcomes of reported inadequacies
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management are unsure of what health and safety records must be kept or how to fill them out
Your task is to create an action plan for what you will do to address these problems and turn your workplace into an example of health and safety best practice. Use the template provided below as a guide.
Project 1
Factor
Workers are unsure of the health and safety legislation and codes of practice
A health and safety training needs analysis has not been conducted for two years
There is no mechanism to inform workers of hazards (and their assessment) that have been identified in their work
Actions to be taken
Create manuals and guides to be filled in online in the system, with the information of each worker.
Organise training The manager of Health and Safety will be responsible for developing the training and the deliver to the workers, with help of the Health and Safety representatives.
Date
2 months
Additional factors
- Health and Safety manager
All the workers in all the areas need to answer the questionnai re about health and safety in their department s after the determined period of 2 months
Evaluation by the Health and Safety committee of the answers.
All the workers will receive training during the period of time resigned for.
The Health and Safety committee will be responsible for analysing and measuring training feedback and measure percentage of incidents after training
All the workers will be required to access the page once a week for measureme nt and controlling by the HS
After the 4 months of implementatio n all the workers will be required to access the information once a week to gather knowledge
- Health and Safety manager 4 months
- Health and Safety representative - Health and Safety internships
The costs will be calculated according to the necessities for training in each department. Hazard assessment will be available of the internal web system for all workers any time. Management will be responsible to provide training for the internships for uploading the information content
Person responsible
4 months
Health and Safety manager - Health and Safety internships
KPIs
area
There is no procedure in place to use data to identify risks, control those risks, or monitor outcomes of reported inadequacie s
in the hazard assessments for the past 3 years in the company
The department of Health and Safety will be responsible to create and deliver to each department the risk assessment for controlling the outcomes reported
department
2 months
Health and Safety manager - Health and Safety internships
All the workers will be required to access the risk assessments once a week for the first month of implementa tion for training and learning the tools.
about the previous hazards in the past years/months.
The managers and supervisors of each department will be responsible for keeping the assessment updated.
Assessment 2 Written Questions 1. Why is it important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organisation’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control? It is important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organization’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control, because as any other part of a business health and safety matters affect production, the quality of products/services and of course financial results. According to this, health and safety should be managed in the same way and with the same importance grade as any other aspect inside a company. Information must also be provided to all workers because it is everybody´s responsibility to have a health and safety place in which everyone will be beneficiated, the employee and the employer. 2. Explain the importance of effective consultative mechanisms in managing health and safety risks and describe what they entail. It is important to have an effective consultative mechanism in managing health and safety risks because consultation can offer a lot of benefits such as greater awareness, commitment, positive working relationships etc. A safe work place will be easier to achieve if everyone is involved and communicate with each other, if every worker help to identify hazards, if there are talks about health and safety
concerns and of course if all of them work together to find a solution. Once all the workers are aware of the impact that health and safety procedures have, they will work all together to make their work place as safe as possible. 3. What factors need to be considered when using training to implement an organisation’s health and safety policy and ensure a safe...