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Develop, Implement and Maintain WHS Management Systems

ASSESSMENT

Assessment 1

written test

Assessment due date: 5.00 pm, <2nd Feb 2018>

Assessment type: Individual assessment

Assessment format: Knowledge based questions

Submission details:

· This assessment task is due to be completed in writing and submitted as agreed with your assessor.

Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor. Students may request alternative arrangements subject to individual circumstances in consultation with the course coordinator and trainer of the unit.

A printed version of your assessment must be submitted with any required evidence attached if requested.

· A completed cover sheet must be submitted with all assessments.

· Failure to submit your complete assessment at the date specified will be deemed as non-submission

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· Plagiarism: Failure to adhere to the plagiarism policy, as outlined on the assessment cover sheet, will lead to the non-acceptance of the submitted assessment, as well as a written warning for breach of the policy.

Assessment description:

This assessment applies to the following situation:

Students who have previously and successfully completed either: BSBRSK501A, BSBRSK501B OR BSBRSK501,

AND are required to also complete BSBWHS605.

For students who have NOT completed any of the versions of BSBRSK501, as above, this gap assessment does NOT apply and the student would be required to complete a full assessment for BSBWHS605.

For this task you are required to answer all questions below as directed/agreed with your assessor. You may be required to submit some of the answers in writing, if you are required to demonstrate your competency in written procedure/s. Your assessor will inform you/agree on the assessment guidelines and arrangements for completing this task.

Instructions for students:

Assessment 1 is compulsory. You are required to achieve competency in all questions to be deemed Competent for this unit.

You are required to demonstrate that you are able to address the following:

1. Work Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS) is a collection of plans, tools, activities and processes. List 3 of these plans, tools activities or processes and explain what they are.

Plan: it is goal/subjective. For example: emergency plan. The goal or subjective of the emergency plan is to protect all onsite staff and build up a safe and healthy work environment when an emergency happens.

Tools: Emergency training is provided to all level of staff which makes sure all of staff are aware of the importance of the emery plan and committed to participate.

Activities and process: Regular meetings and audits, updating WHS-related information like Standards, Regulations, Acts help a company to understand their duties and maintain a good quality of a safe and healthy work environment.

2. Explain in your own words the following principles and elements of a WHSMS:

a) Commitment and policy

To identify what it is important to achieve for a safe and healthy work environment and the company and their employees needs to participate at all time with running a WHSMS.

b) Planning

Working on the details of steps includes determining who are responsible to plan, for example, WHS office, consulting with experts and training mangers and supervisors and following WHS-related information. The incidents reports system will be also part of planning.

c) Implementation

The hazard and the assess the risk will need to be identified on each single item and then determining what tools and resources are required. Building up a frame of management and who are responsible for certain areas with related-training plans.

d) Measurement and evaluation

Monitoring the performance of WHSMS help to identify the gap between the reality and the expectation. Regular meetings and audits would be conducted and the information from the regular reports will collected.

e) Review and improvement

Regular review will be conducted from meetings and the company would understand the WHSMS is running well and what have been done and what can be done more.

3. Section 4 of your workbook explains how to implement the WHSMS.

a) Find 3 barriers to implementing the WHSMS.

Individuals and different parties has difficulty in communicating the requirements of the WHSMS plan and commitments.

Not easy to make sure the procedures and processes are followed when it is struggling to work with individuals or parties.

The participations of individuals are negated in the implementation of the WHS plans.

b) Provide 3 strategies for overcoming the barriers identified.

One should spend the time to communicate the requirement of the WHS plan to the individuals and parties so that it becomes clear and can be gone for.

One should also ensure the relations between the workmates is good and hence the policies and procedures are followed.

Each is made to work together with other, and therefore, in unison, the barriers are overcome.

4. List 3 requirements for record keeping that address WHS, Privacy and other relevant legislations.

Easy identification and traceability.

Filling, collection, and indexing.

Maintenance and storage.

5. Research Comcare (through the internet) and explain in your own words what Comcare is and what Comcare does.

Comcare is a nationwide system of professional health and safety of workers compensational laws, and the can be said to have been initially established because of public sector employees. Employees under the Comcare laws have protection from the states a territory OHS and also workers compensational laws.

6. Please explain the following in your own words.

a) Acts

Acts are formal decisions that can be considered as laws by the legislature.

b) Regulations

A regulation is a directive that is maintained by the authorities.

c) Australian Standards

Australian standards document setting out specification, procedures, and guidelines in Australia.

d) Guidelines and Codes of practice

Guidelines and codes of practice are the points where one cannot exceed a method.

7. Explain in your own words the following elements required to measure the success of the system:

a) Inspection, testing and monitoring

Inspection, testing, and monitoring are element carried out in the given order for a system are checked, then undergoes tests and then monitored if successful.

b) System audit

System audit: this is the official scrutiny of the system and its functionality.

c) Reporting

Reporting: this is writing how the system is failing on and if it is becoming a success or a failure.

d) Corrective action

Corrective action: this is where the wrong parts of the systems are corrected and made suitable.

8. Provide 3 examples WHS duty holders and explain their roles in establishing policy and maintaining WHS management system.

Public companies.

Private companies.

Schools.

9. Provide 2 reasons why you need to communicate implementation needs to important stakeholders.

Implementation needs must be presented to the stakeholders to discuss the most suitable way out.

The second requirement is to acknowledge them on the challenges of the system.

10. What are the 5 elements of a WHSMS structure? Explain them in your own words.

Commitment and policy: here one identifies the objectives and targets then he or she generates an administration system to assess the risk and perils.

Planning: here planning takes place, and responsibilities are allocated.

Implementation: in this area, there is the identification of risks on an individual level so that management can be appropriately delegated.

Measurement and evaluation: this is done to keep track of the whole system.

Review and upgrading: the administration meets and evaluates the operation.

11. What is AS/NZS 4801:2001? Explain it in your own words.

It is an occupational health and safety management system specification with use guidance.