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BSBWHS501 - Ensure a safe workplace

   

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1Running Head: Health and Safety at WorkHealth and Safety at WorkInstitution Lecturer StudentCourse Date

2Health and Safety at WorkAssessment Task 1: A Report on Planning WHS management system

3Health and Safety at WorkIntroduction of the Work PlaceGoFuel Pty Ltd workplace consists of six service stations within which other services are provided. These include retail shops and food bars, and there is a stockroom as well as the office of the store manager. The working environment primarily deals with highly sensitive products such as the fuel, gas, and oil as well as the supermarket goods, cold drinks and the hot pies; with 24-hour-a-day operations.The company's working environment has an employee base of 60 employees, who belong to different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and the majority of them have a high school education level. It is also significant to note that some of the employees have poor English literacy which may impact on their capabilities of the service delivery.GoFuel deals in an industry that requires a high level of safety at the workplace first for the employees and then to the customers [ CITATION Beg14 \l 1033 ]. Safety is a necessity and there arecertain requirements a company need to put in place to ensure they comply with acceptable WHSmeasures which includes having a protected working environment, proper cautioning procedures,safety guidelines, fire extinguishers as well as protective gears.In the review of the information provided by the GoFuel Pty Ltd, a number of policies and procedures can be termed as the relevant in as far as WHS is concerned:Activities based on a daily, weekly, and yearly basis.The periodic backing of the electronic data is a good sign.Incident summary reports.Provision of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).The insurance policies are in place.There are first aid kits in every store and most fully stocked.

4Health and Safety at WorkResearch on the Proposed Design of WHSMSDevising an effective WHS management system requires an extensive consideration of all the legal frameworks that are in place [ CITATION Spand \l 1033 ]. It makes much sense for the management framework to consider all the available legal policies that guide all the workplace safety measures in regard to WHS rules and regulations.The close consideration of the available legal measures ensures the company’s continued fulfillment of the WHS for its employees without breaching the set national standards [ CITATION Safnd \l 1033 ]. Furthermore, it also gives the company a clean bill and prevents any unnecessary complications in case of the employee complaints.For instance, the Victorian WHS legal framework comprises of the latest regulations which commenced on June of 2017 [ CITATION Wornd1 \l 1033 ]. The proposed codes in relation WHS included the hazardous manual compliance codes, dangerous substance handling code, the plant compliance, demolition compliance and Noise compliance codes among other codes.The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 provide a clear framework for the protection of the welfare, health, and safety of all employees at the workplace. The WHS act provides protection for all workers including the employees, the contractors, outworkers, volunteers and even the work experience students among others. The Act also sets out the regulations for the notification of the incidents, discussions with the workers, problems around the offenses and penalties, dispute resolution and the power and functions of the inspectors [ CITATION Sta15 \l 1033 ].The WHS management systems for a company like GoFuel require strict measures in risk management, starting from the provision of the protective gears for the workers and ensuring they use them appropriately. Also, the records in every activity within the firm, from employee information to incident and insurance records are all fundamental.

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