Ensure a Safe Workplace

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1. Table of Contents

1.Table of Contents....................................................................................................2
2.Ensure a Safe Workplace .......................................................................................3
Elements for Competency Demonstration.............................................................4
Assessment Tool Definitions..................................................................................8
Observation/Demonstration...................................................................................9
Observation/Demonstration Checklist..................................................................11
4.BSBWHS501 Ensure a Safe Workplace .............................................................11
Support Questions for observation checklist.......................................................16
5.Candidate Details...................................................................................................17
Assessment – BSBWHS501: Ensure a Safe Workplace.....................................17
Competency Record to be completed by Assessor.............................................19
Activity 1A.............................................................................................................22
Activity 1B.............................................................................................................23
Activity 1C............................................................................................................24
Activity 2A.............................................................................................................25
Activity 2B.............................................................................................................27
Activity 3A.............................................................................................................28
Activity 3B.............................................................................................................29
Activity 3C............................................................................................................32
Activity 3D ...........................................................................................................33
Activity 3E.............................................................................................................34
Activity 4A.............................................................................................................36
Activity 4B.............................................................................................................36
Activity 4C............................................................................................................38
Activity 4D............................................................................................................39
Activity 4E.............................................................................................................40
Skills and Knowledge Activity..............................................................................40
Major Activity ................................................................................................44
1. Ensure a Safe Workplace
In this document, you will find the foundation of what is required to become
competent in this unit. For further information on each element, you can refer to the
Assessment Matrix. Included in this document are the elements for the unit,
foundation skills, assessment requirements as well as an assessment tool definition

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list and the crucial observation and third-party check lists. As well as all of the areas
covered here, each student must also complete all workbook activities, case studies
and major activities, where stated, to become competent within this unit.
NOTE – Re-assessment:
Students will have a maximum of two (2) reassessments attempts if competency
is not achieved in the first instance.
The final grade of ‘C’ for Competent or ‘NC’ for Not Competent is only given at the
completion of the unit of competency when all components or parts of the
assessment are graded as ‘S’ for Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory results are marked as
NS.
Elements for Competency Demonstration
Elements for Competency Assessment:
1. Establish a WHS management system in a work area
2. Establish and maintain effective and compliant participation
arrangements for managing WHS in a work area
3. Establish and maintain procedures for effectively identifying hazards,
and assessing and controlling risks in a work area
4. Evaluate and maintain a work area WHS management system
Performance Evidence:
Evidence of the ability to:
 Establish, implement, maintain and evaluate a work health and safety
(WHS) management system for a work area of an organisation in
accordance with WHS legislation including policies, procedures and
record keeping
 Ensure organisational WHS compliance
 Establish, implement, maintain and evaluate effective and compliant
participation arrangements for managing WHS including identifying
duty holders, identifying and approving the required resources and
developing and implementing a training program
 Establish, implement, maintain and evaluate procedures for effectively
identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks using the
hierarchy of risk control
 Provide information and complete documentation for a WHS
management system

 Identify requirements for and request expert WHS advice.
Foundation Skills:
Reading
 Organises, evaluates and critiques ideas and information from WHS
legislation, policies, procedures and programs
Writing
 Produces WHS policies, procedures and programs using appropriate
vocabulary, grammatical structure and conventions to produce
 Records WHS decisions according to organisational requirements
Oral communication
 Presents and seeks information from others using structure and
language suitable for the audience
 Provides information on resolution of WHS issues varying level of
technical vocabulary to suit audience
Numeracy
 Selects from, and applies, an expanding range of mathematical and
problem-solving strategies in identifying financial and human resources
required
Navigate the world of work
 Monitors adherence to legal and regulatory rights and responsibilities
for self and others in relation to WHS
 Takes responsibility for developing, implementing and reviewing
policies, procedures and processes in accordance with organisational
and legislative requirements
Interact with others
 Plays a lead role in situations requiring effective collaboration
demonstrating the ability to guide discussions and negotiate agreeable
outcomes
 Provides feedback to others in forms they can understand and use
Get the work done

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 Develops plans or processes to manage relatively complex, WHS
management tasks with an awareness of how they contribute to
operational and strategic goals
 Uses systematic, analytical processes, setting goals, gathering relevant
information, and identifying and evaluating options against agreed
criteria
 Considers whether, and how, others should be involved, using
consultative or collaborative processes as an integral part of the
decision-making process
 Uses digital systems and tools to enter, store and retrieve relevant
information
Knowledge Evidence:
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
 Identify and detail relevant WHS Acts, regulations and codes of
practice
 Specify relevant WHS organisational policies, procedures, programs
and practices
 Explain hazard identification and risk-management processes
 Describe the hierarchy of risk control and how it is applied in the
workplace
 Specify in-house and WHS legislative reporting requirements.
Assessment Conditions:
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered
demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced by individuals
carrying out work health and safety duties in the workplace and include access to:
 Organisational WHS policies and procedures
 WHS legislation, regulations and codes of practice
 Case studies and, where possible, real situations
 Interaction with others.
Assessors must satisfy NVR/AQTF assessor requirements.

Links:
Companion volumes available from the IBSA website:
http://www.ibsa.org.au/companion_volumes -
http://www.ibsa.org.au/companion_volumes
Any observations and practical assessments must be recorded in the observation
checklist. All practical tasks should be demonstrated during the length of the course.
As the instructor, you must maintain a record demonstrating the date of the practical
activities and any comments relevant to the performance of each student. Where a
student is not able to demonstrate competence in a practical observation activity,
further questioning should be put in its place.
As the instructor, you could be assessing the student’s literacy, numeracy and
language skills, as well as the content and context of his/her answers.
In some cases, you will have to adjust and amend the assessment tools, using
different and varied methods (such as oral assessment), to allow students to be
assessed according to their needs and abilities.