Implement and Monitor WHS Policies, Procedures and Programs

BSBWHS401
Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet
legislative requirements
Initial Assessment of Competency for RPL
Student name Jasmina Student No
Assessor name Contact No
This document reflects unit information on Training.gov.au
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate
competency in this unit
 Applying organisational WHS management systems and procedures in the work
team area
 Applying procedures for assessing and controlling risks to health and safety
associated with those hazards, according to the hierarchy of control and as
specified in commonwealth and state and territory WHS Acts, regulations and
codes of practice
 Providing specific, clear and accurate information and advice on workplace
hazards to work team
 Knowledge of legal responsibilities of managers, supervisors, PCBUs or their
officers and workers in the workplace.
PROCESS
A Interview/questions regarding ‘competency’
Record responses to the questions below regarding work experience and
professional development
B Evidence of workplace documentation including third party reports
Evidence to be assessed by a teacher/head teacher
Questions relating to competencies
Please answer all questions on this form
Satisfactory
response
Yes No
1 Identify the WHS regulator in your jurisdiction:
What is the title of the health and safety legislation in your jurisdiction:
Safe Work Australia leads to the development of the policies of the
country and helps in the improvement of the work health and safety
and workers compensation arrangement across the nation. The Safe
Work Australia Act 2008 does not regulate or enforce the work health
and safety legislation. As an owner of a business organization the
manager must be able to meet the work health and safety needs of
the organization by complying with the acts and regulations in the
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state or territory where they operate.
Regulations are known to set out the standards which are required in
order to meet the special hazards and other associated risks such as
the noise, machinery and manual handling of items (Potter et al. 2018)
The title of health and safety legislation in the jurisdiction are given
below.
 Work Health and Safety (NSW) Act 2011
 Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017
 NSW Codes of practice
2 Provide three examples of policies, procedures or programs that you
would expect to find in WHS management system.
The main aim of the WHS Acts is to secure the health and safety
measures of the workers in the organization. The work health and
safety policies outline the WHS obligations to the people who work in
the organization. The policies are applicable to the staffs, contractors
and other workers. The policies shows the commitment of the
business’s management and workers to health and safety aims to
remove or reduce the risks to the health, safety and welfare of all
workers, contractors and visitors, and anyone else who may be
affected by our business operations aims to ensure all work activities
are done safely (Potter, Leka and Dollar 2019).
3 Policies are :-
 NT Codes of Practise
 Business rights and Safety Practices
 Safety management Practices
3 Have you prepared and conducted a presentation on the
organisation’s WHS policies, procedure or programs? Please provide
details.
I had engaged the workers with an interaction between the
representatives and presented a need to gain courage in the by
asking them questions and answers on the policies procedures and
programs of the organization. These all demonstrated their ongoing
commitment with the safety and communication process.
The meetings is described bellow:
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Time of meeting starting from 9am till 3pm
1. Introduction of the workers and visitors in the organization
2. Apologies
3. Attendance
4. Confirmation of meeting from previous meetings
5. Matters arising from minutes
6. Workers safety officers report
7. Workplace safety actions
8. Plan Review
4 Are you actively consulting with your team on WHS issues, hazards or
risk management? Please provide details.
Yes I am actively consulting with the team on WHS issues, hazards or
risk management. (Lingard, Warmerdam and Shooshtarian 2019).
5
What records do you maintain in relation your team’s WHS – including
Risk Management, Consultation and Training.
The procedure for keeping and recording the documents are provided
below:
Electronic Format – All the documents are which are used in the
workers safety are recorded in electronic format. The documents are
controlled in electronic format and the current versions of
documentation are kept in the official website of the organization
(Foster 2018).
Document creation – The requirement of the documents are based on
the following matters:
 legislation Work Cover Code of Conduct and Performance
Standards for Self Insurers
 identified system failures reported or identified during incident
investigations
 internal/external evaluation findings
 outcome of system reviews
 suggestions from employees or consultative arrangements
 changes to university business activities and/or structure
 industry or organizational best practice initiatives
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