Workplace Health and Safety Management

This assignment delves into the crucial aspects of workplace health and safety (WHS) management. It covers the planning and implementation of WHS risk management systems, encompassing hazard identification, control measures, and ongoing monitoring. The document also details a comprehensive WHS induction and training program for workers, emphasizing needs analysis, training delivery, and evaluation. Furthermore, it explores record-keeping methods, evaluation techniques for the WHS management system, and strategies to ensure compliance with legislative frameworks.

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Changes in the WHS legislation
 Qualification of duty of care by that which is logically practicable
 Similarity between the workers’ duty and the visitors’ duty of care
 Workplace health and safety representatives have been replaced by health and safety
representatives (Innovation & Business Industry Skills Council, 2015)
 Employers having employees exceeding 30 no longer need to have workplace health and
safety officers as a legal requirement
Amendments that would be made include;
 Provision of full powers to the health and safety representatives to represent a worker and
thus authority to direct him in whatever undertaking he may be engaged in when at work
 Giving an opportunity to the health and safety representatives to be able to ask for
immediate for or on behalf of any person at the place of work and lifting off any notice
that needs to be made in that effect.
 Lifting the penalty imposed upon unauthorized entry into the inquiry into contravention
of the WHS act. This penalty would apply to employees, consultants and any other
employees or visitors to the place of work. The lifting of the penalty would see freedom
of consultation, advice and even reproduction of copies of the Act (AICPA, 2016).
 Allows unlimited access to the place of work by WHS permit holders to enable access
and inspection of any suspected forms or acts of contravention of the law
How the proposed amendments would meet the legislative requirements
The amendments mainly aim at ensuring that the safety and health of the workers are maintained,
something that is already outlines in the legislation of the state. The amendments thus serve to

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provide more powers to the law-enforcing arm of the WHS Act to exercise its powers without
any fear of victimization (Innovation & Business Industry Skills Council, 2015).
How to ensure the proposed WHS management system meets the organizational requirements
 Ensuring that the basis of the foundation of the system is based on the mission and vision
statements of the organization
 Consulting with the management of the organization while establishing the WHS
management system
 Giving priority to the objectives of the organization above other considerations
Task 2
Risk Management Process for Western Australia and Queensland
Risk management process involves the following steps:
 Identification of the risk
 Analyzing the risk
 Evaluating or ranking the risk
 Treatment of the risk
 Review of the risk (Kelkar, 2010)
Hierarchy of control of hazards in reference to WHS
 Reorganization of the work in such a way that hazards are eliminated from the place of
work
 Replacing or removing the hazard
 Incorporating a safer approach (Carpenter, 2010)

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 Isolation of the hazard
 Provision of effective and efficient ventilation
 Deploying administrative procedures
 Use of personal protective equipment
How to ensure new hazards are not created and the existing ones are controlled
 Adoption of the hazards control plan in the selection as well as implementation of
controls: Implementation of control should be in strict adherence to the plan
 Incorporating workers in the control and prevention plans as they have an understanding
of the risk factors for the various hazards (Carpenter, 2010)
 Use of hierarchy of hazards in the identification and assessment of the available options
in preventing and controlling hazards
Procedure for selecting and implementing risk control
Among the factors considered in the selection and implementation of risk control as per
hierarchy of controls, include:
 Evaluation of the likelihood of the possible risk associated with the hazard resulting into
injury, illness or devastating health problem
 Establishment of the extent of harm that would be accrued in the case of eventuation of
the risk or the hazard (Urquhart, 20111)
 Inquiring into the knowledge of the relevant workers about the risk or hazard
 Assessment of possibility of elimination or significant reduction of risk or hazard
 Creating a balance between the above factors and such other considerations as cost and
time required for the either the elimination or reduction of the risk or hazard

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Loopholes in the existing risk control methods implemented in Victorian fields
 Focus is not attached to elimination of the risk but instead a lot of focus is on
minimization
 Does not propose a combination of numerous control strategies to combat possibly
loaded hazards (Makuvaza, 2017)
 Areas of action not prioritized for hazards that require more effort
Resources that may be used to mitigate the possible loopholes
 Review on information about health and safety
 Minimum legislative provisions
 Safety and Health Act
 Workplace Health Safety Act
Planning and implementation of WHS risk management
 Informing all the departments about the provisions and requirements of work health and
safety risk
 Inclusion of risk management as an item in the agenda during the consultative meetings
 Training of those involved with the task of performing the WHS risk management
 Assessing strategies of implementing WHS risk management: This can be achieved
through consultations of the employees through their health and safety representatives.
 Sourcing of risk management worksheets to be used in the process
 Adoption of both long and short-term control plans as consideration is made to the capital
requirements (Dwyer, 2013)

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 Noting the progress made and kept check on the control measures that have been
executed
Task 3
WHS induction and training program for workers
 Identification of the training needs of the workers
 Consultation and approval of the Training Needs Analysis
 Development and adoption of the training plan
 Delivery of training
 Monitoring and enforcement of the training undertaken
 Review of the training
Method/s used for WHS record keeping
Electronic record system: This would provide the most convenient way of record keeping.
Electronically stored data can be retrieved at any time they may be needed besides the increased
levels of security of such data. Still, electronic systems would offer convenience regarding the
ease of transfer of the data from one place to another. It would not require heavy and bulky
transport equipment (Zisa, 2011).
Method used to measure and evaluate WHS management system
 Analysis of the quality of the outcome of the WHS management system programs
Improvements that may be recommended to developed and implemented into WHS management
system to achieve organizational objectives

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 Investing better-trained personnel
 Increasing the budgetary allocation for WHS system management in the organization
 Seeking external expertise or assistance to help introduce new management skills and
better knowledge
Steps to ensure compliance with WHS legislative framework to achieve WHS legal requirements
 Commitment of the leadership
 Consultations
 Hazard management (Carpenter, 2010)
 Training, information and supervision
 Maintenance of a safe workplace
 Record keeping
 Monitoring, review and improvement
References
AICPA. (2016). Audit Guide: Assessing & Responding to Audit Risk In a Financial Statement
Audit. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Carpenter, M. T. (2010). The "Risk-Wise" Risk Management Planning Process. Kansas: John
Wiley & Sons.
Dwyer, J. (2013). Management Strategies and Skills. Oxford: McGraw-Hill Education Australia,

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Innovation & Business Industry Skills Council, L. (2015). BSBWHS605 Develop, Implement and
Maintain WHS Management Systems - Student Workbook. Chicago: Innovation &
Business Industry Skills Council, Limited.
Kelkar, S. A. (2010). Strategic It Management: A Concise Study. London: PHI Learning Pvt.
Ltd.
Makuvaza, S. (2017). Aspects of Management Planning for Cultural World Heritage Sites:
Principles, Approaches and Practices. Sydney: Springer.
Urquhart, J. (20111). Workplace Health and Safety Management Systems: D.I.Y Guide. Toronto:
BalboaPress.
Zisa, L. (2011). Assessing the Risk Management Process in the Banking Industry. London: GRIN
Verlag.