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HLTWHS001 Participate in Workplace Health and Safety Assignment

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Assignments may include short answer questions or longer answer questions and are designed to test how you apply your knowledge into a real-world situation.  Your assessor is looking for how you apply your knowledge and how you think critically about the topic area.  An important aspect of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) understands how it applies to your specific workplace and the roles of workers there.  All responses should be at least between 50 and 100 words (4-8 sentences) in length.

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HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safetyAssignment Version 1.3 (2017/08/23)HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safetyNameClick here to enter text.Email addressClick here to enter text.Assessment © 2017 Australian Institute of Personal Trainers Pty Ltd and its licensors (AIPT) Commonwealth of Australia CopyrightRegulations 1969Warning - This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of AIPT, pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act).The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act.All rights are reserved and you must obtain the prior written permission of AIPT for the republication or redistribution of any content. Do not remove this notice.AssignmentAssignments may include short answer questions or longer answer questions and are designed to test how you apply your knowledge into a real-world situation. Your assessor is looking for how you apply your knowledge and how you think critically about the topic area. An important aspect of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) understands how it applies to your specific workplace and the roles of workers there. All responses should be at least between 50 and 100 words (4-8 sentences) in length.Task 1The following questions must be answered within the context of your current workplace or the workplace you intend to work within in your chosen industry. Anytime “your workplace” or “your role” is referenced, it is to be contextualised to working within your current workplace or your intended workplace. Question 1.1Take some time to think about safe work and how it relates to your workplace and your role within the industry. Outline steps that you could take to ensure your own health and safety within your job role.In any work place, safety of employees is very essential in ensuring conducive environment of workers in doing their different jobs. For instance as a machine operator in an industry, I will ensure that I wear given costumes such as overall to ensure no harm or injury1. Also, I will ensure I follow instructions and guidelines given in handling my job as well as using the equipment and machines properly. In addition will keep good relation with my co-workers and 1 Smallwood, John, and Theo Haupt. "The need for construction health and safety (H&S) and the Construction Regulations: engineers' perceptions." Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering= Joernaal van die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut van Siviele Ingenieurswese 47, no. 2 (2005): 2-8.1
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HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safetyAssignment Version 1.3 (2017/08/23)employer in perfection of my duties.Question 1.2Outline the processes or activities that can be undertaken to ensure that the general public or clients are not exposed to hazards or risks within your workplace. •Identify at least three.•Outline how they are performed.•Outline why they are important.Design, effective ventilation and alterations of tools are examples of processes or activities that are supposed to be undertaken to ensure clients and general public are protected from hazardous and injury. For instance, design process should be conducted basing the environmentof the workplace and the structures. Effective ventilation also should be done through general exhaust ventilation systems. Also, alterations of machines and equipment by implementation ofnew technology. The three processes are important as they ensure that the workers and general public’s health is maintained and improved.Question 1.3Name four workplace hazards relevant to your work role and controls that can be put into place for each hazard.1.occupational violence2.falls3. heat, scalds and burns.4.harassmentsQuestion 1.4•List at least five ways in which information on safe work practices and procedures can be shared with members of a work group.•Identify which you think are the most effective, and explain why.Ways in which information on safe wok practices can be shared among the employees includes; conducting meetings, consultation, discussions with one another and managers as well as reading communications sheets on noticeboards. The most effective methods are conducting meetings and reading communication sheets on the noticeboards since they draw workers attention. Also, they are effective and easiest ways of conveying information concerning safety in a clear and simple manner.Question 1.5•Summarise in your own words why it is important for the WHS practices of less experienced workers to be checked by more experienced workers.•How can you contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures when undertaking your own work?2
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HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safetyAssignment Version 1.3 (2017/08/23)It is important for WHS practices of less experienced workers to be checked by more experienced workers since it enhances confidence of these workers in doing their jobs. Also, it helps them to learn easily how they are supposed to handle their works since they are being coached by the experienced workmates2. Following instructions and requirements in my job willcontribute to implementation and development of safe workplace procedure hence result to improvement in the job performance.Question 1.6Reflect on your own levels of stress and fatigue. Identify what methods of control you can undertake to reduce or eliminate these hazards at the workplace for yourself and others. Employing good sleeping habits, sharing and consultation with workmates and good management are some of the methods of control that can be undertaken to do away with fatigue and stress in workplace3. Also, maintaining good relation with co-workers can reduce the stress and fatigue within the working environment.Question 1.7Emergencies can happen at any time. •Explain in five steps the procedure for an emergency situation in your or a simulated workplace.•Explain proactive measures that could be undertaken to avoid emergency situations.The procedure for emergency situation in a workplace includes;Step 1: Effective responses to an emergency such as provision of evacuation ways and procedures as one of the quicker method of handling any emergency in a workplace.Step 2: Identifying or calling first aid officers or those people who hold responsibility to come over and control the situation at hand to avoid further damage.Step 3: Notification of emergency services such as fire extinguishers in case of fire as earlier as possible so as to reduce the damages.Step 4: Assistance and medical treatment to release the pain of those injured and ensure that they are in good health.Step 5: effective communication among the emergency coordinators and the rest of the workers in order to keep them aware and safe in case of any injury or fire blockage in a workplace.Proactive measures to avoid emergencies in a workplace are; being alert in that you are fresh towork with a good mind. Also, avoiding rushing doing your work is important as one needs to 2 Lèfstedt, Ragnar. Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation. Vol. 8219. The Stationery Office, 2011.3 Anderson, C., R. R. Grunstein, and S. M. W. Rajaratnam. "Hours of work and rest in the rail industry." Internal medicine journal 43, no. 6 (2013): 717-721.3
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