Assessment: SITXWHS002 Identify Hazards, Assess & Control Safety Risks

This document is a comprehensive assessment pack for the SITXWHS002 unit, focusing on identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing control measures in the workplace. The assignment covers various aspects of workplace health and safety (WHS), including hazard identification, risk assessment tools, and control strategies. The assessment includes two parts: a knowledge assessment (UKA) and a skills assessment (USA). The knowledge assessment requires students to demonstrate their understanding of WHS legislation, hazard categories, and control measures. The skills assessment involves applying the acquired knowledge in a practical setting. The assessment also includes case studies, WHS legislation guidelines, and risk assessment templates. The student must demonstrate their ability to identify hazards, assess the associated risks, and implement appropriate control measures to ensure a safe working environment. The assignment also emphasizes the importance of consultation, coordination, and cooperation in WHS practices, as well as the specific requirements for the tourism, hospitality, and event industries.

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and
control safety risks
Learner Assessment Pack
V2.2_June 2019
Evidence recorded Evidence Type/ Method of assessment Evidence
Submitted
Unit Assessment 1 Unit Knowledge Assessment (UKA) Yes / No
Unit Assessment 2 Unit Skills Assessment (USA) Yes / No

CONTENTS
UNIT OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Unit Description...........................................................................................................................................................4
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE........................................................................................................................................... 5
PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE.............................................................................................................................................................................................5
KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE.................................................................................................................................................................................................5
ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS............................................................................................................................................................................................7
AQF SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENTS...................................................................................................................................................................7
Knowledge...................................................................................................................................................................7
Skills.............................................................................................................................................................................7
Application...................................................................................................................................................................7
ACSF SPECIFICATIONS AND FOUNDATION SKILLS......................................................................................................................................................8
ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS......................................................................................................................................................................................8
SUBMITTING ASSESSMENTS..........................................................................................................................................................................................8
TRAINING RESOURCES....................................................................................................................................................................................................8
UNIT ASSESSMENT PLAN.......................................................................................................................................... 9
UNIT ASSESSMENT 1............................................................................................................................................... 10
UNIT KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT (UKA).................................................................................................................. 10
STUDENT TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT.................................................................................................................... 10
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS............................................................................................................................................................................................11
UNIT ASSESSMENT 2............................................................................................................................................... 14
UNIT SKILLS ASSESSMENT (USA)............................................................................................................................. 14
STUDENT TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT.................................................................................................................... 14
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS............................................................................................................................................................................................15
REQUIRED RESOURCES................................................................................................................................................................................................15
PART 1................................................................................................................................................................... 16
APPENDIX 1 : CASE STUDY.........................................................................................................................................................................................22
APPENDIX 2: VISION, MISSION AND VALUES...........................................................................................................................................................24
VISION........................................................................................................................................................................24
MISSION.....................................................................................................................................................................24
VALUES.......................................................................................................................................................................24
APPENDIX 3: WHS LEGISLATION COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES.................................................................................................................................25
APPENDIX 4: RISK ASSESSMENT................................................................................................................................................................................33
APPENDIX 5: MEETING AGENDA TEMPLATE............................................................................................................................................................37

UNIT OVERVIEW
SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control risks.
UNIT DESCRIPTION
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and monitor implementation of the
operational plan to provide efficient and effective workplace practices within the organisation’s
productivity and profitability plans.
Management at a strategic level requires systems and procedures to be developed and
implemented to facilitate the organisation’s operational plan.
This unit applies to individuals who manage the work of others and operate within the parameters
of a broader strategic and/or business plan.
ELEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the
essential outcomes.
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate
achievement of the element.
1. Identify hazards.
1.1.Access and use hazard identification and risk assessment tools and
template documents.
1.2.Use appropriate methods to identify actual or foreseeable hazards
that have the potential to harm the health and safety of workers or
anyone else in the workplace.
1.3.Work alone or with other personnel to identify hazards.
1.4.Keep records of identified hazards according to organisational
procedures.
2. Assess the safety
risk associated with a
hazard.
2.1.Access and use risk assessment tools and template documents.
2.2.Work alone or with other personnel to use a systematic method to
assess the risk.
2.3.Collect sufficient evidence of the type and level of risk posed by the
identified hazard.
2.4.Document the outcome of the risk assessment, suggesting actions to
eliminate or control risks.
2.5.Keep records of risk assessments according to organisational
procedures.
3. Eliminate or control
the risk.
3.1.Discuss ways of eliminating or controlling the risk with others.
3.2.Take measures to eliminate or control risks.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
To achieve competency in this unit a student must demonstrate their ability to complete tasks
outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE
Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in
the context of the job role, and:
 use organisational work health and safety (WHS) plan to identify each of the following
types of actual or foreseeable workplace hazards:
o physical environment
o plant
o work practice
o security issue
 assess the safety risk associated with each of the above hazards, using appropriate
risk assessment tools and template documents
 take measures to eliminate or control the risks identified for each of the above
hazards in line with organisational procedures.
KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE
Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance
criteria of this unit:
 basic aspects of the relevant state or territory occupational health and safety (OHS)
or WHS legislation, specifically requirements for:
o when, where and how hazards must be identified
o when, where and how risk assessments must be conducted
o consultation in the hazard identification and risk assessment process
o WHS committees or WHS representatives as mechanisms for consultation
o record keeping
 specific industry sector and organisation:
o group risk assessment mechanisms commonly used
o format and use of appropriate hazard identification and risk assessment templates
o commonly used methods for identifying hazards in the workplace
o common methods applied to the assessment of safety risks
o four-stage process model recommended and published by state and territory WHS
authorities
o systematic method to assess risk:
 identifying the injury or illness or consequences that could result from the hazard
 determining the exposure to the hazard
 estimating the probability that an incident or injury will occur
 determining an overall risk level for the identified hazard

o common methods applied to controlling risks:
 substituting a system of work or equipment with something safe
 isolating the hazard
 introducing engineering controls
 adopting administrative controls
 using personal protective equipment
 implementing combined control methods to minimise risk
o measure to eliminate or control risk:
 implementing control measures when responsible
 making suggestions for ways of eliminating or controlling risks
 referring to a higher level staff member for decision on implementing controls
o five-step hierarchical process model recommended and published by state and
territory WHS authorities
o hazard identification and risk assessment procedures
 appropriate methods to identify hazards:
o conducting site safety audits
o completing safety checklists
o inspecting workplace
o observing daily activities
o investigating accidents and incidents
o reviewing injury or illness registers
o monitoring workplace environment
o investigation of staff complaints or reports of safety concerns
o review of staff feedback via consultative processes:
 meetings
 surveys
 suggestion box submissions
 people involved in the assessment of risk:
o contractors
o managers
o WHS committee members
o WHS representatives
o peers and colleagues
o staff under supervision
o supervisors
o tourism suppliers.

ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS
Skills must be demonstrated in an operational tourism, travel, hospitality or events environment
where hazards must be identified and risk assessed. This can be:
 an industry workplace
 a simulated industry environment.
Assessment must ensure access to:
 current plain English regulatory documents distributed by the local WHS government
regulator
 WHS information and business management manuals issued by industry associations
or commercial publishers
 current commercial policies and procedures, and hazard identification and risk
assessment template documents.
AQF SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENTS
This assessment is set in accordance with the criteria for AQF Level 5. As stated in the AQF
specification for the Diploma qualifications must be designed and accredited to enable graduates
to demonstrate the learning outcomes expressed as knowledge, skills and the application of
knowledge and skills specified in the level 5 criteria and the Diploma descriptor.
Students at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for skilled/para-professional work
and/or further learning.
KNOWLEDGE
Students at this level will have technical and theoretical knowledge in a specific area or a broad
field of work and learning.
SKILLS
Students at this level will have a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to
select and apply methods and technologies to:
• analyse information to complete a range of activities
• provide and transmit solutions to sometimes complex problems
• transmit information and skills to others
APPLICATION
Students at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, judgement and
defined knowledge responsibility in known or changing contexts and within broad but established
parameters

ACSF SPECIFICATIONS AND FOUNDATION SKILLS
The term ‘Foundation Skills’ is currently used to include the core skills defined in the Australian
Core Skills Framework (ACSF) as well as the employability skills identified by employers as critical
for effective performance in the workplace. The core skills of the ACSF include reading, writing,
oral communication, numeracy and learning.
Foundation skills encompass the core skills of reading, writing, oral communication, numeracy and
learning as described by the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF), and the Employability
Skills/Core Skills for Work. They exist on a continuum from very basic skills to highly-developed
and specialist skills. The foundation skills have been addressed in the assessment as part of the
performance criteria for this unit.
ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
To demonstrate competence in this unit, students must undertake all tasks in this assessment
booklet and complete them satisfactorily and in addition, also satisfactorily complete the role play
assessment, including demonstrating communication skills during the practical activities. If the
student does not answer some questions or perform some tasks satisfactorily and therefore is
deemed to be ‘Not Competent’, they may be asked supplementary questions or given alternative
activities to determine competence. After the student has demonstrated consistency in
performance, the student is to be awarded this unit.
Should the student still be deemed ‘Not Competent’, the student should be offered the opportunity
to undertake a supplementary assessment or appeal the result.
SUBMITTING ASSESSMENTS
Students should submit assessment tasks with the provided cover sheet.
Assessments should be submitted on or before their due date. Extensions for individual
assessment tasks may be negotiated in specific circumstances. Consultation on this must occur
prior to the due date and extensions due to illness will require a medical certificate. Extensions
must be confirmed by the Academic Manager in writing.
The student will have access to the following:
 AIE Student Workbook
 PowerPoint presentation
 Learner Assessment Pack (LAP)
 Access to a computer, the Internet and word-processing system such as MS Word

UNIT ASSESSMENT PLAN
To demonstrate competence in this unit, you must be assessed as satisfactory in each of the
following assessment part.
Evidence recorded Evidence Type/ Method of assessment Evidence Submitted
Unit Assessment 1 Unit Knowledge Assessment (UKA) Yes / No
Unit Assessment 2 Unit Skills Assessment (USA) Yes / No

STUDENT TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS:
You are required to demonstrate the knowledge you have gained from undertaking SITXWHS002
Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks unit of competency.
 All questions must be answered correctly to be completed satisfactorily.
 All knowledge assessments are untimed and are conducted as open book (this
means student can refer to textbooks or any resources).
 Student may handwrite/use computers to answer the questions.
 This assessment task may be completed in a classroom, at home, learning
management system (i.e. Moodle), or independent learning environment.
 You must complete all questions unassisted by the assessor or other personnel but
may refer to reference material as needed.
Submission details
 The Assessment Task is due on the date specified by your trainer. Any variations to
this arrangement must be approved in writing by your trainer.
 Fill out and attach the Assessment Submission form to the documents you are
submitting to be marked.
 Please answer each question on a separate page provided and clearly
indicate the question number at the top of the page.
 The Trainer/Assessor may further prompt and question in order to receive
answers of appropriate quality or if further clarification is required and to
validate authenticity of your submitted work.

Answer all the following Questions
Q1 In order to be able to perform a risk assessment in a workplace you need to be aware of the
current Workplace Health and Safety legislation and access the codes relevant to your state.
Access the website relevant for your state WHS legislation. What is the weblink for the website?
Q 2 Access the following examples of codes of practice. What is the purpose of each of these?
Describe in brief, what is covered in each of these codes?( 20 – 50 words each)
 Hazardous manual tasks
 How to manage work health and safety risks
 Work health and safety consultation, coordination and cooperation
Q3 List 5 categories of workplace hazards and provide 2 examples for each. How could these
hazards be controlled for each example you have provided?
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Q 4 What are the requirements for work health and safety consultation, coordination and
cooperation as outlined in the codes of practice. (30 - 60 words)
What does this require from you? Who could be typically involved in the Tourism, Hospitality and
Event Industries? (30 – 70 words)
Q 5 According to the Model WHS Act, Subdivision 1, Part 17, there is a requirement to conduct
hazard analysis and implement risk controls in order to manage hazards:
A duty imposed on a person to ensure health and safety requires the person:
a) to eliminate risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable; and
b) if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, to minimise
those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
List the 5 steps in the hierarchy of controls. Given the above requirement, which aspects would
you need to consider when deciding on control measures for any hazards you have identified,
based on the hierarchy of controls?
Q 6 What is the purpose of a review process? When should it occur? What should be included? And
who should participate in a review process?
Q 7 Provide 4 examples of documentation which is commonly required for the risk assessment
process. How should these be stored? How will any changes and modifications affect your current
versions of documentation?