OHS/WHS Policies, Duty Holder Responsibilities, Hierarchy of Control, Quality System and WHS Record Keeping

NAME-JAGNEET SINGH
STUDENT ID-07801
BSBWHS501 ENSURE A SAFE WORKPLACE
TASK-1
1. List five OHS/WHS policies that clearly defines an organisation’s
commitment to comply with the OHS/WHS legislation
Health and safety policies and procedures are part
of a framework for effective health and safety
management. A general health and safety policy
states management’s intention to provide a safe and
healthy workplace, and states the health and safety
goals of a workplace. It should also demonstrate the
employer’s acknowledgment of their legal duties
and their intention to voluntarily comply with those
duties.
Specific policies and procedures address particular
issues or hazards. They are administrative measures
to control workplace hazards and should be used
together with other hazard control measures to
eliminate or reduce the risk of workplace illness or
injury.
An objective of the Occupational Health and Safety
Act 1985 is the elimination, at the source, of risks to
the health, safety and welfare of persons at work.
Regulations supporting the Occupational Health and
Safety Act.
Develop an OHS policy and related programs.

● Set up a consultation mechanism with employees.
● Establish a training strategy.
● Establish a hazard identification and workplace assessment process.
● Develop and implement risk control.
Occupational health and safety (OHS) laws require employers and all other
workplace parties to consult and cooperate in the management of workplace
risks, in order to protect the health and safety of workers and others who
might be at risk from the work.
2. Explain the responsibilities of a duty holder?
A Duty Holder in Australian WHS law is like sports club administrators who take
steps to ensure that all matters relating to the sport are managed in
accordance with the club’s constitution and who are answerable to the club’s
coverning body.
Duties imposed on a person to ensure health or safety (‘health and safety
duties’) require the person:

to eliminate risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable, and
if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, to
minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) and Work Health and Safety
Regulations 2011 require persons who have a duty to ensure health and safety
to ‘manage risks’ by eliminating health and safety risks so far as is reasonably
practicable, and if it is not reasonably practicable to do so, to minimise those
risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
Duty holders have a very important role in preserving health and safety during
an emergency situation. As indicated in the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
and the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011, duty holders ensure health
and safety by managing risk through the elimination of risks to safety and
health using reasonable practices. If the methods are not reasonable or
practical to do, risks should be minimised as possible.
3. What is the process of establishing participative arrangement for the
management of OHS/WHS? What is the benefit of this arrangement?
On the respect of risk distinguishing proof the administration chose to set up a
framework where two capable gatherings are responsible for guaranteeing
that authoritative prerequisites are met. The two gatherings are the well being
and security officer and the well being furthermore, wellbeing advisory
group .The obligations of this procedure are the well being and security officer
to, on the everyday premise, guaranteeing that the OHS arrangement of the
organization is taken after by the representatives and that all perils are
distinguished and treated. He will put set up a
technique where one representative of every office will get an appropriate
preparing on OHS prerequisite of the organization so that the representative in
a brief moment time will be appointed the duty of urging his partners to take
after the OHS framework.

BENEFITS OF THIS PROCESS ARE:
● Employers and workers should exchange information and ideas about risks
to health and safety.
● Enhancing the organisation's reputation.
• reviewing policies and procedures
• consultation and issue resolution procedures
• critical incident debriefing
• ‘buddying’ new staff or volunteers
• taking up a formal role relating WHS arrangements.
3. What is the hierarchy of control in risk management?
Hierarchy of hazard control is a system used in industry to minimize or
eliminate exposure to hazards. It is a widely accepted system promoted by
numerous safety organizations. This concept is taught to managers in industry,
to be promoted as standard practice in the workplace.
4. Identify and briefly explain, in order, the five risk control measures of
the hierarchy of controls. Provide an example of each measure
1. Design or reorganise work to eliminate the hazard from the workplace
Try to ensure that hazards are ‘designed out’ when new materials, equipment
and work systems are being planned for the workplace.
2. Remove or substitute the hazard
Where possible, remove the hazard or substitute it with safer materials,
equipment or substances.