Improving Work Health and Safety in the Site

WHS ASSESMMENT TEST
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ASSESSMENT TASK 1
Identify and describe the three main elements to consider when providing induction
training to new workers in an organization1.
 What the new employees need to know to effectively perform their roles within the
organization
 Both support and insights needed by the new employees to fit comfortably in the
organization culture
 What the new employees are required to achieve in a stipulated times
Who are the WHS duty holders in any organization?
They are the people who owe responsibilities under WHS as per the WHS act including the
people conducting business, designers, manufacturers, importers, and suppliers, installers of
plants used at the work, officers and other workers.
Communication and consultation strategies should be put in place so that all workers
understand their responsibilities and the necessity of implementing an effective WHS
management system. What might these strategies include?
 Keeping the communication real
 Ensuring that communication is timely
1 Bluff, Leonard. "Managing work health and safety risks under the national model of WHS legislation." Regulation at Work 10
(2011): 17-21.

 Focusing on consistency
 Tailoring the message to be communicated
 Reinforcing communication
 Encouraging a culture of feedback and
 Empowering organization managers
Some of the WHS human resources that may be required in an organization will include
who?
 Health and safety committee (HSC)
 Health and safety representative (HSR)
 Officer
How does consultation and participation benefit a company?
 Facilitate information sharing relating to workplace health and safety
 Conveying and getting concerns
 Obtaining the views of other employees into consideration
What might be included in determining the appropriate action for identified issues?
 Raising the issue with supervisors
 Supervisor consults with the workers and implements a plan to resolve the issue
 Assistance sought from HRS
 WHS grievance resolution process
 WHS unit contacts
When must employers consult with their workers?

 In the process of identification and assessment of risks arising from work „
 In the process of decision making which regards eliminating and minimizing risks
 Before proposing changes that affect health and safety of workers
 Before making decisions on consultation procedures and resolving safety issues
Please provide at least 5 examples of dangerous occurrences?
 Unintentional ignitions
 Fire involving any substance
 Accidental release or escape of harmful substances
 Collapse of a building
 Overturning, explosion, short circuiting or bursting of work equipment
Changes in the workplace can create new hazards. Identify three types of changes that
might affect the safety of workers?
 Change in processes
 Change in products
 Change in regulations
What are the five categories of control measures for identified risks?
 Assessing the likelihood of risk associated with hazards causing injury
 Investigating the degree of harm expected to result in case of risk
 Asking the relevant worker’s opinions on how to reduce the risk
 Evaluating availability and suitability ways of eliminating and reducing the risks
 Balancing the four factors with the cost of reducing and eliminating hazards