Establish and maintain a Work Health and Safety Management System

This assessment covers guidelines for an effective WHS management system, including organizational commitment, WHS responsibilities, risk management, and compliance with legislative framework.

ASSESSMENT
STUDENT DETAILS
Student Name
Student ID No.
Group No.
Date of submission
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Unit Code BSBWHS501
Unit Name/Title Ensure a safe workplace
Assessment Task No Task 1
Assessment Name/Title Establish and maintain a Work Health and Safety
Management System
Qualification Diploma of Leadership and Management
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BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace - Assessment 1
Diploma of Leadership and Management
Table of Contents
Description of the workplace.................................................................................................................1
Description of the workplace WHS guidelines.......................................................................................1
Who is this guide for?............................................................................................................................1
Purpose of the Guidelines.....................................................................................................................1
Guidelines for an effective WHS management system..........................................................................1
References.............................................................................................................................................4
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Description of the workplace
Carpentry workshop where workers use cutting machines, smoothening machines and some other
machineries.
Description of the workplace WHS guidelines
The work place safeties in place are providing the workers with safety materials such as the plastic
caps, gloves goggles and some more.
Who is this guide for?
The guide is for the employees’ safety at the workshop.
Purpose of the Guidelines
To reduce the workers’ injuries in the place of work.
Guidelines for an effective WHS management system
WHS Criteria Guidelines for an effective WHS management system
1 Organisational
commitment to
locate, adapt, adopt
and communicate
work health and
safety policies in
order to be
compliant with WHS
Health and safety should be ensured and considered part of the
business performance
Ensuring for the high level of health and safety performance to all
workers
Enough sources to be provided to the workers for implementation of the
policy.
Giving workers insurance cover.
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legislation
2 WHS responsibilities
for duty holders
Elimination of risks to health and safety in a manner that s practicable
Should elimination not be reasonably practicable, the risks are to be
minimized to the reasonably practicable levels by the duty holders
3 Human resources
and financial
commitment for an
effective work
health and safety
management
system
Budgeting for the supply of risk management materials to enhance the
risk management at the work place.
Estimation and allocation of funds to the work health safety at work.
4 How to set up a
consultation and
participative
arrangements
according to
relevant WHS
legislation
Discuss with the workers about WHS matters
Keenly listen to the concerns raised by the workers and give your own
concerns too.
Views and information of the workers should be asked for and have
them shared out
Consider the workers grievances in the decision making
Workers should be advised on the results of consultation at good time.
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5 How to record and
communicate
outcomes of
consultation over
WHS issues and how
quickly to provide
information about
the outcomes of
participation and
consultation to work
teams
Through the identification of hazards and evaluating the risks
Coming up with decisions concerning the ways of eliminating or
minimizing the identified risks
When coming up with decisions about how adequate facilities are for
the workers’ welfare.
6 The process for
identifying hazards
across the
organization
including the stages
of hazard
identification and
procedures used to
ensure new
proposed changes
do not create any
new hazards
In the process, the hazard should first be identified
In step 2, the risk should be assessed to know the level of risk to workers
Safety practices are supposed to be developed against the identified
risks.
Controls are to be communicated and workers trained over the risk
Periodically review the risks identified
7 The process of
analyzing risks and
ranking them and
control procedures
to treat risks
Identify the risks
Estimate their likelihood of occurrence
The risk that is most likely to occur or with the highest frequency of
occurrence is ranked number one
In the control measure, the safety materials are supplied and the
treatment taken in a cyclical process i.e. risk assessment then deciding
for whether risk level is at tolerance level and then if found not tolerable
then new risk treatment method is generated.
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8 The procedures for
maintaining an
effective work
health and safety
management
system
Identifying the risks in the work environment
Create awareness of the risk to workers
Collecting the views of the workers in the environment and considering
their views I decision making process.
Implementing or coming up with the risk treatment methods
9 What expert WHS
advice to be used To create awareness to the people in that working environment
Involve workers in the discussion concerning the identified risks
Supplying the workers with the protective materials such as gloves,
helmets, goggle etc. against identified risks.
To fully implement the risks procedures
10 The requirements
for strict compliance
with WHS legislative
framework to meet
legal requirements
Giving the workers the right to be heard by their employers
Coming up with the framework that will befit every worker in their
different working environments
Coming up with terms that describe the laid framework
Making law that will be followed to deny companies that do not comply
with the laws certificate of operation and posing punishment for
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companies that do not follow the WHS parliamentary act.
References
Student Workbook, 2011, Ensure a safe workplace, BSBWHS501A, Innovations and Business Industry
Council, Australia
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