Work Health and Safety : Short Questions.

Work Health and Safety SHORT QUESTIONs
Use the following information to answer the short questions when required
Job title - Boilermaker Welder
YOUR AGE-24
Job description- maintenance of metal equipment for the Mine in the workshops and underground. .
Company-JJ metal engineering
Employer- COPPER and Zinc -lead Mine
State-Queensland
Shifts-Rotating roster 10-12hr shift
Scenario-You are employed by a mine company in Queensland as above.
Knowledge Assessment 2 – Short answer questions
1. List at least two (2) obligations of the following parties relating to hazardous chemicals
according to legislation.
Guidance: refer to the WHS Regulations relevant to your State/Territory. (QUEENSLAND)
1.1 PCBU
 There is restriction extended towards the age of the person indulged in the activity of the
handling of the hazardous substances
 Training to the workers regarding the usage of the products and its information should be
provided.

1.2 Manufacturers and importers
 Classification and labelling of the products stating the composition of the material so that the
risk can be understood.
 Restriction towards the usage of certain chemicals for storage and transferring of hazardous
substances.
1.3 Suppliers
 Datasheets about the chemicals to be given out beforehand.
 Handling, storage and transportation devices to be provided by the suppliers.
Knowledge Assessment – Short answer questions
For the purpose of this assessment, please refer to relevant WHS legislation
applicable to your State/Territory (Queensland)
Refer to the WHS Regulations for Questions 1 to 2.
1. Part of the contractor arrangements that a PCBU should conform to when
dealing with high-risk construction work is the development of a safe work
method statement (SWMS).
Using your own words, outline at least two (2) details of what an SWMS in this
particular context should include.
a) The hazardous work and the risk involved with such a work should be stated beforehand.
b) The measures should be mentioned in the control sheet stating the various methods to save
oneself from the risks involved.

1. What specific information from the WHS Regulation would be important for a PCBU in terms
of managing risks to health and safety?
Provide at least two (2) responses using your own words.
a) The limit towards the usage of particular chemicals in the organization and methods of
storage for those chemicals.
b) Information about the workers and topics related to their wages and health will be a piece
of extremely important information from WHS.

2. Under the WHS Act appropriate to your jurisdiction, (mining) what are the factors that must
be considered when defining what ‘reasonably practicable’ in ensuring health and safety
Provide at least two (2) responses.
a) The occurrence of the risks is not frequent and is known to the workers working in
those conditions.
b) The workers are equipped with the safety equipment are aware of the ways to save
themselves when the risk occurs.

Knowledge Assessment - Open-ended Questions
Guidance: Use at least two different search engines to answer the following questions.
1. Briefly explain in your own words the importance of the following in a WHSMS:
a) An effective return-to-work policy.
Guidance: Refer to the WorkCover or WorkSafe Authority in your Jurisdiction (mining)for
assistance.
Benefits to the employer:
They are able to keep experienced and loyal employees. If the return to work policy is effective
enough, then the employers don’t have to hire alternatives due to the injured workforce since the
employees return promptly with improved health.
Benefits to the employees:
It builds up better relations with the employers, knowing that they care about their employees.
The latter also has the assurance of financial stability and retaining of skills of mining.
b) Dealing with an Workplace Injury
It is essential to have basic medical first aid handy in the organization which should be provided to
the injured immediately. If there is an in-house medical officer present, the injured person should
be immediately taken to him for the treatment and then the person should eb shifted to hospital
for getting the treatment and advice. A person of the office should be present entirely and the
injured persons should never be left alone, on his own.

1. Using Boolean operators, narrow your search for the topic “VET”, including all search results
related to “Australia” and excluding search results to “veterinary” and “pet.”
a) List the two (2) search engines you have used to search the words above.
 Google
 Bing
b) Write the exact keyword/phrase you used with the Boolean operator in the search field.
Vet AND Australia
Vet AND Australia
c) After searching, list the top three search results that appeared in the two search engines you
have utilised. Write also the URL as it has performed in the search engine.
Search engine name: a) Bing.com
Top three search results:
 https://www.gigapromo.in/?q=dog
%20care&asid=giga_in_ba_gc1_03&de=c&ac=5321&msclkid=be1507da5d6510e913
7059ad74866e09
 https://www.izito.co.in/ws?q=pets
%20care&asid=iz_in_ba_2_cg1_01&de=c&ac=2397&msclkid=b14b30bf458015331b9
46ec86c630ab2
 https://www.yellowpages.com.au/find/pet-care/petrie-qld-4502

Search engine name: b) Google.com
Top three search results:
 https://www.madpaws.com.au/sitters/dog-sitting-queensland
 https://www.madpaws.com.au/about/top-pet-sitting-and-dog-boarding-
cities-qld/
 https://www.rspcaqld.org.au/what-we-do/care-for-animals/pet-sitting
2. Identify at least two (2) possible objectives in a research project about the current work and
health needs of employees. (boilermaker welder in Mine) Ensure that the objectives are specific,
measurable, achievable, realistic, and within a set timeframe.
a) To know whether the workers are physically fit to work in the mines and can sustain long working
hours and are not impacted by anything adversely in the mines.
b) To know whether the workers in the Mine have the basic training and skills for the boiler welding
or whether they require more training for the job to be performed perfectly.

3. List two (2) reliable data analysis methods that a research project about the current work and
health needs will possibly require.
a) Qualitative method: Have interviews with the workers and analyze whether they are being
provided with facilities, as suggested by the WHS.
b) Correlation between the current facilities of the workers and the set parameters which
should be provided to the workers generally.

Guidance: For Questions 4 and 5, please indicate below your state/territory.
4. Refer to the WHS Act relevant to your specific state/territory. Provide at least two (2) legal
requirements that the workplace should maintain to ensure WHS compliance.
Legal requirements, according to WHS:
 Provision of the data sheet showing the usage of various hazardous chemicals in the
organization. The storage, transportation, and handling of all these chemicals should
be properly taken care of. Also, the labeling for all of these should be done.
 Medical facilities for all the workers should be set, and there should be the presence
of medical facilities in the organization. Also, the workers should be properly trained
before putting them at on-field jobs.

State/Territory: Queensland

5. Refer to the WHS Regulation relevant to your specific state/territory and read the section on
Record keeping for each of the following work areas below. Provide answers to the following
questions:
5.1 Identify at least one document required for record-keeping for each of the following areas,
according to your state/territory (Queensland) WHS Regulation.
Area Document required
a) Plant Policies and procedures for health and safety; Records for medical
and first aid
b) Asbestos Health monitoring basis asbestos; licensing and removal of asbestos
5.2 Briefly explain using your own words the requirements for keeping the records you have

provided according to legislation.
Answer: It becomes essential to keep records in the organization for the health and safety of the
workers. Not only this, to show the medical officers and for formulating health policies and deciding
on compensations, but it is also extremely necessary to have records for medical in the organization.
First aid should be present in all sorts of offices for speedy help and records, for it would help in
knowing what all medicines are needed in the organization.
For asbestos, it is necessary to have reports regarding its licensing and removal so that no issues
related to the law happen. As asbestos adversely hamper the health of the people, who work in close
contact with it, it is necessary to have proper monitoring of it.

6. Briefly explain how the following research strategies help identify new sources of information
and how they can be used most efficiently.
a. Checking the currency of information
b. Checking the authority of resources
a. Checking the currency of information:
It becomes essential to verify the data which one is going to provide in the research. The
authenticity of the data, the source of information, and all the data provided should be true and
free from biases. It becomes essential for the success of the report and so that it generates true
meaning that the information presented should be right.
b. Checking the authority of resources:
The places from where the data is fetched and used in the research are considered as the source
of the resource. The authority (the authenticity) of the resources becomes important as the
proper source should only be included in the research as using resources from non-credible
sources can lead to false information, wrong data points, and misleading ideas.

2. Provided in the link below are the National Work Health and Safety Laws as published by Safe
Work Australia.
Note that not all States and Territories have adopted the national model. For the purpose of this
assessment, use the document provided in the link below as reference to answer the following
questions.
Access this link: Work Health and Safety Act 2011
1. List at least three (3) objectives of the WHS Act.
Guidance: Refer to Division 2 of the WHS Act 2011.
1. Objectives of WHS:
 Safety and health are the utmost priority for any individual and should not be
compromised.
 Both the employer and employee should be well aware of the health and safety
measures on the organization and should put them under mandatory obligations.
 The employees should feel free to raise issues regarding health and safety
concerns in their respective organizations.
2. Briefly explain the principles underpinning the WHS Act.
Guidance: Refer to sections 13 to 17 of the WHS Act 2011.
Principles of WHS:
 The workers should be provided with health and safety measures which are
‘reasonably practicable.’
 The employers should look forward proactively towards the health and safety
concerns of their workers and should mandatorily provide with medical facilities.
The employees should be open to discuss the issues regarding their health and safety. They should
raise issues if they need training and regarding issues related to health.