Work Health and Safety Policy and Procedure Review and Improvement

Desklib provides past papers and solved assignments for students. This solved assignment helps students understand WHS policies and procedures.

Assessment Task
- Written
C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
Student Name Student Number
Unit Code/s &
Name/s HLTWHS004 Manage work health and safety
Assessment Type Written
Assessment Name Skills and Knowledge activity Assessment Task
No. AT4
Assessment Due
Date Date submitted
Assessor Name
Student Declaration: I declare that this assessment is my own work. Any ideas and comments
made by other people have been acknowledged as references. I understand that if this statement
is found to be false, it will be regarded as misconduct and will be subject to disciplinary action as
outlined in the TAFE Queensland Student Rules. I understand that by emailing or submitting this
assessment electronically, I agree to this Declaration in lieu of a written signature.
Student Signature Date
PRIVACY DISCLAIMER: TAFE Queensland is collecting your personal information for assessment purposes. The information will only be accessed by
authorised employees of TAFE Queensland. Some of this information may be given to the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) or its successor and/or
TAFE Queensland for audit and/or reporting purposes. Your information will not be given to any other person or agency unless you have given us written
permission or we are required by law.
123 TMP E – Assessment Template – Written v1.3 Page 1 of 7

C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
Instructions to
Student
General Instructions:
The following task tests your knowledge of key concepts in this unit. Please
answer each question comprehensively and ensure you include the key
points requested in the questions and assessment criteria.
This task also requires your teacher to set up a simulated emergency
situation which you are expected to resolve – You performance will be
observed and commented on in your Assess 2 observation checklist and
Assess3 Third Party Report.
Information / Materials provided:
Skills and knowledge questions are provided below.
PowerPoint presentation has been provided in the Supplementary
resources section to assist you with the revision of the content of the
Learner’s Guide.
Assessment Criteria:
To achieve a satisfactory result, your assessor will be looking for your
ability to demonstrate the following key skills/tasks/knowledge to an
acceptable industry standard:
 Written communication.
 Oral communication.
 State/territory legislation and how it impacts on workplace
regulations, codes of practice and industry standards.
 Hazards common to the work environment and strategies for
minimisation.
 Requirements for WHS policies.
 Principles of hazard and risk management.
 Conducting a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results.
 Conducting consultative activities with at least two workers.
 Monitoring workplace compliance with WHS procedures.
 Developing a WHS action plan, including strategies for monitoring
and review.
 Coordinating workplace procedures for a simulated emergency
situation.
123 TMP E – Assessment Template –Written v1.3 Page 2 of 7

C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
Number of Attempts:
You will receive up to two (2) attempts at this assessment task as long as
these are submitted within the study period for this unit. Should your 1st
attempt be unsatisfactory (U), your teacher will provide feedback and
discuss the relevant sections / questions with you and will arrange a due
date for the submission of your 2nd attempt. If your 2nd submission is
unsatisfactory (U), or you fail to submit a 2nd attempt, you will receive an
overall unsatisfactory result for this assessment task. Only one re-
assessment attempt may be granted for each assessment task. For more
information, refer to the Student Rules.
Submission details Insert your details on page 1 and sign the Student Declaration. Include this
template with your submission.
Once you have completed all documents and saved them to your
computer, you will need to upload them for marking. To do this, follow these
instructions:
1. In the section below named 'Submissions', you have three options;
“Upload' button”, “Choose Existing” or “Record Audio”. (“Record
Audio” should only be used if agreed upon with your teacher.)
2. Browse for your file if using either of the first two methods.
3. Upload your file.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to upload other files.
5. Enter any comments in the box provided, if necessary.
6. Click the 'Submit to Dropbox' button.
Assessment to be submitted via:
 TAFE Queensland Learning Management System: Connect url:
https://connect.tafeqld.edu.au/d2l/login
 Username; 9 digit student number
 For Password: Reset password go to
https://passwordreset.tafeqld.edu.au/default.aspx
Instructions for the
Assessor
Assessors will need to simulate a WHS emergency situation and observe
the students managing that situation.
Benchmarked responses are provided for this task. Teachers should
ensure that students complete all sections of this task.
Please note that Task 3 requires that you simulate a WHS emergency
situation so that students can demonstrate the management of the
situation.
Note to Student An overview of all Assessment Tasks relevant to this unit is located in the
Unit Study Guide.
123 TMP E – Assessment Template –Written v1.3 Page 3 of 7

C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
123 TMP E – Assessment Template –Written v1.3 Page 4 of 7

C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
Skills and Knowledge Activity
Objective: To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the foundation skills,
knowledge evidence and performance evidence.
Activity: Complete the following.
The answers to the following question will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge of:
 written communication
 State/Territory Legislation and how it impacts on workplace regulations, codes of practice and
industry standards
 requirements for WHS policies
Undertake the following tasks:
1. Identify two areas of work health and safety in your work setting and find the organisation’s policy
and procedures for this. NOTE: One policy and procedure that needs to be provided is one that
relates to Record Keeping for Compliance.
 Attach both policy and procedure to your assessment (or provide the weblink here for your
assessor to view)
 Child health:- in the UK child health has been improved but failed to gain good health.
National health services are providing free care and fund to support child health and
development. Under the Child Care Act, 2006 local authorities have a responsibility to take
care of the child and provide funding and education.
(https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21)
Health and safety committees- the committee has been formed in order to discuss the
issue that has been formed in health and safety measure and regulating policy and procedure
within the workplace. The main function of the health and safety committee is to encourage
cooperation between the employees and workers to safeguard the services has been
performed under the health and safety measure. They are assessing in developing standard
and policies. (http://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/hscommittees.htm)
2. Explain the expectations of the Workplace’s WHS policy in your OWN words to demonstrate your
understanding.
The expectation of workplace,s WHS policy is
 Use of correct equipment and appliance and should be used safely.
 Manage and know the personal limitation of worker
 The worker should be actively involved in the training program and safety meeting
123 TMP E – Assessment Template –Written v1.3 Page 5 of 7

C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
 Evaluate the hazards before starting any job or o plan for any job so that the job should be
done safely
 Continuously evaluate the services and condition that may affect the ability of job safety
 Immediately report all unsafe services, near-misses and all incidents to the organisation
supervisor
 Report immediately to the supervisor and should be aware of any illness and injury that
could be related to work
3. List one recommendation for change for each the policy and the procedure that you believe are
important after reading both the policies and procedures documents (i.e., 2 x recommendations in
total).
Health and safety policy and procedure need to change some guidelines in the organisation. The
am should regularly inspect and examine the services that are providing to the service seekers.
The committee should check the fire extinguish system at a regular interval and also check the
expiry date of the machine. The health and safety policy must be ensured the risk and hazards of
the management work activities. the committee should review and audit the performance of the
health and safety management system.
4. Who in the workplace would you consult with about the recommendations you have identified?
The health and safety committee is being responsible to maintain the health and safety measure in
the organisation. The following recommendation can consult with the health and safety committee.
In this, the committee has been set the guideline and standard in order to maintain health, safe
and secure environment. The committee should plan policy and should immediately implement it.
The committee should safeguard each member to take decision and action against the safety
measure. Improve the behaviour, attitude and decision of staff so as to maintain health and safety
measure. The management should be ensured to prepared a risk assessment procedure and be
specific and up to date with the safety measure. Active and reactive system are the two type of
approach that can be used to monitor the health and safety measure in the organisation.
5. Explain the strategies you would use to train others to ensure the correct implementation of the
changes that you have recommended to have changed in the policies and procedures.
The work health and safety framework consist of following elements that are applied to trained
others are
 Training need evaluation
 Training development program
 Establishment of training resources
 Application of WHS training and apply to learn
 Reviews and monitor the effectiveness and significance of the training
The various strategies have been used in order to ensure the correct application of changes in
health and safety measure are
123 TMP E – Assessment Template –Written v1.3 Page 6 of 7

C6-at%204.edited%20(1).docx
MONITORING:- monitor the people whether they are working in accordance with rules and safety
measure. Check for the potential hazards in the organisation. Hazards are the indicator that the safety
measure should be improved.
INVOLVE WORKERS IN POLICY IMPLEMENTATION:- the management should talk and listen to them
about how risk can be controlled, talk about safety and health and the work they are performing, and
assess them by providing training and information about safety measure.
The following step are to be taken to trained others to implement the changes that have been
recommended re
 Consultation
 Modify the policy in the organisation
 Define responsibility clearly and be specific
 The policy should be realistic
 Publicise the procedure and policies
 Train all the staff member in procedure and policies
 Be reliable in policy and procedure implementation
 Review all procedure and policies
 Apply the procedure and policies
123 TMP E – Assessment Template –Written v1.3 Page 7 of 7