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BSBWHS501 S2 Ensure a Safe Workplace
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Contents
Assessment Task 1: Written Questions............................................................................................ 3
Assessment 2- Development Project................................................................................................. 8
Assessment Task 3 – Project........................................................................................................... 13
Assessment Task 4: WHS training project......................................................................................20
Assessment Task 5: Review and evaluation project......................................................................25
References......................................................................................................................................... 28
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Assessment Task 1: Written Questions
Question 1 Explain the rationale for nationally harmonised work health and safety
laws and identify participating and non-participating states/territories.
The nationally harmonised work health and safety laws are adopted by the Australian
countries and states to maintain safety at the workplace. These laws of safety maintain
proper safety at the workplace and provide safety to the workers. This harmonised work
health and safety laws maintain the health and safety of the workers, improve safety
outcomes at the workplace and decreases the compliance cost (Phillips, 2016). Many states
and territories were participating in these safety laws.
QUESTION 2 Identify and document the title and date of the WHS/OHS Act and
Regulation for the state in which you are located.
The title of the WHS act has been amended to maintain workplace health and safety. The
act is Workplace Health and Safety act 2011 and the date comes in force is on 20
September 2017.
Question 3 Explain the purpose of a code of practice and give two examples of a code
of practice relevant to your work or State that you are located, including their title and
key purpose.
The purpose of the code of practice is that it is a document that maintains the occupational
safety laws to provide proper guidance to the people to use these obligations regarding
health and safety.
The two examples of the code of practice are described below-
 Confidentiality and Privacy Policies
 Professional appearance
These code of practice are used to maintain the privacy related to the organisation and
implement this in the organisation.
Question 4 Outline the factors that must be taken into account in determining control
measures for hazardous manual tasks as stated in the model Work Health and Safety
Regulations 2011.
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Various factors are taken into account to determine the several control measures for
hazardous manual tasks defined in the Work Health and Safety regulations 2011 are
described below:
 By identifying the hazards occurs in the workplace.
 Assess the risk after the hazards are identified.
 Use the control measures of the risk related to workplace safety.
 After using the control measures of the risk, once review the control measures of the
risk.
QUESTION 5 Define the following terms ‘duty holder’ and ‘PCBU’ and explain their
duty of care under WHS/OHS legislation
Duty holder means the person who owns the duty to maintain work health and safety as per
the act of WHS. The duty holders include many other persons (Hanson, et. al., 2015).
The PCBU defines the person conducting a business or undertaking who place the duty of
the several obligations. The definition of PCBU has been implemented in section 5 of the
act. The PCBU has the primary duty of care that is used to ensure health and safety for the
workers at the workplace. They also monitor the health and conditions of the workers.
QUESTION 6 Explain four ways in which hazards can be identified in the workplace.
There are many ways by which hazards can be identified in the workplace. Some of the
ways to identify hazards in the workplace are discussed below-
 The first way to identify hazards in the workplace is by history.
 The second way to identify hazards is by different legislation and standards.
 The experience is the third way to identify hazards from the experience.
 The imagination is the fourth way to recognise the hazards in the workplace.
Question7 Explain the process of risk assessment and control in workplace health
and safety.
The risk assessment and control of risks are the most important part of workplace health and
safety. These procedures can manage safety measures in the workplace. The risk
assessment is the process in which risks arise at the workplace can be identified easily
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related to the hazards identification (Pescud, et. al., 2015). By this, we can analyze the harm
that occurs due to the hazards.
Risk control is the process to control the risks after they assessed. This includes the actions
taking to eliminate health and safety risks. When the risk cannot be eliminated when the
control measures are used to manage the risk for the safety of the workers.
Question8 Explain the purpose of the hierarchy of control and each of the options
available from most effective to least effective. Provide an example for each.
The hierarchy of hazard control is a proper system that used to decrease the hazards occurs
at the workplace. This system is mainly used by many of the organisations to control the
hazards. This hierarchy includes many factors which are discussed below-
 Elimination
This includes the purpose to physically remove the hazard. It is the most effective control
use to control the hazards. Example- this control is used if the workers work at the height
above the ground so this is used to eliminate the working at height.
 Substitution
It is also the second most effective hazard control. It involves replacing the things to produce
a hazard (Kim, et. al., 2016). It is similar to elimination that eliminates something that does
not produce a hazard. Example- Replace lead-based paint with titanium white
 Engineering controls
These controls are used to control the hazards. They are used to eliminate hazards but
isolate the people from hazards.
 Administrative controls
These controls are used to change the way of doing work. Example- employee training and
warning labels.
 Personal protective equipment
PPE includes gloves, nomex, respirators, safety glasses etc. PPE is the least effective
means of controlling hazards because of the high potential for damage to render PPE
ineffective.
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So the most effective factor is the elimination and least effective factor is the personal
protective equipment.
QUESTION 9 Give two (2) reasons why it is important to report WHS incidents within
the workplace to relevant persons. Identify at least two position holders to whom
incidents may be reported in your response.
The reporting of the WHS incidents are very important in the workplace to relevant persons.
This is important as this can be used to control the hazards and incidents in the workplace.
This gives the opportunity to manage the hazards at the workplace and reduces the risks for
the workers.
The two position holders to whom incidents may report are the manager of the safety at the
workplace and the leader of the workers.
QUESTION 10 Identify a) the three events that are defined as ‘notifiable incidents’ and
b) the period of time for which employers must keep records of these incidents.
a. The notifiable incidents are the incidents that need to be notified properly so that the
danger can be overcome easily (Ahmand, et. al., 2015).
 The three events that are notifiable incidents are defined below-
 The first event is seriously endangering the problem related to safety.
 The second event is the safety of the workers form the gas explosion
 The third event is related to the hazard occurs due to the organisational problems.
b. The employer must keep a record of these incidents for certain months so that any
emergency can be recovered easily by these records.
QUESTION 11 Within what time period must an employer notify their worker’s
compensation insurer where a worker has received a workplace injury?
 An injured worker must notify the employer about the injury as soon as possible.
 The employer must notify the insurer about the injury within 48 hours of the injury.
 The insurer must forward this situation to the authority to care the worker from the
injury.
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QUESTION 12 Identify the data a workplace is required to keep about an injury and
provide one example of the kind of system a workplace may use to identify patterns of
occupational injury and disease?
The data of the injury needed to keep a record for several months at the workplace so that
the other emergency can be managed easily with this record (Wu, et. al., 2014). The data
available from the Bureau of Labour Statistics required to keep about an injury. The
compensation system is used to identify an occupational injury and disease occurs from the
injury at the workplace.
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Assessment 2- Development Project
Part A- Recordkeeping system
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Part B
1. Update the policy with the information provided:
a. The definitions of duty holders under WHS legislation
The duty holder refers to a person who works in a health and safety duty under WHS act.
This duty includes a person who conducts a business or undertaking. This duty includes the
designer, manufacturer, supplier, importer or a plan used at work.
b. A statement regarding working at home.
The work from home policy is very useful in the health and safety act. The work from home
policy is designed to show that work from home policy is very beneficial to the employees
and company.
c. A statement regarding fatigue management
Fatigue management is a process that totally based on the scientific evidence of sleep
knowledge to manage the fatigue workers of an organisation. This management process
described the fatigue process in the workplace.
2. Write a brief memo to the CEO (your assessor) requesting their immediate
feedback and adoption of the updated policy and submit this with your updated policy
to your assessor by the due date. Save your updated policy into the correct location
in your record keeping system.
To
The CEO of Grow management Consultants
Respected.
I want to inform you that I have updated in WHS policy regarding some requirements. So I
request you to the immediate feedback and adopted the WHS policy. This updating process
will improve the WHS policies in a proper manner.
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