CHCECE016: Establishing and Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Environment

This assignment focuses on the CHCECE016 unit, which emphasizes the importance of establishing and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for children in early childhood education settings. The assignment requires the student to demonstrate their understanding of various safety and health policies and procedures, including workplace safety, hand washing, care of equipment, cleaning, handling dangerous products, food preparation, nappy changing, communication with stakeholders, medication management, first aid, and child protection. The student is tasked with locating relevant policies and procedures within their workplace, answering questions related to safety practices, and providing information about immunizations. Additionally, the assignment includes reviewing the service's play area, creating a floor plan, and analyzing different areas within the environment, considering factors such as age groups, types of experiences, and levels of supervision. The student also has to identify the locations of various procedures, such as emergency procedures, hand washing, warning signs, and emergency numbers, within the service. Finally, the student is required to conduct a checklist assessment with colleagues to gauge their awareness of health and safety responsibilities.

Workplace Task
CHCECE016 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFETY AND HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN
Please choose one:
 Course Code Course Name
CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Student Name:

CHCECE016 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFETY AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN
Keeping children of all ages safe and healthy is one of the most important tasks of service providers. Whether
children are in center or home-based care, providers are responsible for ensuring safety both inside and outside
their early childhood setting. Diploma-trained staff have additional responsibilities in providing a safe and
healthy environment for children. These includes: planning and coordinating emergency responses,
communicating hazards and issues, promoting and monitoring safety practices in relation to health issues and
supporting children’s increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing.
To fulfil these additional responsibilities, you’re thorough understanding of the policies and procedures relating
to safety, hygiene, children’s health requirements and are important.
1. Locate the policies and procedures relating to the following areas:
Area Relevant Policy and Procedure
Work Health and Safety Policy: Work health and safety policies.
Procedure: safety planning and objectives procedures and hazards and
risk assessment procedure.
Hand washing Policy: all person offering direct or indirect care will clean their both
hands before contacting the children.
Procedure: rinse their hand with soap and water then wash both hands
with running water.
Care and Maintenance of Equipment Proper care of equipment and routine checkup and maintenance of
equipment.
After washing, wipe all the equipment fully dry prior to replacing.
Cleaning Cleaning policies means all workplace should be cleaned properly and
regular interval.
Use some of cleaning material or disinfectant to clean the floor.
Dangerous Products and the Storage of
Hazardous Chemicals
Dangerous product and hazardous product should be kept away from
the children
Hazardous and dangerous product must be stored carefully as per the
particular regulatory needs.

Food Preparations Policy: minimize hand contact with the food.
Procedure: clean hands, utensils and vegetables
Separate raw food materials
Cook foods in safe environment
Refrigerate food properly.
Nappy changing POLICY: nappy of a child should be change immediately if they spoil or wet
their nappy.
Procedure: prepare the changing area, clean child, remove dirt, replace
dipper, wash the hand of child and clean up.
Communication with different
stakeholders
Identify principle stake holder and make plan to communication
Different stakeholder and have different priority attitudes and interest.
Planned effective communication as the preferences.
Medication Medicine policy refers to the overarching policy as compare to medicines in
the belief. It consists regulatory, legislative and best practice guidelines.
Follow all the guidelines before use and to administrations of the medicines,
which is mentioned in the description of the medicines prescriptions.
First Aid The objective of the first aid is to decrease the impacts of illness or injury
suffered at the work. All persons have right to feel safe and well. In first aid
there are 4 main steps that is: safety first, check response, call for help,
provide first aid support.
Child Protection Policy demonstrate the commitment for safeguarding the children from the
harm and harmful activity.
Details the all measurement which should be harmful activity for the children
and also attempt to eliminate that activity.
Records Management A record management policy is the set of rules and regulations for
controlling information and document life cycle in a firm. Create and receive
appropriate information, use or modify that information, maintain and
pro6tect them, archive and preserve that information.

1a. For this activity you are required to investigate how safety is implemented and communicated within
your workplace.
Locate each of the safety items or symbols at your workplace and answer the questions in relation to the
policies and procedures of your workplace.
Document your responses on the ‘Safety Practices’ template.
Workplace Task 001 – Activity 1
Safety Practices
Safety area and/or symbol Questions to investigate
Close the gate sign How is this message reinforced to parents in your service?
It ensure the safety of the children in the premises.
SunSmart sign
How is a Sun Smart policy implemented in your service?
It provides clear or evidence based guidelines that this center is
secure from the harmful UV rays.
What information is provided to parents about this policy?
This policy ensures the parents that their children are safe from the
UV rays and sun ray in the premises.
Where are emergency numbers located?
Emergency number are located at the wall of all rooms of the
premises.

Telephon
e
What is the procedure in place for educators to have ready
access to a phone or similar means of communication?
They have to take permission from to higher authority during the
working session to have ready access to a phone or similar means of
communications.
Nappy change area What practices are in place to minimize the risk of infection
to children and adults?
Use disinfectant to desensitize the nappy change area to minimize
the risk of infection for children and adults.
Emergency evacuation plan
✔
Where are evacuation plans located?
It should be placed or located in the conspicuous areas in the
premises.
Where are the external assembly points?
It should be located far away from the building.
What do staff take with them when there is an emergency
evacuation?
Take the parent contact details, attendance record, and any other
appropriate documents with essential items like first aid kit.
How often are emergency evacuation drills practiced and
discussed with children and educators?

At least once in every three months at different times educators and
children should rehearsing emergency evacuation practices.
How is this information communicated to parents and
families?
Address the concerns with problem solving approach, keep positive
a calm behavior, talk about the concern when they come up, speak
to parents in a respectful, clear and considerate way.
Hand washing procedure posters Where are hand washing posters located in your service?
At the place of hand wash basin.
How is hand washing monitored in your service?
In the premises handwashing performance can be directly or
indirectly monitored. Indirect methods include monitoring the
consumption of products, such as hand rub or soap, and so on. In
direct methods include kids assessment or HCW self-reporting and
direct observation.
Exit signs Where are the exit signs located in your service?
Locate at the above or adjacent to all door of the premises.
Where is fire-fighting equipment located in your service?
(indicate the type of equipment at each location)
The fire extinguisher located on the wall of the premises which is
near the entrance door.
How often is emergency equipment tested?

Fire-fighting equipment All emergency equipment should be generally tested every 21 days.
It should also have tested after the repair or a disconnect.
How are staff trained in the use of emergency equipment?
Staff should have trained via the virtual emergency situation and
also provide them proper guidelines. They have to know about the
four step of an emergency action plan like: evacuate danger zone,
close main shutoff, call for external support and start rescue
functions.
Child-proof barriers Where are child-proof barriers used in your service?
Child proof barriers used to protect the kids. In the premises these
barriers are used at the roof top, windows, balcony, stairs and so on.
Wet floor sign Where is the wet floor sign located in your service and
when should it be used?
Wet floor sign located in bathrooms, entry ways, exit ways and
food preparation areas. It should be used when water logging
occurs in these area.
Sign-in/out forms for children’s
attendance
Where is the sign-in/out forms located?
Sign in or out form located at the main door of the
premises.
What happens to these forms at the end of each day?

Answer: these form should be checked by the premises
authorities in end of each day.

2a. This task requires you to check and provide information about service procedure for making
recommendations to staff, families and children about immunisations. What procedure is followed there to
ensure records of children’s immunisation status are up to date and maintained current?
Answer: encourage all the parents to immunize all the kids and keep proper record of their immunization.
2b. How do the service follow health guidelines and support children and families to prevent infectious
diseases and illnesses?
Answer: influenced them to use proper hygiene guidelines and principles

3. Review your service’s play area. Submit as part of your portfolio, a floor plan of the entire play area that
includes the materials and equipment currently set up for children. Clearly label the area in the
environment for children to engage in rest and quiet activities.
Answer: play is should be disinfected and away from the other area so that kids can focus on game. These areas
should have all the equipment.
4. Choose three different areas from environment and complete the table below e.g. sand pit area, water play
area etc.
a) list the age and number of children that are catered for at one time, ans: 3 to 4 years old, 10 to 15 in
numbers
b) list the experience provided in each area, ans: they become familiar to the environment
c) indicate the level of supervision required (close and constant, intermittent and scan and listen d)
provide reasons for your choices.: close and constant to know about their strong zone.
Ensure you have included at least two experiences from each level.
Area and age
group
Number of
children
Type of Experience Level of
Supervision
(close, intermittent,
scan and listen)
Reason for level of supervision
Example-
Sandpit Play
(Babies)
2 Sandpit tools- digging close Babies explore environment through hands
and moth and they may put sand in their
mouth.
Babies 2 Digging Intermittent Babies explore environment through hands and
mouth
Babies 3 Digging Intermittent Babies explore environment through hands and
mouth
Toddlers 2 Clustering close Toddler use their hand and body
Toddlers 3 Clustering close Toddler use their hand and body
Pre schoolers 4 Digging Listen and scan Preschoolers use equipment
Pre schoolers 4 Clustering Listen and scan Preschoolers use equipment

The following activities will require you to review your service’s policies and procedures on safety and hygiene
practices and how the service complies with the following:
- The Education and Care Services National Regulations
- National Quality Standard
- Early Years Learning Framework
5. Have a walk through the service and list the areas the following procedures are displayed.
Areas where these are displayed
Emergency procedure’s
locations
At the entry point of the premises
Hand washing
procedure’s locations
At the place of hand wash basin
Warning sign’s locations At the place of hazardous place
Emergency number’s
locations
At every wall of the premises

6. Using the following checklist, liaise with three work colleagues on three different occasions to check their
awareness of their health and safety responsibilities. This can also be an opportunity for you to better
inform them if any gaps have been identified.
The checklist below used contains information from the following assessment template:
https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/ data/assets/pdf_file/0019/142561/FOR843-pdf-of-Health-and-
Safety-Self-Assessment-Checklist-for-Small-Businesses.pdf
Assessment 1
Date of Assessment:
Educator involved in the assessment:
Managing Safety Yes No Comment
Is there a process for consulting employees
about health and safety issues?
Yes, follow some hygiene program
Are you aware of the procedure to report
health and safety issues?
Yes, should follow premises rule
Are you aware of your responsibility to consult
with families regarding their children’s health
requirements
Yes
Are you aware of the medical management
plans?
Yes, follow all instruction given
Are you aware of the children-supervisor ratio? Yes , minimum 1: 4
Are you aware of the policies relating to safety
and hygiene?
Yes
Are there clear instructions (written where
possible) so tasks can be done safely?
Yes
Are you aware of the evacuation procedures? Yes
Are you aware of the safe handling of food and
medicines?
Yes
Are you aware of the location of First Aid Kits? Yes
Are you aware of the location of the emergency
numbers?
Yes

Any areas you feel that you need more guidance?
Answer: should organize more hygiene program
Additional information communicated:
Discuss Supervision arrangements – include comments on what you discussed
Educator’s Signature:
Date:
Assessment 2
Date of Assessment:
Educator involved in the assessment:
Managing Safety Yes No Comment
Is there a process for consulting employees
about health and safety issues?
Yes
Are you aware of the procedure to report
health and safety issues?
Yes
Are you aware of your responsibility to consult
with families regarding their children’s health
requirements
Yes
Are you aware of the medical management
plans?
Yes

Are you aware of the children-supervisor ratio? Yes
Are you aware of the policies relating to safety
and hygiene?
Yes
Are there clear instructions (written where
possible) so tasks can be done safely?
Yes
Are you aware of the evacuation procedures? Yes
Are you aware of the safe handling of food and
medicines?
Yes
Are you aware of the location of First Aid Kits? Yes
Are you aware of the location of the emergency
numbers?
Yes
Any areas you feel that you need more guidance?
should organize more hygiene program
Additional information communicated:
Discuss Supervision arrangements – include comments on what you discussed
Educator’s Signature:
Date:

Assessment 3
Date of Assessment: 5th august 2022
Educator involved in the assessment: 4
Managing Safety Yes No Comment
Is there a process for consulting employees
about health and safety issues?
Yes, they have to follow hygiene principle
Are you aware of the procedure to report
health and safety issues?
Yes, follow all the documents.
Are you aware of your responsibility to consult
with families regarding their children’s health
requirements
Yes, we have to inform family
Are you aware of the medical management
plans?
Yes, follow all the instruction
Are you aware of the children-supervisor ratio? No
Are you aware of the policies relating to safety
and hygiene?
Yes, should maintain hygiene
Are there clear instructions (written where
possible) so tasks can be done safely?
No
Are you aware of the evacuation procedures? Yes, it is the process of emergency
situation
Are you aware of the safe handling of food and
medicines?
Yes, sanitize the hand before touch
Are you aware of the location of First Aid Kits? Yes
Are you aware of the location of the emergency
numbers?
Yes
Any areas you feel that you need more guidance?
Answer: No.

Additional information communicated by me:
Discuss Supervision arrangements – include comments on what you discussed
Educator’s Signature:
Date:
7. Read and summarise the service policy on minimising risk of illness and procedure.
Policy and Procedure Name: follow all the hygiene principle
Summary: wash hand before or after using the medical substances, before or after food preparation and
taking food

7. Complete below tasks.
7a. Hand washing is important to maintain hygiene and prevent infection. Correct hand washing procedures
should be displayed at the relevant areas within the education care and service.
List any five (5) examples of different locations
to display hand washing procedures
1. washroom
2. Near wash basin
3. Near drinking water tap
4. At public place like restaurant
5. At the heath care
List any five (5) examples of when staff and
children should be washing their hands. 1. Before food taking
2. Before touching kids
3. Before preparing food
4. Before using medicine
5. After using the medical substances
Any three (3) ways your service provides
information to families about hygiene practices 1. By the prospectus of hygiene
2. Through some handmade poster
3. By various program on hygiene

7b. Create a sample procedure and schedule on washing children’s toys and equipment using the template
below. You can gather information on this activity from the relevant procedure in the service.
Cleaning Procedure of Toys and Equipment
Links to NQS: https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard
Steps:
 Disinfect cleaning area
 Select all the toys and equipment
 Gather at the cleaning are
 Prepare suitable disinfectant
 Spray the disinfectant on toys and equipment
 Dry the toys and equipment.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE: Week Ending
Monday Cleaning all plastic toys
Tuesday Clean all fabric toys
Wednesday Clean all nonfunctional equipment
Thursday Clean functional equipment
Friday Clean all outdoor playing equipments
7c. Cleaning toys and equipment in important for preventing infections and diseases.
 How does your service source access information on current hygiene practices? Answer in 20 to 30 words.
Answer: by using the disinfectant to clean the toys and other things and also disinfect the playing area.
 Locate and observe a written procedure and/or regular schedule for cleaning toys and equipment and
explain how toys and equipment are cleaned and sterilized within your service? Answer in 60-90
words.
Answer: first of all, the toys and equipment are collected by the carer after then it should be gather at
the cleaning zone. Then select the suitable disinfectant and fill up in the spray machine and spray on
the all of the toys then dry all the toys and equipment.

8. In your area, request for an opportunity to discuss and practice emergency drills with children, families or
other educators who may be present. Reflect on the drill that took place.
Drill date: 5th august 2022
Play/Room area: playground
Educators who participated: 8
Number of Children: 22
Age group: 4-8 years old
Summary: all the teachers should have instructed and trained for the emergency situation and they should provide
some of the instruction for the kids also.
Signature of one of the educators who participated:
Date:

9. Summarise the service policy on who enters and leaves the premises at all times.
Sign in and Sign out Procedure
Summary: everyone should enter the timing and reason of entry in the premises and also enter the exit timing.
10. Undertake an excursion risk management plan using the service template or below Excursion risk
management plan Template.
You need to submit the completed risk management plan with your portfolio.

Excursion risk management plan Template
Excursion details
Date(s) of excursion 5th September Excursion destination United kingdom
Departure and arrival
times
Arrival at 10 a.m. and departure at 12 pm.
Proposed activities  Participate in some live session.
 Photography at the destination
point

Water hazards? Yes No
If yes, detail in risk assessment below.
Student must away of the path. they
should wear sturdy shoes so they
cannot slip into water.
Method of transport,
including proposed route
Bus via highway.
Name of excursion co-
ordinator
Mr. Patrick
Contact number of
excursion co-ordinator
(BH) 6077 8647 (M) 04 0963 7655
Number of children
attending excursion
18 Number of
educators/parents/volunteers
6
Educator to child ratio,
including whether this
excursion warrants a
higher ratio?
Please provide details.
1:3
Excursion checklist
□ First aid kit □ List of adults participating in the excursion
□ List of children attending the excursion □ Contact information for each adult
□ Contact information for each child □ Mobile phone / other means of communicating with the service &
emergency services
□ Medical information for each child □ Other items, please list
Risk assessment
Activity Hazard identified Risk assessment
(use matrix)
Elimination/control
measures
Who When

Plan prepared by
Prepared in consultation with:
Communicated to:
Venue and safety information reviewed and
attached
Yes No
Comment if needed:
Reminder: Monitor the effectiveness of controls and change if necessary. Review the risk assessment if an
incident or significant change occurs.
Risk Matrix
Consequence
Likelihoo
d
Insignificant Minor Moderate Major Catastrophic
Almost
certain
Moderate High High Extreme Extreme
Likely
Moderate Moderate High Extreme Extreme
Possible
Low Moderate High High Extreme
Unlikely
Low Low Moderate High High
Rare
Low Low Low Moderate High

11. Notifiable diseases are any diseases that are required by law to be reported to government authorities.
This information provides authorities with warnings of outbreak of diseases.
List a minimum of 5 Notifiable diseases in the early childhood environment.
 Malaria
 Diarrhea
 HIV
 Tuberculosis
 Pneumonia
12. Submit a completed medication authorisation form or medication record form with your portfolio. Your
supervisor must assess how you promoted and monitored safe administration of medication to any child.

Supervisor Feedback Section
 I can confirm that the student has successfully completed the task/s and a verbal feedback has been
provided to the Student and the Trainer.
Other comments, if any:
Supervisor’s Name: Supervisor’s signature: Date:
Student declaration
 I declare that the answers I have provided are my own work, where I have accessed information
from other sources; I have provided references and or links to my sources.
 I have kept a copy of all relevant notes and reference material that I used as part of my submission.
 I have given references to all sources where the information is not my own. I understand the
consequences of falsifying documentation and plagiarism. I understand how the assessment is
structured. I accept that all work I submit must be verifiable as my own.
 I understand that if I disagree with the assessment, I can appeal the assessment process, and either
re-submit additional evidence undertake gap training and or have my submission re-assessed.
 All appeal options have been explained to me.
 I have received clear instructions about work placement requirements, the evidence collection
processed and the roles of assessor and my supervisor.
By signing below, I hereby acknowledge that I have completely read, fully understand, and agree to the
above information.
Student’s Name: Student’s signature: Date:
Checklist:
CHCECE016 1. Floor plan of services play area
2. Completed Medication authorization forms

Assessment Tasks Outcome Record
CHCECE016 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFETY AND HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN
Assessor Feedback Section:
Result of Assessment
Tasks:
Activity Tasks
□ Satisfactory □ Unsatisfactory
Supervisor Feedback
□ Satisfactory □ Unsatisfactory
Feedback:
Assessor Declaration
I have provided clear instructions to the student and the supervisor regarding the type and the quantity of
evidence to be collected and reported on.
I hold:
 Vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered
 Current relevant industry skills Current knowledge and skills in VET, and undertake
 Ongoing professional development in VET
I declare that I have assessed the student’s submission. The assessment tasks were deemed current, sufficient,
valid and reliable. I declare that I have conducted a fair, valid, reliable, and flexible assessment. I have provided
feedback to the student.
Assessor Name: Assessor signature: Date: