Health and Safety Policy Evaluation and Witness Statement Analysis

This assignment presents a witness statement used to evaluate a learner's understanding and application of health and safety policies within a workplace context. The statement, completed by a workplace supervisor, assesses the learner's evaluative account of a chosen health and safety policy, referencing relevant legislation like the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992, and Food Safety Act 1990. The witness provides insights into how the learner's activity meets the assessment and grading criteria, focusing on the effectiveness of policies in improving health and social care. The statement includes details such as the learner's name, qualification, unit details, company information, and the witness's job role, all of which contribute to the validity and authenticity of the assessment. This document emphasizes the importance of witness testimonies as a vital part of the evidence for a unit, ensuring the learner's performance aligns with the required standards. It also highlights the roles of both the learner and the assessor in reviewing the statement to enhance confidence in the evidence presented.

Witness statement
A witness statement is used to provide a written record of learner performance
(process evidence) against grading criteria. Someone other than the assessor of
the qualification/unit may complete it. This may be an assessor of a different
qualification or unit, a work placement supervisor, a technician, learning
resources manager or anyone else who has witnessed the performance of the
learner against given grading criteria. It can be someone who does not have
direct knowledge of the qualification, unit or evidence requirements as a whole
but who is able to make a professional judgement about the performance of the
learner in the given situation.
The quality of witness statement is greatly improved and enables the assessor to
judge the standard and validity of performance against the grading criteria if:
 the witness is provided with clear guidance on the desirable characteristics
required for successful performance
 the evidence requirements are present on the witness testimony but this
may need further amplification for a non-assessor
 the learner or witness also provides a statement of the context within
which the evidence is set.
The witness statement does not confer an assessment decision. The assessor
must:
 consider all the information in the witness statement
 note the relevant professional skills of the witness to make a judgement of
performance
 review supporting evidence when making an assessment decision
 review the statement with the learner to enable a greater degree of
confidence in the evidence
 be convinced that the evidence presented by the witness statement is
valid, sufficient and authentic
When a number of witnesses are providing testimonies:
 it may be helpful to collect specimen signatures
 all witness testimonies should be signed and dated by the witness
 information of their job role/relationship with the learner should also be
available.
These details add to the validity and authenticity of the testimony and the
statements made in it. Centres should note that witness testimonies can form a
vital part of the evidence for a unit(s) but they should not form the main or
majority assessment of the unit(s).

WITNESS STATEMENT
Learner name:
Qualification:
Unit number &
title:
Company name:
Manager
/Supervisor
name
Learner Job role:
Health and
Safety Policy
evaluated
Description of activity undertaken and Evaluation of one Health and safety
policy used at work
Health and policies that are under taken at the work are following:
 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
 Management of health and safety at work regulations 1992
 Health and Safety Regulations 1981
 Food Safety Act 1990
 Review of Systems


Assessment & grading criteria (for which the activity provides evidence)
The learner’s evaluative account of one aspect of health and safety in the
workplace must be validated. This could be in the form of a witness statement
from a workplace supervisor, or an observation record from their assessor.
How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading
criteria, including how and where the activity took place
Manger please makes a brief comment on your thoughts on the evaluation of
the health care policy chosen.
All these policies that are chosen affectively assist in improving the health and social care
of people. For example the food safety act 1990 are making a rule that each and every
organisation will provide fresh and nutrients based products.
Witness name: Job role:
Witness
signature: Date:
Learner name:
Learner
signature: Date:
Assessor name:
Assessor
signature: Date: