Work Health and Safety Project: BSB51918 Diploma, Term 2, 2019

This project presents a comprehensive approach to Work Health and Safety (WHS) management, encompassing policy adaptation, stakeholder communication, and risk mitigation strategies. The assignment details the development of WHS policies, including the identification of duty holders and their responsibilities, and the allocation of financial and human resources. It explores participation arrangements through safety committees, procedures for hazard identification, and risk control implementation. Furthermore, the project covers the development of WHS induction and training programs, recordkeeping systems, and continuous improvement plans to ensure compliance with WHS legislative frameworks. The project includes specific examples like induction email templates and consultation meeting minutes, demonstrating practical application of WHS principles within an organizational context. The project aims to create a healthy and safe working environment.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................4
Locate and adapt WHS policies and communicate WHS policies to stakeholders...................4
Identify duty holders and define WHS responsibilities for all...................................................5
Identify and approve financial and human resources required by WHSMS..............................6
Task 2.........................................................................................................................................7
Work with others (e.g. safety committee members) to setup and maintain participation
arrangements..............................................................................................................................7
Resolve WHS issues raised through consultation based on WHS legislation...........................9
Disseminate information on consultation outcomes to all workers.........................................11
Task 3.......................................................................................................................................12
Develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification, assessment and control of risks........12
Inclusion of hazard identification in a "workplace change plan".............................................13
Develop and maintain procedures for implementing risk controls..........................................15
Identify inadequacies in risk controls and provide resources for new measures.....................16
Identify requirements for expert WHS advice and request for expert advice..........................17
Task 4.......................................................................................................................................18
Develop a WHS induction and training program for all workers............................................18
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Provide a WHS induction and training for all workers............................................................19
Develop, use and maintain a system for WHS recordkeeping and incident reporting............20
Evaluate the WHSMS to align with organisational WHS objectives......................................21
Develop a continuous improvement plan for the implemented WHSMS................................22
Ensure compliance with the WHS legislative framework to meet WHS legal requirements.. 23
Conclusion................................................................................................................................24
References................................................................................................................................25
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Introduction
Healthy and safe working environmentarenecessaryfor an organisation for having effective
production in the organisation. This is to enhance productivity at the workplace and to
improve the retention of the employees. The report focuses on the requirement of a healthy
and safe working environment that ensures the employees to work with an interest in the
company. The risk management plan will also be made so that it would help in meeting with
the risks and hazards and for making up a healthy and safe environment.
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Task 1
Locate and adapt WHS policies and communicate WHS policies to stakeholders.
BRIEF FROM YOUR ORGANISATION'S WHS POLICIES
A number of policies and regulations are required to be made in the company for creating and
building a safe environment for meeting with the needs of the organisation. The main policy
that needs to be adopted in the organisation is to provide a safe working environment for the
improvement in the health of the employees. This includes variables that are undertaken in
the WHS is resolving the issues that arise in the organisation due to a healthy and safe
workplace. The monitoring of employees for providing care services to the patients, this
ensures the safe workplace for the employees to work in the workplace. The conduction of
training and induction programs is the major part of the workplace as this makes the
individual know the work they need to perform for fulfilling the needs (Bromiley, McShane,
Nair & Rustambekov, 2015).
The organisation considers equality to all the employees so that they can work with
enthusiasm in the workplace and talent is given priority. The safety car system adopted in
Coles is to make the employees manage the risks and hazards that arise in the organisation.
Information of every team members is kept in the organisation so that adequate health
services could be made to them. The objectives and targets are communicated directly to the
employees to manage the performance by improving safety and injury management. The
information of all the employees is kept confidential so that it would not harm them in the
future. The information is kept with the organisation so that the employees would not be
made of allowed to do the work that is not as per the health status. Coles ensures the health of
the patients to be more prior than the profits as he considers his team to work for the goals
that it needs to meet in the organisation. The policies are to be made with the consideration of
the requirement of employees so that they can meet with the need of employees by providing
them with a healthy and safe environment (Larson &Gray, 2017).
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WH&S Induction Email Template
<Coles >
<2 April 2-19>
Subject:
To: Stakeholders
Dear New Students and Agents,
<ABC >
<Manager >
Identify duty holders and define WHS responsibilities for all
Several members in the organisation is provided with authority and responsibilities for meeting with
the needs of the company and giving the best workplace to work. Managers and leaders are
responsible for managing the services, health, and care of the employees in the organisation.
Staff Position WHS Duties and Responsibilities
DHS contractor
DHS contractor also ensures the organisation to make his
employees work with more care and supervision. The employees
are to be provided with proper training and induction programs for
using the tools and storing them at the proper place.
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leaders
The leaders influence and lead the employees to work for the
management of the organisation as well as to stay away from risks
and hazards that arise to them.
Managers
Managers monitor the conditions of the workplace and the health
of the employees so that they would suffer from any hazard of
illness. This is to make the adoption of measures that help in
mitigating the risk that would take place in the future.
Employer
The employer needs to avail the first aid and medical services to
the employees so that instant treatment could be given to them in
case of any mishappening that takes place. The legislative policies
are also required to be made so that it could meet with the
obligation of government for supervising the employees for having
safe and healthy working conditions in the workplace (Befekadu,
Gupta & Antsaklis, 2015)
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Identify and approve financial and human resources required by WHSMS
WHSMS RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS REPORT AND APPROVAL
Resource Type
(financial, human,
physical)
Quantity / No. of People Approximate cost
required
Human resource 50
To make the working of the
organisation to be done
effectively. This is to allocate
work to all the employees are per
their skills and needs.
Financial resource 10
These are required for managing
the financial resources in the
organisation so that it could be
used in an optimal manner
(Sadgrove, 2016).
Physical 20
For the handling of tools and
maintain the cleanliness in the
organisation. This also ensures the
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safety from risks and hazards in
the organisation.
Approved by:
Name: Signature:
Position: Date:
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Task 2
Work with others (e.g., safety committee members) to setup and maintain participation
arrangements
WHS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION
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Identify your workplace Health and Safety Committee meetings (meeting must be held
once every three months) and other requirements. Include all the legal requirements for
your safety committee.
The health and safety meeting is required to be conducted in the organisation so that it could
help in assessing the requirements in the organisation as well as the needs of the employees.
This will make the managers take a relevant decision for solving the queries of the company
and making the employees work in a healthy and safe environment. The committee meeting
and its members need to evaluate the needs of the workplace and the employees due to which
they suffer from problems and issues. The risks control measures need to be taken care of in
the Coles. The committee members are required to know about the legal compliance of
Australia so that practices could be adopted effectively. The meeting is conducted for having
effective communication which makes the workers express their grievances through their
employer (Morden, 2016).
List the members of your safety committee at your work area (You may include the
positions instead of names)
The members that are required in the safety committee are employer, manager, leaders,
suppliers, stakeholders, and safety commission head.
Mention the functions of your safety committee
The functions of a safety committee are to provide quality services and safe workplace to the
employees, customers and subordinated in the organisation. They make their employees share
their view and problems with the committee so that adequate actions could be taken up for
solving them. The main motive of the safety committee is to bring all the employees and
employers together so that they can promote a healthy and safe working environment for the
workers in the organisation. The issues regarding the safety and the hurdles that arise in
providing safety are to be discussed in the meeting. They deal with the number of solutions
that take place in the meeting for resolving the issues are taken into consideration.
Using your safety committee members (in this simulated environment your trainer and your
classmates), develop/revise at least two standards, rules and procedures relating to work,
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health and safety in your work area.
 Proper training and education need to be given to the employees so that they can make
every activity to be done as per the instructions are given by the management. This will
help in making and developing a safe working environment that is helpful for the
organisation and the workers. The employees need to be provided with training for
handling the tools so that any risks would not take place to them.
 Proper cleanliness and storage of space need to be maintained. This ensures the flow of air
in an effective manner. This also makes the employees move from one place to another
easily. The cleanliness makes the organisation have a healthy environment as this does not
make the spreading of disease and makes the employees stay away from all the problems
and diseases.Proper communication is also required to be made so that they can handle the
problems of employees and their grievances in an adequate manner (Haimes, 2015).
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