BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety Assessment

This document presents a comprehensive WHS assessment for ABC Steel Engineering, a steel fabricating company. The assessment covers various aspects of workplace health and safety, including WHS legislation, incident reporting, risk management, and the establishment of a WHS management system. The scenario involves a company with existing WHS challenges, such as a lack of understanding of WHS legislation, inadequate integration of WHS policies, and insufficient incident recording. The assessment tasks require the student, acting as a WHS assistant, to address these issues by evaluating hazardous conditions, investigating incidents, developing action plans, and providing recommendations to improve the company's health and safety obligations. The document includes an organizational chart and details the company's processes, equipment, and workforce, including new immigrant workers and the need for mentorship programs. The assessment emphasizes the importance of understanding WHS Act, worker safety, and the role of PCBUs. The student must demonstrate competency in explaining, describing, and articulating their responses, providing comprehensive answers rather than dot-pointed lists.

BSB41419
Assessments
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INDEX
(Please note the assessments are hyperlinked to the relevant page in this Word document. Right
click on the assessment number and then select ‘0pen Hyperlink’ and this will take you to the
relevant page in the document (or just above it). Some PCs give you a short cut - click on the
assessment number and press control and click again and this will open to the relevant page)
Assessment 1 WHS Legislation/Statistics
Assessment 2 Document Writing/OHSMS
Assessment 3 Consultation/Training
Assessment 4 Risk Management/Chemicals/Health
Assessment 5Responding to Incidents/Review
GENERAL ITEMS
WHS
Please note that assessment tasks reference WHS (Work Health and Safety). At writing, WA still uses OSH and
Victoria uses OHS. It is expected that students refer to their states related laws when answering questions.
Workers/Employees
Please note that under the WHS Act 2011, an employee is known as a 'worker'.
Employers/PCBUs
Please note that under the WHS Act 2011, an employer is known as a Person Conducting a Business or
Undertaking ('PCBU').
Level of Performance Expected in Assessment Tasks
This is a Cert IV course and the standard of performance expected is high. We expect that you are able to
explain, describe and articulate your response to each assessment task using three to four sentences
maximum. We do not accept dot pointed answers unless the question asks you to “list”.
You will not qualify for your Certificate IV WHS until all assessment tasks are completed and you have been
deemed competent in all of them.
Self-Paced Training Days
If you feel that after the 5 days of face-to-face training that you would benefit from additional training days,
offers ‘Self-Paced Training Days’ days throughout the year. No appointment is necessary, and these days run
according to the schedule that can be seen in your Student Portal. These days are designed for you to master
your learning in any area that you feel you need more training in. These self-paced training days will give you
an opportunity to work one-on-one with a WHS trainer and assessor and to come together from WHS students
from other cohorts. Assessment questions can also be clarified in these days.
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Due Date
Due date is from the first day of the face to face component of your WHS course with .You will not qualify for
your Certificate IV WHS until all assessment tasks are completed and you have been deemed competent in all
of them. Please note that your enrolment with will cease after 12 months and any assessments that agrees to
process due to special needs beyond this date will incur an enrolment fee of $400.
Assessment tasks are submitted in one file to
Please do not submit your file unless every assessment activity is complete.
MARKING OF ASSESSMENTS
Requirements for Competency
Assessment tasks will be marked by a qualified assessor. We will endeavour to mark your assessment within 10
business days of submission.To be deemed competent, you will need to have provided evidence that shows
competency against all the performance criteria.
Assessment Outcomes
Once marked, will send you a checklist where you will see your assessor’s assessment decision of S
(Satisfactory) or NYS (Not Yet Satisfactory) marked against each part of your assessment tasks. If you are
deemed NYS in any part of the assessment tasks, then the outcome on your checklist will be ‘further evidence
required’ and you will be advised what evidence remains to be submitted. You will be given an opportunity to
resubmit your answer for reassessment. You will be issued with your Certificate IV in WHS only after all
assessment tasks are deemed S (satisfactory).
Resubmissions
You may be required to re-submit assessment tasks and will be notified in writing via email if this is the case.
You will have 2 weeks to then resubmit any assessment tasks initially deemed NYS. After the initial assessment,
will allow a further two resubmissions before a $199 fee will be charged each time a student wishes to be
given a further chance to resubmit their work.
Candidates who submit assessment tasks after this period will be deemed not competent unless there is a
special need that are made aware of during this period.
Literacy and numeracy
Candidates will need to have sufficient numeracy and literacy skills to read and comprehend instruction for
referencing legislation, preparing reports, completing assessments and searching the internet.
Please discuss any language, literacy or numeracy issues with us prior to attending. This will enable the
instructor to organise appropriate support facilities, for example we can arrange to conduct assessments orally
rather than in the written form, or extra tuition, as appropriate.
Health Issues
Please discuss any health issues which may affect your training and assessment with the instructor prior to
attending.
Access and Equity
We do not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, colour, sex, or religion. All students are
treated equally. Our instructors will assist and support students where appropriate, especially those students
with language, literacy or physical disabilities; as long as the nature of the disability does not preclude them
from completing the training and assessment. We do not tolerate discriminatory behaviour from students in
any of our classes.
Complaints and Appeals procedure
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undertakes to deal with complaints and appeals promptly. There are a number of stages involved in resolving
complaints and appeals these are outlined in the Student Handbook.
Feedback
Written feedback will be provided as assessment tasks are returned to you after marking.
Your trainer is always available to provide verbal feedback during class time.
You will be asked to fill in a feedback form at the end of the course. We encourage constructive and honest
feedback. Names are not required to be put on feedback forms. warrants that the content of feedback forms
will have absolutely no bearing on the marking of your assessment.
Plagiarism
Please do not copy and paste from the internet on short answer questions as we have software to detect
plagiarism. We are interested in answers that are in your own words. Please also ensure that your answers are
comprehensive. Remember that this is a Cert IV course and one-word answers will not be accepted.
Continuous Improvement
Towards the end of the course, each participant will be asked to complete an evaluation/feedback form that
looks at their level of satisfaction and ways of improving our service. Please take some time to complete this
form accurately so that we can improve our training for future participants.
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Candidate Declaration
I declare that I have personally completed all activities as outlined in this assessment document.
The only variation to this will be if my facilitator or the RTO has given permission or direction to do
so.
I understand that competency for this Course will not be given if I do not meet the assessment
evidence and activity requirements or if it is discovered that I have not undertaken all expected
tasks.
I understand that reserves the right to immediately withdraw a qualification if it is found that I
provided false or misleading evidence, which includes any declaration, resource or tool I have
submitted as being authored by me.
I further note this includes any statement, whether written or spoken, by any witness or other third
party that I have used to provide testimony, or any other evidence which serves to allow Assessors
to make an Assessment decision.
I understand may, at its own discretion and without notice, contact any third party I have used to
provide testimony or any other evidence to Assessors. If forms a reasonable doubt as to the
authenticity of such evidence, then it shall withdraw any issued qualification without notice.
I also declare that I have read and understand the requirements within the “General Items” listed
above:
Full Name
USI Number
UBLA3XFNK7
You will use this scenario for your
assessments
ABC Steel Engineering is a steel fabricating company located on the edge of the city. They
specialise in fabrication of steel products for the agricultural, construction and mining sectors
as well as for the housing industry. They also make made-to-order pieces of equipment and
machinery. They operate from a very large purpose-built facility with three factory workshops
and employ about 100 workers.
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ABC processes include:
 Design
 Plate rolling & machining
 Hole punching, cropping & drilling
 Sheet and Plate cutting
(laser, plasma, oxy-acetylene,
bandsaw, guillotine)
 Welding
 Structural fabrication
 Industrial metalwork
 Stainless steelwork
 Light fabrication
 Industrial corrosion prevention (abrasive blast
cleaning and priming)
 Finishing services (galvanising, electroplating,
powder coating &architectural paint finishes)
They work with all forms of metal products including beams, columns & lintels, angles,
squares & rounds, pipes, SHS (square hollow sections) & RHS (rectangular hollow sections),
flat bars & plates, grating & mesh produced from mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminium
and are adept at producing high quality products including large projects (such as, hoppers
and silos, gantries, platforms, structural steel) or smaller projects (such as, security grills,
handrails, brackets, ladders and gates).
The majority of plant and equipment in use at ABC Steel engineering is adequate although
some pieces are in need of maintenance. Examples of plant and equipment in use included:
 Overhead gantry crane with 50 tonne
lifting capacity
 Guillotine, punches, profile cutters,
milling machines
 Folder
 250 tonne press brake
 Forklifts
 Heavy duty rollers
 Oxy acetylene cutting equipment
 Grinders, welding equipment
 All other equipment needed for steel
fabrication
At times the company travels to off-site projects and take their own equipment with them
which can include:
 Container for storage
 Mobile workshop
 Elevated work platform (EWP)
 Lifting equipment and rigging
equipment
 Scaffolding
 Forklift
 Mobile pick and carry crane 11 tonne
ABC Steel has been in business for seven years and in that time, they have seen their
company grow both professionally and financially. They have a good rapport with most
workers and a lot of them are long standing employees. They have just taken on 10
immigrant workers who are new to the country. These workers tend to stick to themselves
and do not speak much English although their job skills are good, and they are quick to learn
by watching others.
One area of the business that needs attention is work health and safety. ABC Steel has had
their share of incidents both minor and serious over the years and given the nature and
hazards associated with the work it is surprising that injury rates have not been higher. They
have a WHS Manual within their document system, but it is not being utilised at this point.
You have been employed as a WHS assistant to help assist with the establishment of a WHS
management system for the company and to evaluate the overall needs in relation to
workplace health and safety.
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At this point in time there is a lack of understanding of WHS legislation. A WHS policy is in
place but has not been integrated into work practices, workplace safe operational
procedures are few and far between and injuries and incidents are only recorded if a
compensation claim is made. There are no regular WHS meetings, no elected HSRs and no
established WHS committee. The Human Resources Manager, Michelle Baxter, has designed
a mentorship program around WHS and Factory 2 Supervisor Norm Smith is a certified WHS
trainer and assessor but neither of these functions are being utilised.
As well as helping to rectify the problems outlined above, you will also be required to; assist
with effective WHS organisation of contractors; collect and evaluate workplace hazardous
conditions; investigate incidents and file reports on any serious injuries that may occur as
well as develop a workplace safety alert.
As WHS assistant, your duties also include help with producing comprehensive action plans,
reports that outline major areas of concerns as well as your recommendations to help get
ABC Steel back on track with its health and safety obligations.
On the following page is an organisational chart of ABC Steel’s major stakeholders with
position titles.
NOTE: Your assessment questions MUST reference your State’s specific Health and Safety
legislation and your job role focus is at the level of a health and safety assistant.
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ABC STEEL ORGANISATIONAL CHART
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Assessment 1 – WHS Legislation/Statistics
Units covered in this assessment activity
This is an integrated assessment that covers these units;
5 Core units
BSBWHS412 Assist with workplace compliance with WHS laws
BSBWHS413 Contribute to implementation and maintenance of WHS consultation and
participation processes
BSBWHS414 Contribute to WHS risk management
BSBWHS415 Contribute to implementing WHS management systems
BSBWHS416 Contribute to workplace incident response
5 Elective units
BSBWHS431 Develop processes and procedures for controlling hazardous chemicals in the
workplace
BSBRES411 Analyse and present research information
BSBWRT401 Write complex documents
BSBWHS401 Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet
legislative requirements
BSBWHS515 Lead initial response to and investigate WHS incidents.
Reading
Course E – Book
Chapter 1 Work Health and Safety LegislationPages 3 -53
and
Student workbook pages 7 to16
Instructions to candidates
Assessment 1 is in two parts and contains 17 questions. Part 1 Legislation which includes
written questions and a toolbox meeting role play and Part 2 Statistics which includes
mathematical analysis of workplace WHS data surrounding injuries and
This assessment is about workplace health and safety compliance and deals with
government legislation as well as the interpretation of WHS statistics.
This assessment questions involvesthe main scenario - ABC SteelFabricators(on page 6-
8)
N.B. Your answers should be at least a paragraph long to show that you have adequately
considered these questions. Answers that are only a sentence long are not acceptable.
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Assessment 1 Part 1 WHS Legislation
Scenario – Additional information
Contractor services have been engaged by ABC Steel to carry out general metal work duties as work has
been very busy and the company are understaffed. The contractors are all South Korean nationals who are
fast at their work but have little to no English language skills. They have had a 15-minute induction session
that was delivered in English but none of the workers has signed off to state they understood what was
discussed. It is worth noting that the company does not carry out regular meetings for WSH and there are
no elected HSRs or established WHS committee.
On 12th July 2019 one contractor, Kim Lee, was working alone, moving, cutting and welding a manhole
cover inside a silo (confined space). After finishing the weld Kim Lee applies a chemical to clean the piece of
metal. He was not wearing safety goggles, a face mask, gloves or hearing protection. The area was quite
dark and noisy and at times temperatures can get above 45 degrees Celsius. He was also working un
supervised as it was lunch time and the supervisor was having lunch while the worker “worked through” to
make up time on the job task.
While carrying out the finishing task, the chemical fumes have built up in the area and the contractor has
collapsed due to toxic fumes. One of the other Korean workers (Jin) who heard the collapse, runs to the
scene to help but he has not been trained in first aid. It is relayed through Jin that Kim needs medical help
and an ambulance is called.
After Kim has been taken to the hospital a workplace meeting is called by the factory manager to find out
what has happened. It is decided that a factory inspection should be carried out to note any other areas
where unsafe situations may be occurring.
Head management has asked that the factory managers sit in at a board room meeting to discuss what the
company’s health and safety legal requirements are and to consider implementing a companywide health
and safety management system to help make sure these types of injuries do not occur again in the future.
Factory 1 manger has also been informed that this incident will need to be investigated to find out areas of
non-compliance and where controls have broken down. You will be on the team as the WHS assistant.
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1.1 Initial Review – With reference to the scenario on pages 6 to 8 complete the initial review checklist that ABC Steel management can use to identify areas for
improvement.
OHSMS COMPONENTS OHSMS STEPS YES NO UNSURE
1. Context of the Organization Is there a WHSMS in place? X
Does ABC Steel understand its workers OHS needs? X
Does ABC Steel understand the legislative requirements? X
2. Leadership Does upper management show a commitment to OHS? X
Have adequate budgets and resources been identified for OHS initiatives? X
Have OHS roles and responsibilities been described for all workers? X
Does ABC Steel encourage an OHS culture? X
Does ABC Steel support open consultation towards OHS? X
Is there an OHS policy? X
3. Planning Does ABC Steel plan for OHS activities? X
Does ABC Steel plan to identify and assess Hazards? X
Is there an OHS action plan in place? X
Have objectives/benchmarks been set for OHS actions? X
4. Support Are workers competent/trained for OHS requirements? X
Is everyone aware of the OHS requirements of the organisation? X
Does ABC Steel communicate its OHS responsibilities to all? X
Are documents controlled correctly? X
5. Operation Are the hierarchy of controls being used? X
Have change management steps been considered? X
Are products used by ABC Steel meeting Australian Standards? X
Have OHS requirements for contractors being met? X
Do ABC Steels outsourcing activities meet OHS requirements? X
Is ABC Steel prepared for emergency situations? X
6. Performance Evaluation Is there health monitoring of workers? X
Is there monitoring and testing of the work environment? X
Does ABC Steel carry out audits? X
Does upper management review audit outcomes? X
7.Improvement Are there corrective plans in place for non-conformances? X
Does ABC Steel use a continuous improvement process for ABC Steel? X
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1.2 Research Activity - As part of a compliance audit, management at ABC Steel has asked you to help
them locate relevant legislation and documents that surrounds the work environmentin regard to
this incident. List the full names of thedocument, a web address where they can be downloaded and
a purchase address where a hard copy can be bought.
TYPE OF
DOCUM
ENT
NAME OF
DOCUME
NT
WEB ADDRESS/PURCHASE ADDRESS
Work
Health
and
Safety
Act
Work
Health
and
Safety Act
2011
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2011/10
Other
Acts
Work
Compens
ation Act
1987
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/1987/70
Work
Health
and
Safety
Regulati
on
WHS
Regulatio
ns 2017
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2017/404/full
Other
Regulati
ons
Work
Compens
ation
2016
https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2016/559/id145
Standar
d x3
Occupatio
nal
Health
and
Safety
2016
https://www.standards.org.au/standards-catalogue/sa-snz/publicsafety/sf-001/as-
slash-nzs--4804-2001
Risk
Managem
ent
https://www.standards.org.au/standards-catalogue/sa-snz/publicsafety/ob-007/as-
slash-nzs--iso--31000-2009
Planning
for
emergenc
ies in
https://www.standards.org.au/standards-catalogue/sa-snz/publicsafety/fp-017/as--
3745-2010
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