BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace: WHS System for Australian Hardware

This report details the development of a Work Health and Safety (WHS) management system for Australian Hardware, a company with 138 warehouses nationwide targeting home improvers, DIY enthusiasts, and tradespersons. The strategic direction focuses on increasing sales revenue, maintain...Read More

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Australian hardware has had the opportunity to expand nationally at very fast rate and the
evidence can be seen with the 138 warehouses situated at every corner of the country. There
have been many results experienced due to the expansion of Australian hardware but the
negative results have stood up over the rest (Assis, M.C et al. 2017, pp.2445-2460).
The target market for the business consists of three segments which include home
improvers, DYIs and tradespersons. Australian hardware aims to be the leading hardware and
home improvement market in Australia (Bailey et al., 2015, p.26). The strategic direction that
Australian hardware aims to follow consists of increasing sales revenue and gross profit,
maintaining its market share, and maintaining superior product and service quality standards.
The management will be responsible for maintaining a safe environment and providing
adequate resources for employees to meet health and safety management system targets
(Khamphanchai, et al. 2015 pp.1208-1218). The employees will be responsible for taking care of
their own health and safety of their fellow colleagues. The approval authority for purchasing lies
with CEO, CFO and the management board.

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Amended adaptations and amendments
The WHS system features will include a consistent commitment from the top
management which should be made public, a planned approach to health and safety, a range of
programmed activities such as training, and a management review of the system to ensure that
effective implementation and correction of the system (Donato, Lohrasbi, pp. 129, 2017).
A hazardous manual task policy will be included which will focus on tasks that require a
person to lift, pull, lower, or carry and the policy will aim to provide for equipment designed and
maintained well and which will aid in providing safety to employees when manually handling
heavy materials.
Roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
Personal and protective clothing and equipment policy will be included and the top
management will be responsible for the provision of necessary safety equipment for the
employees. The employees will be accountable for the safety equipment that will be handed to
them.
Human resources that will be required will include supervisors who will ensure that the
proposed policies and procedures are implemented and that the employees are following safety
guidelines as they carry out their jobs. Financial resource will be the cost for hiring a room upon
which employees will be trained (Yu, Johnstone, Cook, pp.425, 2018)

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National WHS policy
The purpose of the new national policy will be to ensure that work is carried out safely in
accordance with the legal obligations of Australia in order for a safe workplace to be realized.
Australian hardware will be responsible for the safety of all the employees across its stores
through the various managers of the stores.
The scope of the policy will cover all the employees and contractors who are situated in
every Australian hardware store across the country.
The responsibility of ensuring he policy is implemented will rest with all the employees
and Australian hardware management across the nationwide stores. Management will be
responsible for providing training to all its employees and providing adequate equipment to
ensure safety of all employees. Individual employees will be responsible for wearing the
equipment provided and undergoing training on safety (Francis, Procter, Robinson, pp.42, 2017).
Relevant legislation will include Work Health and Safety Act 2011, the Work Health and
Safety Regulation 2017(NSW) and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011(QLD).

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Report on the proposed WHSMS
The newly proposed WHS system consists of features which include a planned approach
to health and safety public, consistent commitment from the top management, and a management
review of the system to ensure that effective implementation and correction of the system. A
hazardous manual task policy will be included and the its scope will be on tasks that require a
person to lift, pull, lower, or carry and the policy will aim to provide for equipment designed and
maintained well (Man, Hsia, Chan, et al. pp, 1168, 2017).
The newly set out WHSMS will be able to meet legislative requirements by adhering to
the provisions of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, the Work Health and Safety Regulation
2017(NSW) and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011(QLD). Duty holders under the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 will be
responsible for ensuring health and safety to manage potential risks by eliminating health and
safety risks as reasonably as possible.
The proposed WHSMS system will enable Australian hardware to ensure that their
workers remain safe as they work in their various jobs within the organization. Australian
hardware wants to keep all their workers safe and due to the nature of the material that is handled
and the need for the materials to remain in good condition while being handled the new system
will enable the workers to handle the good using equipment that will be purchased when the
system is fully implemented (Mutalib, McLeod, Moss, pp.713, 2017).

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Proposed WHS Budget
2 safety manager salary 200,000
4 safety technicians’ salary 400,000
200 Safety harness 100,000
Safety equipment 200,000
3000 pairs safety glasses 100,000

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References
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indicators to assess the solid waste management of health services. Anais da Academia Brasileira
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Bailey, T.J., Woolley, J.E. and Raftery, S.J., 2015. Does road safety have any lessons for
workplace health and safety?. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 26(2), p.26.
Donato, F. and Lohrasbi, A., 2017. When theory and practice clash: participatory governance
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Francis, G.E., Procter, T.A. and Robinson, R.M., 2017. How safe is safe enough?: Effective
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Yu, O., Johnstone, K. and Cook, M., 2018, August. Usability Evaluation of an Online Workplace
Health and Safety Return on Investment Calculator. In Congress of the International Ergonomics
Association (pp. 425-437). Springer, Cham.