Implement & monitor WHS policies, procedures & programs to meet legislative requirement
PART C – Project: Implementing and monitoring WHS requirements at work
1. Analyse your organisation’s current WHS policy, risk management policy and risk management procedures. Outline whether they meet the requirements under your state’s WHS legislation and make recommendations for improvements to meet the legislative requirements for the organisation.
2. Imagine that an investigation of past WHS incidents in your organisation has revealed that workers are rarely consulted on matters such as hazard identification, hazard assessment and development of risk controls. There is also a problem with dissemination of WHS information, where people such as work experience students do not have access to all of the safety notices placed on the intranet. Prepare a brief report for work teams that outlines these shortcomings in the framework of the responsibilities of workers and PCBUs. Practical recommendations for improvement that meet legislative requirements need to be included in the report.
3. Complete a hazard analysis for a workplace location in your organisation. Record your results on a WHS hazard identification form.
4. Complete a risk assessment and recommend appropriate controls for each of the hazards identified at the workplace location. Use a risk management plan template from your organisation.
5. Based on the results of your hazard analysis and risk assessment for the workplace location, research appropriate training programs and WHS information that would assist workers in eliminating or reducing the identified risks. Document the WHS training you would recommend, its cost and other relevant details. Similarly, document the WHS information you would disseminate to the workers and include attachments as required.
6. Imagine that your organisation provides opportunities for student workplace experience. Using a report template, prepare a coaching and mentoring strategy that would ensure work experience students are using correct techniques and following WHS procedures.
7. Prepare a short presentation to communicate the results of your hazard analysis and risk assessment, your proposed training plan and your proposed coaching and mentoring plan to work teams.
8. Imagine that, while you are visiting an office in your workplace, you witness an incident where Mary Smith trips over a box of documents that was sitting next to a filing cabinet. At the time, Mary was checking her phone and did not see the box, which was sitting well out of the normal traffic zone in the office. Mary sprained her ankle and bumped her head, and was treated by the first-aid officer, who banged her ankle. She was taken to the emergency department of the local hospital and was given two days off work to allow her leg to recover.
