ASSESSMENT - PROJECT
Project - Written report and oral presentation
To complete this Project, you must select a workplace scenario provided to you by Rhodes College or use your own workplace as agreed by your trainer/assessor.
You can work in Groups of 3 to 5 to complete this Project.
You may base your submission on either one of:
- specific procedures of the organisation in which you currently work if information is available and you have the agreement of your employer and your trainer/assessor, and/or
- Rhodes College OHS Policies and Procedures Practice Manual - available in the Institute's Student Resource Folder
- You must complete the full project and provide enough information to demonstrate sufficient understanding of what has been asked to achieve competency.
- Ask your trainer/assessor if you do not understand the project, he/she may be able to re-word the requirements for you or provide further assistance based on the Institute's "Reasonable Adjustment Policy".
- Answers should be your own work, in your own words and not plagiarised, nor copied. However, if an answer is cut & pasted (such as a definition), then the source should be referenced.
Workplace A- Construction Company, Building Blocks Pty Ltd
Building Blocks Pty Ltd is a small-medium sized construction company that specialises in the construction and renovation of primary and secondary schools. It has been in operation for 8 years.
The company is comprised of the company Director (who is the owner of the business), 2 project managers, 4 site supervisors and 15 full-time construction employees. It also engages several building contractors, such as plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, plasterers etc. Four of the employees and many of the contractors are from non-English speaking backgrounds.
A few months ago, one of the employees was assisting the bricklayer with the cleaning of bricks and received a splash of diluted hydrochloric acid in the eye. The worker was treated for his injury in hospital. There was no Safety Data sheet on site to provide immediate first aid advice. The Company did not notify the WHS/OHS regulator as required.
The Company received a visit from the health and safety Inspector because one of the workers made a complaint about the lack of health and safety information and not reporting the incident to the regulator.
The inspector issued several notices regarding a range of noncompliance at the site, including failure to have readily accessible information and no system for notifying incidents.
The Company Director reflected that there were other incidents in the past few years (some which resulted in workers being off work for a few weeks) and numerous near misses.
Shortly after the inspector's visit, the Director engaged a full-time Health and Safety Manager to ensure that the company complies with their health and safety duties, including having ready access to all necessary health and safety information.
Questions
1. Identify information and data that a medium sized hospital will to keep and maintain in relation to hazardous manual handling and needle stick injuries.
2. Select an Australian state or territory. List the relevant WHS/OHS Acts, regulations industrial codes of practice, standards, guidance material and links to other relevant legislation, relations, equal employment opportunity, workers' compensation and rehabilitation as it relates to a workplace in the health sector, construction industry, transport OR manufacturing.
3. What are the due diligence obligations as referred to in WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice?
4. For the sector/industry you selected in Question 2, list 5 internal and 5 external sources of WHS information and data, and how to access them.
5. For the workplace you selected in the Project, identify key personnel, including change agents, within workplace management structure.
6. For the workplace you selected in the Project, summarise the language, literacy and cultural profile of the work team.
7. List the legislative requirements for WHS information and data, and consultation for the sector/industry you selected in Question 2.
8. Select two methods for collecting reliable information and data to report on workplace performance. List five commonly encountered problems in the collection of data. Identify strategies for overcoming these problems.
9. What information can be provided to a WHS/OHS Inspector to demonstrate that the workplace is complying with hazardous substances requirements? List 5 examples.
10. What is the acronym used to describe the nature of information and data that provide valid and reliable measures of performance of WHS management processes? Describe what each letter stands for.
11. Identify which elements of the Rhodes College Policies and Procedures Practice Manual v1.0 requires the storing of information. List 5 elements.
12. What are the key requirements for record keeping that address WHS, privacy and other relevant legislation?
13. For the sector/industry you selected in Question 2, list the requirements for reporting under the WHS/OHS and other relevant legislation, including obligations for notification and reporting of incidents.
14. For the state or territory you selected in Question 2, outline the roles and responsibilities of individuals and parties under WHS/OHS legislation. Should include at least Employer/PCBU, HSRs and HSCs.
15. Identify 4 systems commonly used (or are available) for storage and retrieval of information and data.
16. To achieve the highest levels of OHS performance, you have a duty to systematically eliminate or/and reduce risk and identify records and information that may be relevant.
Using the AS4804 Occupational health and safety management systems OR guidance material from Worksafe or Safe Work Australia and complete the following:
a) Provide one example of best practice in injury and rehabilitation management.
b) Name the AS/NZ standard that enables external independent audits, reviews and a framework for audit of OHSMS; and the framework for the internal review.
c) List six common methods of an OHSMS "initial review".Ensure WHSIS capability when implementing OHS policy, objectives and targets. This includes involving the people, focusing and aligning organisational systems, developing strategies, providing and communicating the availability of resources and structure.
a)' Organisations must ensure availability of resources. List three relevant resources for the following three groups: human, financial and physical.
b) In a three column table, list two examples of any of these resources and name the commercial or government suppliers and detail of resource.
17. WHSIS Resource - EG Shared technology and experience from larger organizations
Supplier of resource - EG Telstra
Detail of resource - EG Cloud technology, data storage and accessibility
c) What should an OHS training program include (list six).
d) List three reports, where the WHSIS enables the provision of positive and practical information.
e) What may be considered as practical and important information and data in hazard identification (details for five considerations must be listed here).
f) How would you write a work instruction?
18 Define OHSMS principle 4 .
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a) What can performance indicators achieve?
b) Provide 2 outcome based performance indicators
c) Provide 2 input based performance indicators
20 Define health surveillance.
21 Explain four ways documents can be effectively controlled (in any medium print and/or electronic) within the WHSIS.