Assignment task: Manage work health and safety
Community Services
Q1. Name the legislation regarding national workplace safety.
Q2. Under this legislation, discuss the Roles and Responsibilities for:
Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and Health and Safety Committees (HSCs)
Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs):
Q3. Under this legislation, what are the requirements for consultation?
Q4. Identify four state/territory WHS authorities where you can get WHS information. One of your answers MUST include WHS authority for New South Wales state AUS.
Q5. What are the legislative requirements for WHS record-keeping and incident investigation?
Q6. Give an example of each of the following required in your job and discuss the legislation and the workplace policies and procedures that relate to each:
- Hazardous manual tasks
- Infection Control tasks
Q7. What is the difference between a hazard and a risk?
Q8. Identify five hazards that are common to your job / workplace and the strategies used to minimize the associated risks.
Q9. At your current or previous workplace in the community, who could you go to if you had concerns / issues regarding WHS? Please explain the process and if it was effective.
Q10. What is meant by a Quality System and what documentation does your company keep in relation to quality?
Q11. What support services (internal and/or external) does your current or previous company have for staff? What additional services do you think should be provided to staff (if any)?
Q12. What are the five principles of Safe Design?
Q13. Give three examples of health and safety benchmarks that are used at your organisation (Healthcare sector).