BSBWHS501

Student Assessment Booklet

Written Knowledge questions:
Question 1: List the relevant WHS legislation, regulations and codes of practice
for an accounting office located in your state.

Answer:
The Accounting office must follow Work Health and Safety Act 2012 Tasmania. Supported by the Work
Health and Safety Regulations2012, Tas. based on the national model WHS legislation.

Code of practice for:

 WHS for Consult cooperate and Coordination - Provides practical guidance on how to consult,
cooperate and coordinate activities with WHS experts to manage risks.
 WHS for Managing the work environment and facilities- Provides practical guidance on how to
provide and maintain a safe and healthy physical work environment.
 Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace- Provides practical guidance on
how to manage risks linked with hazardous chemicals
 How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks- Provides practical guidance on how to manage
work health and safety risks for all duty holders used for work
 Hazardous Manual Tasks -Provides practical guidance on how to manage risks of muscles,
bones, and joints disorders arising from hazardous manual tasks.
 First Aid in the Workplace- Provides practical guidance on how to provide adequate first aid
facilities, kits, procedures and training

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Question 2: List the relevant WHS legislation, regulations and codes of

practice for a call centre located in your state.

Answer:
Call centres must follow Work Health and Safety Act 2012 Tasmania. Supported by the
Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012, Tas. based on the national model WHS
legislation.

Under the Code of practice for:

 Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work- Provides practical
guidance on how to manage loud noise over an extended period.
 WHS for Consult cooperate and Coordination - Provides practical guidance
on how to consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with experts to
manage risks.
 WHS for Managing the work environment and facilities- Provides practical
guidance on how to provide and maintain a safe and healthy physical work
environment.
 Hazardous Manual Tasks -Provides practical guidance on how to manage
risks of muscles, bones, and joints disorders arising from hazardous
manual tasks.
 How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks- Provides practical
guidance on how to manage work health and safety risks for all duty
holders used for work
 First Aid in the Workplace- Provides practical guidance on how to provide
adequate first aid facilities, kits, procedures and training.
 Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace- Provides
practical guidance on how to manage risks associated with hazardous
chemicals

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Question 3: List the forms, records, registers and reports that an

organisation should use to collect and record WHS
information in your state.

Answer:
 Induction checklist
 Contractor Safety Management form
 Emergency procedure form
 Hazard Report
 Incident Notice report
 Record of Consultation
 Record of Staff Toolbox Meeting
 Risk Assessment
 Bullying policy
 Drug and Alcohol policy
 Work Health and Safety policy
 Workplace Stress policy
 Register of Chemical
 Register of Competency
 Register of Training

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Question 4: Outline the mandatory WHS reporting requirements according to the

legislation in your state.

Answer:
According to the WHS legislation Reporting requirement, a death or someone require immediate
hospitalisation or medical treatment happens when at the workplace.
for examples: the separate of any part of their body, a serious head injury, a serious eye injury
a serious burn, spinal injury, the loss of a bodily function or a dangerous incident occurs for example
fire explosion, infrastructure collapse, chemical spill or leak, electric shock must be report to Work safe
Tasmania.

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Question 5: List the relevant WHS legislation, regulations and codes of practice
for a commercial building site located in your state.

Answer:
Commercial building site must follow Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012
Tasmania. A commercial building that is used for commercial purposes, such as office
buildings, warehouses, and retail buildings where owners and managers, including
Directors and Officers, involved.
They have a duty to ensure the work place is safe. They must ensure WHS legislation,
regulations, codes of practice are met, hazards and risks are identified, and appropriate
resources and processes are put in place to eliminate or minimise risks linked with the
workplace.
This includes code of practice of
 Safe Design of Structures- Assessment of building plant & structures for hazards &
risks, including fixtures, fittings, air-con, awnings, gutters, downpipes, and any other
building plant & structures
Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces- Provides practical guidance on how to
manage risks with trips, slips & falls.
 First Aid in the Workplace- Provides practical guidance on how to provide adequate
first aid facilities, kits, procedures and training.
 General workplace management - signage, entrances & exits.
 Electrical safety includes assessment of the switchboard and the requirement for
thermo graphic testing.
 Fire and Evacuation / Emergency Management Planning

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Question 6: Outline and explain a method that can be used in an organisation or

work area to identify hazards.

Answer:
There are two types of hazards identification
1. Systematic identification
2. Incidental identification

The Systematic identification includes Safety audits, Workplace inspections

Incident and Accident investigations, Consultation, evaluating reasons for poor
quality outputs, Industry information Notices, Health & Environment monitoring.

The Incidental identification are Illness & injury records ,Complaints, Observation,
New information, reports from customers or visitors to the workplace.

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Question 7: Outline the seven step risk management process that can be used in
a work area.

Answer:

Risk management process includes how risk in workplace will be monitored and controlled.
1. Consult all relevant personnel
2. Allocate responsibility
3. Prepare work plan
4. Identify hazards
5. Risk assessment
6. Risk control
7. Monitoring and review

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Question 8: Explain the hierarchy of risk control and its application in the
workplace.

Answer:
1. Eliminate the hazard control from the workplace by remove hazarded
materials or abstraction hazardous work practices
2. substitute the hazard by replace toxic materials with non-toxic materials, store hazards
materials in a designated area away from where people are working change equipment
or tools being used or install additional safety equipment
3. Administrative controls by introduce new work procedures and practices

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Question 9: Give two examples of when you might need to consult with or
engage a WHS expert or specialist and why.

Answer:
Health Professionals need to be consult when recognise a chemical hazards, health
hazards from noise, heat or cold, ergonomic stresses, infectious diseases and psychological
stress to enhance workers health and improve safety and increase productivity of workers
Safety Engineers needs for plan and identify for new machinery and equipment whether
they meet safety requirements find correct potential hazards by inspecting facilities,
machinery, and safety equipment to meet safer work system.

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