Assessment Tasks and Instructions

Student Name
Student Number
Course and Code
Unit(s) of Competency and Code(s) SITXWHS003 Implement and monitor work health and
safety practices

Stream/Cluster
Trainer/Assessor

Assessment for this Unit of Competency/Cluster Details

Assessment 1 Short Answers
Assessment 2 Project
Assessment 3
Assessment conducted in this instance: Assessment 1 ☒ 2 ☐ 3 ☐

Reasonable Adjustment
1. Has reasonable adjustment been applied to this assessment?
No ☐ No further information required

Yes ☐ Complete 2.
2. Provide details for the requirements and provisions for adjustment of assessment:

Student to complete
☐ My assessor has discussed the adjustments with me
☐ I agree to the adjustments applied to this assessment
Signature Date

2nd Assessor to complete

☐ I agree the adjustments applied to this assessment are reasonable
Name

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Assessment Guidelines

What will be assessed

The purpose of this assessment is to assess you underpinning knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the
elements and performance criteria for this unit of competency and relating to the following aspects:

● primary components of relevant state or territory OHS or WHS legislation:

o actions that must be taken for legal compliance

o employer responsibilities to provide a safe workplace

o requirement to consult, and acceptable consultation mechanisms

o requirements for the use of WHS representatives and committees, and their roles and responsibilities

o requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and acceptable mechanisms

o requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms

o requirement to provide information and training

o employee responsibilities to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace

o employee responsibility to participate in WHS practices

o ramifications of failure to observe OHS or WHS legislation and organisational policies and procedures

● specific organisation:

o full content of WHS policies and procedures; and consultation, hazard identification, risk assessment and reporting
documents

o methods used for WHS consultation, hazard identification and risk assessment

o options for the provision of training:

▪ coaching or mentoring in safe work practices

▪ formal training programs in safe work practices

o hazard identification, risk assessment and control

o WHS policy and procedure induction

o WHS representative or committee

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 o provision of information, fact sheets and signage to ensure safe work practices

● WHS information:

o consultative arrangements for WHS

o employee roles and responsibilities in WHS management practices

o legal obligations and ramifications of failure to comply

o location of first aid kit and emergency evacuation plan

o WHS training information and updates

o policies:

▪ overall approach of organisation to WHS

▪ participation of personnel in WHS management practices

▪ responsibilities of employees to ensure safety

o procedures

o specific risk control measures relevant to the workplace

o specific regulations and codes of practice

o use of:

▪ hazard identification reporting documents

▪ risk assessment template documents

● consultative processes:

o a diary, whiteboard or suggestion box used by staff to report issues of concern

o fact sheets to fully inform personnel about WHS rights and responsibilities

o formal WHS representatives and committees

o formal meetings with agendas, minutes and action plans

o informal meetings with notes

o WHS discussions with employees during the course of each business day

o recording issues in a management diary

o regular staff meetings that involve WHS discussions

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 o seeking staff suggestions for content of WHS policies and procedures

o special staff meetings or workshops to specifically address WHS issues

o staff handbook containing WHS information

o surveys or questionnaires that invite staff feedback on WHS issues

● time requirements for hazard identification:

o when changes to the workplace are implemented:

▪ before the premises are used for the first time

▪ before and during the installation or alteration of any plant

▪ before changes to work practices are introduced

o when any new information relating to health and safety risks becomes available

● required WHS records and reports:

o consultation

o hazard identification

o incident and accident notifications to WHS regulatory authorities

o incident or accident, near miss reports and related statistics

o monitoring reports and recommendations for change:

▪ agendas for and minutes of meetings

▪ committee members

▪ consultation decisions and follow-up actions

▪ consultation processes

▪ diaries of meetings

▪ WHS information provided to personnel

▪ risk controls

▪ safe work practices

o risk assessments

o risk control actions

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 o training action plans

o training undertaken.

Place/Location where assessment will be conducted

RTO to complete

Resource Requirements

Pen, Paper or computer

Instructions for assessment including WHS requirements

You are required to address all questions to achieve competence. Your trainer will provide you with instructions
for time frames and dates to complete this assessment.

Once completed, carefully read the responses you have provided and check for completeness. Your trainer will
provide you with feedback and the result you have achieved.

Statement of Authenticity
☐ I acknowledge that I understand the requirements to complete the assessment tasks
The assessment process including the provisions for re-submitting and academic appeals were explained
☐
to me and I understand these processes
I understand the consequences of plagiarism and confirm that this is my own work and I have
☐
acknowledged or referenced all sources of information I have used for the purpose of this assessment
Student Signature: Date: / /201

This assessment: First Attempt ☐ 2nd Attempt ☐ Extension ☐ – Date:    /    /   

RESULT OF ASSESSMENT Satisfactory ☐ Not Yet Satisfactory ☐

Feedback to Student:

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 Assessor(s) Signature(s): Date:    /    /     

Student Signature Date:    /    /     

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Assessment 1

Short Answers

Answer the following questions below. All questions must be answered.

Question 1

Under the WHS legislation there are 5 situations when a person conducting a business or

undertaking (employer) must consult with workers. Name 3 of them.

An employer (PCBU) should meet where:

1. Identifying and measuring risks

2. Deciding how to remove or monitor hazards
3. Modification or upgrading in workplaces
4. Proposing reforms that may impact workplace health and safety
5. Take decisions on communication processes, address protection problems, track the welfare and
wellbeing of staff and offer awareness and preparation

Question 2

List 4 ways you can provide staff with workplace health and safety information.

1. Send an Email or Newsletter

2. Routine Safety Checks
3. Take Pictures of Safe Actions
4. Require Appropriate Training

Question 3

An emergency evacuation plan is one example of a WHS procedure which helps to keep people

safe. List 4 others relevant to your industry.

1. Personal distancing requires during the pandemic

2. During an earthquake seek cover beneath chairs , desks or doorways.
3. Workout in case of fire threat
4. Assisting Physically Disabled People

Question 4

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List 2 methods of monitoring that staff are following WHS procedures.

1. Identify Dangers

The cycle starts by recognizing occupational dangers and evaluating conditions which may be an imminent
danger or trigger damage over a period of time.

1. Besides hard jobs

2. Tasks, and how they are carrying out
3. Appliances, products, and liquids
4. Designing and handling jobs

2. Consider Threats

Risk management is analysis of what would happen if anyone is subjected to a threat. Risk management
assists in determining possible threats in a workforce and makes the evaluation of:

1. How high a chance is

2. Will current monitoring mechanisms work?
3. How to control the chance
4. Urgent intervention

Question 5

List 5 types of document that would act as evidence of your company’s compliance with WHS

laws.

WHS Guide – contains, though not restricted to, Secure Work Process Descriptions, Healthy Work Protocol,
Basic Operating Procedures; WHS Risk Management and Risk Mitigation Worksheets, Board and Group /
Section Protocols, Guidelines, Methods, Communications, Equipment and Devices, WHS Manual and Program
Layout Materials.

a. The Certificates in Learning.

b. Signed sheets for induction.
c. Hazard Reports.
d. Work permits.
e. Inspections at job place.

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Question 6

List 4 possible steps you could take if you observed a staff member not complying with your company’s WHS
practices, or a hazard control measure was not working properly.

1. Develop or reorganize to remove risks. ..

2. Isolate the human danger. ...
3. Using the technical reviews. ...
4. Using Personal Safety Devices (PPE)

Question 7

List 5 WHS issues or potential hazards you need to monitor in your department/industry on a

daily basis.

1. Ergonomic musculoskeletal conditions blame for 33% of all workplace accidents and illnesses. Such
forms of dangers arise while the body is stressed by daily labour, form of job, or role.
2. Employees interacting with certain humans, livestock or hazardous organisms can be subjected to
environmental dangers such as blood, bacteria, mould, viruses and animal waste.
3. Workers can be subjected to contaminants in oils, substances, vapours, pollutants and particulate
matter.
4. Health dangers involve some form of material, condition or entity that can hurt employees.
5. Physical risks include pollution, operating in excessive heat or cold, spending hours in the sun or being
continuously subjected to noisy noise.

Question 8

List 3 matters you might discuss as part of making consultation arrangements.

1. Consult with staff about how consultation should take place and clarify when consultation has to take
place.
2. Ensure that the purpose of the meeting is compliant with the provisions of Section 48 of the WHS Act,
namely ensuring that knowledge is exchanged and that staff has a fair opportunity to participate.
3. Ensure that consultation occurs when required under Section 49 of the WHS Act.

Question 9

Name 3 methods you can use to provide staff members the opportunity to contribute their views on WHS
issues.

1. Increasing site audits and inspections

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3. External WHS audits

Question 10

If you cannot resolve a staff member’s WHS issue or control a hazard yourself, name 3 people you might
refer the issue to in order to find a resolution.

The parties interested in the settlement of the WHS problem are expected to include:

 Staff or staff
 PCBU or manager / supervisor affiliates of the PCBU
 If the task force concerned includes a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) then the HSR will
be interested.

Question 11

A staff member has raised WHS issues in the workplace which now have been resolved. Why is it important
to communicate the result back the staff member who raised it?

The strongest administrators recognize the need to create relationships and connect through all layers of the
enterprise. Good leadership skills are a must to knock down walls and foster the social environment that an
company requires to succeed on.

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Question 12

Safe Work Australia’s Code of Practice “How to manage work health and safety risks” lists the instances when
risk management must occur and hazard controls must be used. List 5 instances when this needs to occur in
an organisation

1. There is confusion as to whether a danger will result in injury or illness.

2. Job operation entails a variety of risks and there is confusion as to whether the dangers should be
handled.
3. Interact with each other in order to establish new threats. There is a transition in the workforce that
may have a bearing on the efficacy of control measures.
4. Whether the job is really performed and not merely written protocols or guides
5. Infrequent or unusual circumstances that have the ability to occur.

Question 13

List 4 different types of WHS training methods.

1. Instructor-Training guided.
2. Hands-On a teaching exercise.
3. Computer-based computer classes.
4. E-Learning. E-Learning.

Question 14

Give 2 examples of when you must provide WHS training to your staff.

1. Establish and execute a plan for risk reduction

A robust risk reduction plan will help the company cope with any dangerous circumstances that occur quickly
and effectively.

2. In order to meet your moral duties

Employees can earn a white card after completing the requisite OHS training at a licensed training agency,
such as Alert Force.

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Question 15

Give 4 examples of training you might organise with a specialist WHS training provider.

Following are some instances related to training procedures which need to be organised in presence of a
WHS training provider.

1. Training in first aid

2. Education of the forklift manager
3. Training of the crane user
4. Building Induction Instruction

Question 16:

Give 3 reasons you should monitor the effectiveness of training programs?

1. The Performance Assessment Technique provides coherence for the operation

2. Education Assessment Approach offers guidelines
3. Education appraisal approach reveals that we mean business

Question 17

Where Safety Data Sheets (SDS) should be kept?

The employer shall retain copies of the necessary protection data sheets for each dangerous chemical in the
workplace and insure that they are readily accessible to workers in their work area(s) after each move. They
should be on company websites and other note boards that are readily accessible.

Question 18

List 5 pieces of information you can find on an SDS.

The SDS shall contain material such as:

1. The properties of product;

2. Human health
3. Environmental hazards;
4. Preventive measures;
5. And safety procedures for treating, processing and transporting the product.

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What information can you get from a completed risk assessment document?

 Identify risks and risk factors that can inflict damage (hazard identification).
 Analyse and determine the danger involved with this threat (benefit identification and risk
assessment).
 Determine the correct means of removing or regulating the danger if the threat cannot be avoided
(risk control).

Question 20

List 4 pieces of information that should be recorded as a training record for a staff member who has
undertaken WHS training.

Health and safety documents can include:

1. Employ the protocol for normal operating procedures.

2. Organizational code of ethics.
3. Injury registers.
4. Records of facilities, covering checks, servicing and fixes.

Question 21: How can you minimise the environmental impacts of storing documents and files?

Some of the major ways to minimise environmental impacts of storing documents are:

Space in the cloud. Moving away from paper and embracing cloud storage, any business can easily reduce its
dependence on storage and the products involved.

Going paperless.

Opting for e-invoicing,-assembly order and-delivery are just a few ways you can reduce both your paper use
and your paper (and printer) expenditure.

Remote to work.

Local recruitment.

Energetic performance.

Question 22

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Under the WHS legislation, what is an employer’s duty of care in relation to providing a safe

workplace?

Employers have a duty under the health and safety legislation in the workplace, including the Occupational
Health & Safety Act (2004) (Vic), to provide and maintain (as far as reasonably feasible) a safe place of work.
The employers also have a duty to monitor their employees ' health. Employers also have a common law care
duty to take reasonable care not to harm their employees where the risk of injury is "reasonably
foreseeable." Failure to fulfil this duty of care can result in significant damages if negligence by the employer
caused an injury to the employee.

Question 23

If a business chooses to have direct, regular contact between employer and employees instead

of appointing a WHS Committee or appoint WHS Representatives, have they failed to meet the

requirements of the WHS act? Why/Why not?

Question 24

If a WHS Committee raises a WHS issue with an employer, and the employer does not consider

the issue in a timely fashion, has the employer failed to meet their legal requirements?

Why/Why not?

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Question 25

What is the role of a WHS Committee?

Question 26

List 2 penalties a judge may impose on you if you fail to meet your duties under the WHS act.

1.

2.

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