Implement and monitor work health and safety practices

Assessment Task

Assessment – Short-answer Questions
Context and Conditions of Assessment
This assessment will ensure that the elements, performance criteria, performance evidence and knowledge evidence required and conditions are adhered to demonstrate competency in this unit assessment task. Read the assessment carefully before commencing. This is an online assessment and will be conducted at the campus. Provide all your responses in this document. Your Assessor will use the assessment criteria in this document and will provide feedback / comment. You must answer all the questions in the assessment tasks in your own words This assessment will be required to be completed in 6 hours Your Trainer / Assessor will inform you of the due date for this assessment task. Your Assessor will grade as either S – Satisfactory or NS – Not Satisfactory for the assessment. In all cases your Assessor will provide you with feedback. Only when all assessment tasks have been graded as S – Satisfactory you will be deemed C – Competent in the final result of the unit of competency; if you do not satisfactorily complete all the assessment tasks you will be deemed NYC – Not Yet Competent.
Re-Assessment Conditions
If the evidence is graded as NS – Not Satisfactory you will be required to re-submit the evidence. In this case, you will be provided with clear and constructive feedback based on the assessment decision so that they can improve your skills / knowledge prior to reassessment. Where a ‘NS – Not Satisfactory’ judgement is made, you will be given guidance on steps to take to improve your performance and provided the opportunity to resubmit evidence to demonstrate competence. The assessor will determine and discuss the reasons for NS – Not satisfactory on any of the criteria and will assess you through a different method of assessment e.g. verbal/oral questioning, problem solving exercises. You will be notified within 10 working days of undertaking an assessment of their result in achieving competency If a student does not complete the assessment, they should notify their trainer as to why they did not complete the assessment and if due to illness, a medical certificate must be produced. “This process is detailed more in the “Training and Assessment Policy and Procedure” In the above scenario, student will be given an opportunity for reassessment within 5 working days with no reassessment fee charged. Students who are deemed to be Not Yet Competent (NYC) will be provided with information identifying the areas in which they failed to achieve competency. Students will then have the opportunity to repeat the assessment task within 5 working days of notification with no reassessment fee charged. If a student is deemed NYC in the reassessment or if the student did not approach the RTO within five working days with a valid reason for not availing themselves of the reassessment opportunity, then those students will be given a final chance to re-sit the assessment and will be charged at $200.00. After this no further reassessment attempt will be provided to the student and the student will be required to repeat the whole unit with full fee for the unit as per the fees policy of the RTO. The student will be made aware of the impact of repeating the unit may have on their student visa. (International students only) If a student is found to be cheating or plagiarising their assessment, a $200.00 reassessment fee will be charged for reassessing the assessment within 5 working days. If the student is found to be plagiarising or cheating again after conclusion of the Intervention meeting with the Course Co-ordinator, the matter will be referred to the CEO / Operation Manager which may result in the suspension or cancellation of their enrolment The RTO has intervention strategies, including student support services available to enable students to complete qualification in the expected time frame. Students at risk of not completing within this time frame are identified as early as possible and an intervention strategy is put in place.
The RTO will ensure access to:
Commercial Kitchen Simulated Environment Workplace procedures and instructions relating to safe work practices Workplace safety and emergency evacuation procedures Hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods information Safety materials and equipment relevant to an Commercial Kitchen Fire safety equipment First Aid equipment and relevant stock Documents for recording workplace safety, accidents and incidents.
Evidence to be submitted by the student: –
Completed responses to the questions in the Response Sheet provided as a separate attachment. Keep simple formatting with 12pt Arial and single line spacing. Upload file with name containing your student ID and unit code eg. MAC00XX_SITHIND002(Part A/Part B as applicable)
Assessment Decision Making Rules
Your assessor will assess the evidence submitted for the following elements, performance criteria, performance evidence and knowledge evidence to confirm that the student evidence submitted demonstrates validity, sufficiency, authenticity and confirms current skills and knowledge relevant to the unit of competency. Your assessor will be looking for the following in this assessment task: – Provide information on health, safety and security. Monitor safe work practices. Coordinate consultative arrangements for the management of health, safety and security issues. Implement and monitor procedures for identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks. Implement and monitor health, safety and security training. Maintain WHS records and reports. primary components of relevant state or territory OHS or WHS legislation: actions that must be taken for legal compliance employer responsibilities to provide a safe workplace requirement to consult, and acceptable consultation mechanisms requirements for the use of WHS representatives and committees, and their roles and responsibilities requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and acceptable mechanisms requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms requirement to provide information and training employee responsibilities to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace employee responsibility to participate in WHS practices ramifications of failure to observe OHS or WHS legislation and organisational policies and procedures specific organisation: full content of WHS policies and procedures; and consultation, hazard identification, risk assessment and reporting documents methods used for WHS consultation, hazard identification and risk assessment options for the provision of training: coaching or mentoring in safe work practices formal training programs in safe work practices hazard identification, risk assessment and control WHS policy and procedure induction WHS representative or committee provision of information, fact sheets and signage to ensure safe work practices WHS information: consultative arrangements for WHS employee roles and responsibilities in WHS management practices legal obligations and ramifications of failure to comply location of first aid kit and emergency evacuation plan WHS training information and updates policies: overall approach of organisation to WHS participation of personnel in WHS management practices responsibilities of employees to ensure safety procedures specific risk control measures relevant to the workplace specific regulations and codes of practice use of: hazard identification reporting documents risk assessment template documents consultative processes: a diary, whiteboard or suggestion box used by staff to report issues of concern fact sheets to fully inform personnel about WHS rights and responsibilities formal WHS representatives and committees formal meetings with agendas, minutes and action plans informal meetings with notes WHS discussions with employees during the course of each business day recording issues in a management diary regular staff meetings that involve WHS discussions seeking staff suggestions for content of WHS policies and procedures special staff meetings or workshops to specifically address WHS issues staff handbook containing WHS information surveys or questionnaires that invite staff feedback on WHS issues time requirements for hazard identification: 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 when any new information relating to health and safety risks becomes available required WHS records and reports: consultation hazard identification incident and accident notifications to WHS regulatory authorities incident or accident, near miss reports and related statistics 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 risk assessments risk control actions training action plans training undertaken.
Resources required for Assessment: Students will require access to: – Internet – Laptop / Computer – Microsoft Word/ Power-point
Assessment – Questioning
Short-answer Question
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. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 1
Question 2 List 4 ways you can provide staff with workplace health and safety information. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 2
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. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 3
Question 4 List 2 methods of monitoring that staff are following WHS procedures. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 4
Question 5 List 5 types of document that would act as evidence of your company’s compliance with WHS laws. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 5
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. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 6
Question 7 List 5 WHS issues or potential hazards you need to monitor in your department/industry on a daily basis. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 7
Question 8 List 3 matters you might discuss as part of making consultation arrangements. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 8
Question 9 Name 3 methods you can use to provide staff members the opportunity to contribute their views on WHS issues. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 9
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. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 10
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? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 11
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 Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 12
Question 13 List 4 different types of WHS training methods. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 13
Question 14 Give 2 examples of when you must provide WHS training to your staff. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 14
Question 15 Give 4 examples of training you might organise with a specialist WHS training provider. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 15
Question 16: Give 3 reasons you should monitor the effectiveness of training programs? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 16
Question 17 Where should Safety Data Sheets (SDS) be kept? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 17
Question 18 List 5 pieces of information you can find on an SDS. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 18
Question 19 What information can you get from a completed risk assessment document? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 19
Question 20 List 4 pieces of information that should be recorded as a training record for a staff member who has undertaken WHS training. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 20
Question 21: How can you minimise the environmental impacts of storing documents and files? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 21
Question 22 Under the WHS legislation, what is an employer’s duty of care in relation to providing a safe workplace? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 22
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? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 23
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? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 24
Question 25 What is the role of a WHS Committee? Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 25
Question 26 List 2 penalties a judge may impose on you if you fail to meet your duties under the WHS act. Response to be recorded in Student Response document under SAQ Response 26