BSB40207 Certificate IV in Business

Assessment 1
BSBWHS401A
Implement and monitor WHS
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16/08/2015 4:31
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Elsye
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Thennesi
Course Name:
Certificate IV in Business
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Assessment Project
1

Instructions:
This Assessment Project has been designed to assess the criteria associated with the
competency BSBWHS401A Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and
programs to meet legislative requirement. To achieve competency in this unit, a person
must be able to demonstrate:

applying organisational management systems and procedures to WHS within

workgroup area
applying procedures for assessing and controlling risks to health and safety
associated with those hazards, in accordance with the hierarchy of controls
providing specific, clear and accurate information and advice on workplace
hazards to workgroup
knowledge of legal responsibilities of employers, supervisors and employees in
the workplace.

This competency is part of the award BSB40207 Certificate IV in Business.

You must successfully complete all parts of this project. The table below shows you the
assessment weightings for this unit of competency.
If you are not sure about any aspect of this assessment, please ask for clarification from
your assessor.

Overview of Assessment Project

Part

Weighting

1. Implement and monitor WHS policies,

procedures and programs to meet
legislative requirement

50%

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Elements and Performance Criteria

Provide information to the work team about
WHS policies and procedures

Implement
and
monitor
arrangements for managing WHS

participation

Implement
and
monitor
organisational
procedures for providing WHS training

Accurately explain to the work team,

relevant provisions of WHS Acts, regulations
and codes of practice
Provide information about the organisations
WHS policies, procedures and programs,
and ensure it is readily accessible to and
understandable by the work team
Regularly provide and clearly explain to the
work team, information about identified
hazards and the outcomes of risk
assessment and control
Communicate to workplace parties the
importance
of
effective
consultation
mechanisms in managing health and safety
risks in the workplace
Apply consultation procedures to facilitate
participation of the work team in managing
work area hazards
Promptly deal with issues raised through
consultation, according to organisational
consultation
procedures
and
WHS
legislative and regulatory requirements
Promptly record and communicate to the
work team the outcomes of consultation
over WHS issues
Identify WHS training needs according to
organisational requirements, and WHS
legislative and regulatory requirements
Make arrangements to meet WHS training
needs of team members in consultation with
relevant individuals
Provide workplace learning opportunities,
and coaching and mentoring assistance, to
facilitate team and individual achievement of
identified WHS training needs
Identify and report to management the costs
associated with providing training for work
team, for inclusion in financial and
management plans

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Case Study
You have recently been elected as the Health and Safety officer in the Macquarie Institute.
You have a new team of employees commencing work who will participate in an initial WHS
training session. You are requested to prepare this training session providing information
on a range of topics

Task 1

(15 marks)

What information would you present on the following topics and how:

WHS Legislation

Codes of Practice

National Industry Standards

WHS policies, procedures and programs

Task 2

(10 marks)

What costs, both tangible and intangible would be involved in running these kinds of
training courses? What would be the tangible and intangible benefits?

Task 3

(15 marks)

Identify who you would need to consult with in your work place to effectively identify the
training needs of the various different roles. Choose one of these roles and describe what
WHS skills, training and equipment they would need in order to complete their job safely.
Describe how you would determine that someone in this role lacked these skills or
equipments and how you would remedy this.

Task 4

(10 marks)

WHS requires an ongoing commitment by all stakeholders in a workplace. Rules and

regulations as well as work place procedures can change rapidly. How do you ensure that
the information you provide to your staff members in training sessions and on a daily basis
is correct, up to date and readily accessible?

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Assessment 1
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TASK 1
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WHS Legislation: the guide to the Work Health and Safety Act provides an
overview of the legislation, or you can delve into the WHS Act and the codes
of practice to understand your health and safety duties and rights at work.

Code of Practice provide advice on how to meet regulatory requirements.

Codes are not legally enforceable but they can be used in courts as evidence
that legal requirements have or have not been met.

National Industry Standards: standards are published document that

establish specifications and procedures designed to maximise the reliability of
products, materials and services people use every day. Standards make
products work better, make them compatible and able to interact with other
products, and safeguard consumer safety.

WHS Policies, Procedures and Programs:

Providing everyone in its workplaces with a safe and healthy working and
learning environment.
Adopting a preventative and strategic approach to health and safety and using
measurable objective and targets to monitor performance.
Supporting and promoting health and wellbeing.
Providing appropriate information, training and instruction to facilitate safe
and productive work and learning environment.
Providing an effective and accessible safety management system for all
employees and other to guide safe working and learning in all workplaces.

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TASK 2
Costs
Tangible

Intangible

Tangible costs
include the types
of things a
business writes
checks for like
salaries and wages.

Intangible costs
are less easily
measured. Some
key and common
intangible costs
might include a
drop in employee
morale.

Benefits
Tangible things physically exist and are easily
measured, such as:
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Improves the productivity of process and

personnel

Lowering the cost of products and services

purchased

Paper and postage cost reductions-

Inventory reduction

Lead time reduction

Reduced stock obsolescence

Faster product / service look-up and ordering

saving time and money

Automated ordering and payment, lowering

payment processing and paper costs

Intangible things do not physically exist and cannot

be easily measured, such as:
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Increases organizational transparency and

responsibility

Accurate and faster access to data for timely

decisions

Can reach more vendors, producing more

competitive bids

Improved customer response

Saves enormous time and effort in data entry

More controls thereby lowering the risk of

mis-utilization of resources

Facilitates strategic planning

Uniform reporting according to global

standards

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TASK 3
We discuss with the manager or colleagues. The roles we use for the training by doing
role play about WHS and the equipment we need such as handbook about WHS, first
aid kit, safety equipment and professional trainer.
If there is someone lacked in training, we give them extra training so they can
understand soon as possible.

TASK 4
By doing daily training session to all employee to make sure they always update about
the WHS.
Usually we search in internet or doing survey about what is new in WHS so we always
get the newest issue and can provide what we need to keep it up to date .

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