Ensure a safe workplace

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Document Assessment Task 2 – BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace Page 1 of 12
Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Assessment Task 2– Project
Communicate, identify, assess and control risks
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Assessment description
This task is related to the activity of assessment task 1 simulated workplace.
The student is to identify hazards, assess risk levels and provide treatments for the assessed
risks for a simulated workplace either “
Coffeeville” or “Australian Hardware”.
Your assessor will guide you on how to access relevant workplace documents. The following
links will provide you the access to above simulated workplaces.
Assessment instructions
1. Review the simulated workplace (Australian Hardware) to undertake the project of
establishing networks for the workplace.
2. Read the WHS policy and procedure of the simulated workplace
3. Perform and complete the 15 task activities. Use the Appendix 1 and Appendix 2
tables and formats for the activities.
4. This task requires you to meet with your manager (assessor) and/or other relevant
individuals in a role-play. Form the individuals with specific roles to role-play as
agreed by your assessor.
5. Complete the following assessment task activities during the allowed assessment
date/s and time/s.
6. The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor.
7. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.
8. Submit your work with any required evidence attached.
9. See the specifications above for details of submission requirements.
10. Time allowed for the assessment task is 4 hours.
Specifications to submit
You must:
1. risk identification table used relevant to the simulated workplace
2. risk analysis matrix that indicates the risk levels and categories
3. risk treatment plan using risk control measures
4. Report on any inadequacies of existing control measures and how you would
monitor outcomes on inadequacies and take prompt actions.

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Performance objective
You must demonstrate skills for identifying hazards, analysing and treating risks and
maintaining WHS records of accidents and incidents in a workplace.
Assessment context
Simulated work environment. This assessment will be conducted within the training facility
in the specific training room allocated for the trainee/s during the training sessions planned
for assessment using simulated workplace scenario with the access to materials and
equipment facilitated by your assessor.
Required resources
1. Assessment task, assessment instructions and case study.
2. Computer with Internet access and word-process software (MS Word/MS Excel/or
relevant Mac software etc.).
3. Simulated workplace policies and procedures.
4. Workspace, table, chair and stationery and access to:
a. organisational WHS policies and procedures
b. WHS legislation, regulations and codes of practice
c. case studies and, where possible, real situations
Your assessor will be looking for
Evidence of the ability to:
establish, implement, maintain and evaluate a work health and safety (WHS)
management system for a work area of an organisation in accordance with WHS
legislation including policies, procedures and record keeping
ensure organisational WHS compliance
establish, implement, maintain and evaluate effective and compliant participation
arrangements for managing WHS including identifying duty holders, identifying and
approving the required resources and developing and implementing a training
program
establish, implement, maintain and evaluate procedures for effectively identifying
hazards, and assessing and controlling risks using the hierarchy of risk control
provide information and complete documentation for a WHS management system
identify requirements for and request expert WHS advice.

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Your Task
Assume the role of a manager for the simulated workplace. Before attempting this task,
please review workplace documents to understand the workplace information and the
environment.
Note: Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 provides the tables and formats to complete the following
activities.
Complete following Activities
1. Read and review the workplace information (simulated workplace documents and
equipment) and find out the WHS policies related to the workplace. Summarise at
least 5 important guidelines items of the policy document.
2. Identify at least five areas of the WHS legislation and the requirements to be
compliant
3. Determine and design a work health and safety management system (WHSMS) for
the workplace and identify financial and human resources required by the WHS
management system (WHSMS)
4. Develop a 30 minutes session plan to communicate WHS policies and organisation’s
commitment to complying with WHS legislation to the duty holders
5. Meet with your CEO (Assessor) and other stakeholders (Fellow trainees) in a roleplay as agreed by assessor to:
a. discuss how to work with workers and their representatives to set up and
maintain participation arrangements according to relevant WHS legislation.
b. how to provide information about the outcomes of participation and
consultation to workers
c. During this role-play, discuss how to appropriately resolve issues raised
through participation and consultation arrangements and
6. Analyse the simulated workplace in terms of their business type, work activities and
stakeholder involvement and develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification,
and assessment and control of associated risks
7. Using procedures developed above, you are required to determine the work
activities carried out in day-today operation, and identify hazards of the following
categories at least one hazard of each.
a. Physical hazards
b. Psycho-social hazards
c. Biological hazards
d. Chemical hazards
e. Ergonomics hazards and
f. Environmental hazards
Note: You may use the appendix 2- tables and formats for this activity and
following three activities.

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
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BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
8. Assess the risks levels for each hazard should they occur.
9. Provide treatments for respective risk levels by using hierarchy of risk control.
10. Explain how you would report on inadequacies of existing control measures and how
you would monitor outcomes on inadequacies and take prompt actions
11. Determine what expert advice is required to keep the workplace safe.
12. Read the table in appendix 1 of patterns of occupational injury and disease in the
organization and record the information in a graph, then measure and evaluate the
WHSMS system to further improvement
13. Based on analysis of above incidents, make some recommendations for
improvements to the WHSMS to achieve organisational WHS objectives
14. Develop an induction program (induction checklist) for you to use for all workers in a
work area as part of the organisation’s training program
15. Identify and list WHS legal requirements that you must follow to ensure compliance
with the WHS legislative framework

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

 

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Appendix 1 – (Activity 12)

The workplace incident data for the past 3 months is recorded in the incident register below.
Summarise the data in the graph provided and identify the areas that you should concentrate
your improvement efforts on.

Incident Cause Type Who When
Slip/Trip Cables on floor MTI Bob 13/07
Muscle pull Lifting paper MTI Jane 18/07
Muscle pull Moving bins FAI Nihal 30/08
Bullying Project deadline LTI Laszlo 15/09
Stress Project deadlines LTI Greg 17/09
Slip/Trip Cables on floor NMI Bob 01/10
Cut Cut finer on broken glass FAI Rita 02/10
Muscle pull Lifting paper MTI Tom 04/10
Stress Assigning too much work LTI Smith 07/10
Slip/Trip Cables on floor MTI Liz 10/10
FAI first aid incidents
MTI medical treatment injury
LTI lost time injury
LTIFR lost time injury frequency rate
NM near miss

 

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace

Graph the data from the table above.
Incident
Number of Incidents

 

Analyse the data above and suggest what you will need to focus on during the
Safety Action Meeting.

 

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Appendix 2
Tables and formats
Hazard identification table
Workplace description
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Hazard
category
Identified Hazard
(Any specific area, equipment, situation and/or
activity that has the potential to cause harm,
injury, illness to workers or damage to property)
Method/technique used to
identify hazard
(Take a look back (review past records)/
talk to workers/ inspect (walk around)/
review specifications/ think creatively etc.)
1 Physical
hazards
2 Psycho-social
hazards
3 Biological
hazards
4 Chemical
hazards
5 Ergonomics
hazards and
6 Environmental
hazards

 

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

 

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Assessment of risks / risk analysis

Risks will be analysed using two risk variables such as Likelihood of risk occurring and Consequences
if the risk occurred
Likelihood of risk occurring

Likelihood Description

Impact of risk occurring

Impact/consequence Description

Risk Matrix

Consequence
Likelihood

Risk Category – H = High risk, M = Medium risk, L = low risk

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

 

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Risk rating table

 

Risk
rating
Definition of risk level Immediacy of risk controls and Level of actions required

 

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Date created: September 2019 Date implemented: September 2019 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

 

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Table of risk analysis

 

Hazard
category
Identified Hazard
(Any specific area, equipment, situation and/or
activity that has the potential to cause harm, injury,
illness to workers or damage to property)
Likelihood
A. Highly
likely
B. Likely
C.Unlikely
Impact
1. Major
2. Moderate
3. Minor
Risk
Rating
(L1, L2, M3,
M4,H6, H9)
1 Physical
hazards
2 Psycho-social
hazards
3 Biological
hazards
4 Chemical
hazards
5 Ergonomics
hazards and
6 Environmental
hazards

 

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Date created: January 2018 Date implemented: January 2018 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Risk treatment plan

Hazard
category
Identified Hazard
(List and briefly explain any specific area, equipment,
situation and/or activity that has the potential to cause
harm, injury, illness to workers or damage to property)
Risk
Rating
(L1, L2,
M3, M4,
H6, H9)
Risk control plan
(Using hierarchy of risk control – i.e. Eliminate/substitute/isolate/engineer /
administration/ personal protection – explain here very specific action to be taken to
treat the risk)
1 Physical
hazards
2 Psycho-social
hazards
3 Biological
hazards
4 Chemical
hazards
5 Ergonomics
hazards and
6 Environmental
hazards

 

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Date created: January 2018 Date implemented: January 2018 Date reviewed: March 2020 Responsible by: Coordinator
International College of Melbourne | CRICOS: 03416G | TOID: 41136 | [email protected] | www.icm.edu.au

BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
Residual risk control plan
(Inadequacy treatment plan)

Hazard
category
Identified Hazard
(Any specific area, equipment, situation
and/or activity that has the potential to
cause harm, injury, illness to workers or
damage to property)
Risk
Rating
(L1, L2,
M3, M4,
H6, H9)
Risk control plan
(Using hierarchy of risk control – i.e.
Eliminate/substitute/isolate/engineer /
administration/ personal protection –
explain here very specific action to be
taken to treat the risk)
Inadequacy treatment
(Explain what further actions are
necessary to control residual
risks)
Monitoring actions
(Explain how you ensure
the control measures are in
place as implemented)
1 Physical
hazards
2 Psycho-social
hazards
3 Biological
hazards
4 Chemical
hazards
5 Ergonomics
hazards and
6 Environmental
hazards

 

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