Evaluate WHS management systems

Evaluate WHS management systems

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Evaluate WHS management systems, The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.

Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for details.

Performance objective

The candidate is to demonstrate skills and knowledge required to evaluate and maintain a WHS management system.

Assessment description

Using the simulated business and scenario information provided in the Appendices of this assessment task, as well as policy and planning developed in Assessment Tasks 1 and 2, you will evaluate a WHS management system.

Using the data provided, you will measure the effectiveness of the WHS management system (WHSMS) and develop a number of recommendations to be included in an evaluation report. You will then plan for the implementation of your recommendations, including training or induction.

Procedure

1. Review the Australian Hardware scenario in Appendix 1.
2. Review the Australian Hardware simulated business information in the Appendices of Assessment Task 1 and WHSMS documentation and planning you developed in Assessment Tasks 1 and 2.

Note: Detailed information on Australian Hardware, including operational policies and procedures, risk management, and financials may be accessed at:

1. ‘Australian Hardware’, IBSA, viewed March 2013, <http://simulations.ibsa.org.au/australian_hardware/>.

3. Review the Australian Hardware national WHS data in Appendix 2.
4. Read and analyse the data.
5. Develop an evaluation report. Include in your report:
   1. three recommendations, including improvements to recordkeeping practices and induction or training
   2. justification for recommendations with reference to internal and external requirements, such as WHS legislation, standards, codes of practice. Refer to particular relevant sections of legislation.
6. Create a plan for the implementation of your recommendations, including the implementation of training/induction recommendations. Ensure you:
   1. include regular review and reporting
   2. include timelines, resources and actions
   3. are consistent with recommendations and justification with respect to compliance and adherence to organisational requirements.
7. Create a plan for a typical training or safety induction session. Ensure your training/induction session:
   1. adheres to existing policies and procedures
   2. demonstrates adherence to your recommendations and is designed to address performance issues:
      1. for example, develop and demonstrate a procedure for safe handling of X to reduce accidents with X
   3. demonstrates adherence to overall company aims and objectives
   4. has a particular target audience
      1. for example, customer service inductees or managers
   5. demonstrates adherence to WHS legislation, codes of practice or

      standards, etc.:

      1. for example, develop and train a relevant safety procedure with close reference to an Australian Standard or model code of practice.
   6. Submit all required documentation to your assessor as per specifications below. Keep copies for your records.

Specifications

You must provide:

• a three- to four-page evaluation report with recommendations
• a portfolio of evidence, including:
  • an implementation plan for recommendations
  • a session plan for a typical training/safety induction session.

Your assessor will be looking for evidence of:

• knowledge of relevant WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice that apply to WHS risk management and recordkeeping in the context of the simulated business and scenario
• analytical and problem-solving skills to examine relevant workplace information and data to identify hazards and to assess and control risks through recommendations and planning
• communication skills to plan effective induction or training of staff to promote a safe workplace
• literacy skills to interpret policies, legislation and make recommendations in an evaluation report
• information technology skills to, for example, source simulated business information, and use word processing software to present data in a report.

Adjustment for distance-based learners

• No adjustments are required.

 

Appendices

Appendix 1: Scenario – Australian Hardware

You are a WHS consultant. You have been contracted by Australian Hardware to design and implement a WHS management system for the organisation. You have developed and implemented your WHS risk management policy and procedures in consultation with workers and their representatives. After successfully piloting the program at the Wollongong Store, you have implemented the program nationwide. The main needs of Australian Hardware with respect to the proposed system, are: ●      legal compliance across jurisdictions ●      safest possible workplace conditions for workers ○     objective: bring LTIFR and Injury Rate (IR) to 10% below national averages (Last year LTIFR = 13.9; IR = 2.0) ●      integration with all other Australian Hardware management systems, operations and corporate culture ●      advertise and demonstrate Australian Hardware commitment to WHS. It is now the end of the first year of implementation and you have data to determine the success of the program. You will need to analyse the data, plan improvements to the system, and plan any required training/induction.

Appendix 2: Australian Hardware national WHS data

FAI	First Aid Incidents
MTI	Medical Treatment Injury
LTI	Lost Time Injury
NMI	Near Miss Incident
LTIFR	Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
IR	Incidence Rate

 
National LITFR and IR statistics:

National LITFR = 11.3 / Australian Hardware target = 9

National IR = 1.5 / Australian Hardware target = 1.5

National manager summary of comments:

Workers, particularly new retail workers, are unfamiliar with working in retail/warehouse environment. Workers as well as those in supervisory positions would benefit from basic safety awareness/reporting training. All training/induction would need to be based on national standards and legislation as much as possible. Training/induction should focus on areas of high incidence rates.