SITXWHS003 Online Learning Activity Book
SITXWHS003 Online Learning Activity Book
SITXWHS003 Online Learning Activity Book
Questions to discuss:
Development and Implementation of Safety Policies and Procedures: WHS is responsible for devising
and enacting safety policies and procedures that inform employees on safe work practices, from
using personal protective equipment (PPE), handling hazardous materials safely, emergency
response protocols, and compliance with relevant regulations. WHS ensures all employees receive
regular updates on its safety policies and procedures to keep everyone working safely at all times.
5. Compliance with legal requirements. Businesses have legal obligations to provide safe
workplace conditions for their employees. Effective health and safety policies and
procedures can assist businesses in meeting these legal mandates.
6. Businesses with strong health and safety credentials tend to enjoy greater trust from the
public, leading to higher sales and profits as a result. Furthermore, an improved public
image helps create greater employee morale; with them feeling safer at work, they tend
to produce greater productivity levels overall.
7. Employee happiness and productivity are likely to translate to increased productivity,
reduced costs, and an enhanced public image for your business.
Increased Compliance and Acceptance: Engaging employees actively in health and safety
consultations increases compliance and acceptance by creating an environment in which
employees feel ownership over both their own safety and that of colleagues.
Participating employees are more likely to comprehend and accept implemented
measures more readily, leading to improved health and safety policy compliance and
acceptance by feeling they own part in protecting both themselves and colleagues from
risk.
Fostering a Positive Safety Culture: Health and safety consultation plays an integral part
in creating an organization's safety culture by encouraging open dialogue, trust building,
and team collaboration; encouraging employees to report hazards safely while
suggesting improvements and joining safety initiatives; and creating a setting where
safety is prioritized and valued by everyone involved.
Early Identification and Resolution of Issues: Through health and safety consulting
services, potential issues or concerns can be quickly identified and addressed early on.
By engaging employees in discussions and decision-making processes, organizations can
proactively identify emerging risks, implement suitable control measures to prevent
potential incidents from occurring, and potentially avoid accidents before they happen.
Continuous Improvement: Health and safety consultation creates opportunities for
continuous improvement through feedback between employees and management,
leading to continuous dialogue about practices, policies, and procedures related to
Report any accidents immediately to your supervisor or manager; this will help ensure
the incident is investigated and preventive steps are taken against future incidents.
Provide as much detail as possible regarding the accident, such as its date, time,
location, and description. Also give details regarding injuries sustained and witnesses
involved.
Follow any instructions issued by your supervisor or manager, whether that means
taking time off work for medical evaluations or scheduling time off in general. It is
imperative to comply with their requests to protect both yourself and the rights of all
workers involved.
Inspections and Audits: Conduct regular inspections and audits to assess the
implementation and effectiveness of control measures by carefully scrutinizing work
areas, processes, equipment, or facilities to spot deficiencies or areas ripe for
improvement. Inspections can be carried out either by trained internal personnel or
outside experts.
Workplace Observations: Implement a workplace observation program where trained
personnel or supervisors regularly observe work activities to monitor compliance with
established control measures and detect any deviations or unsafe practices immediately,
thereby providing immediate feedback and corrective actions to combat them.
Incident and Near-Miss Reporting: Promote an environment in which incidents and near-
miss events are promptly reported to management for review to identify gaps or failures
in control measures that contributed to their occurrence and provide necessary
feedback loops that help identify areas for improvement and make necessary
modifications.
Data Analysis: Analysing relevant data and metrics to gauge the efficacy of control
measures requires reviewing relevant injury and illness rates, near-miss reports,
equipment maintenance records, and any other pertinent sources of data. Identify
trends or patterns that indicate inadequate measures as part of this step.
Employee Feedback and Consultation: Include employees in the monitoring process by
soliciting their insights on how effective control measures are performing. Organize
surveys, focus groups, or regular meetings in order to collect employee responses; you
could even conduct focus group interviews. This way, employees with frontline
experience can offer invaluable input about the practicality and effectiveness of
controls.
Review Policies and Procedures: On an ongoing basis, review organizational policies and
procedures in order to make sure they align with best practices and regulatory
requirements, while simultaneously ascertaining if control measures have been properly
documented, communicated to employees, and understood by them.
Training and Competency Assessment: Measure employee training levels and
competency in using control measures regularly through evaluations, assessments, or
competency checks. This allows companies to keep an eye on training costs.
Establish a Process of Continuous Improvement and Corrective Actions: Implement a
process for continuous improvement where any gaps or deficiencies in control measures
are corrected by taking corrective actions, followed up to ensure they effectively
Online Activities:
You are required to complete a risk assessment in your workplace or a simulated workplace.
You are required to identify risks in the workplace related to the following situations:
You are then required to complete a risk assessment matrix based on these risks to assess the risks
from most important to least important to address.
Answer Activity 1:
Identify potential hazards and risks related to evacuation, such as blocked exits,
inadequate emergency lighting, or lack of evacuation procedures.
Assess the likelihood and potential consequences of these risks.
Determine control measures to mitigate the identified risks, such as ensuring clear
evacuation routes, conducting regular evacuation drills, and providing staff training on
emergency procedures.
Identify the hazardous chemicals/substances used in the workplace and assess the
associated risks, such as chemical spills, improper storage, or inadequate personal
protective equipment.
Evaluate the potential health hazards and environmental impacts.
Implement control measures, including proper storage and labeling of chemicals,
providing personal protective equipment, implementing safe handling procedures, and
conducting regular training on chemical safety.
Workplace accidents:
Identify common causes of workplace accidents, such as slips, trips, falls, or machinery-
related incidents.
Assess the likelihood and severity of these accidents occurring.
Implement control measures like maintaining clear walkways, providing safety barriers,
ensuring proper machine guarding, conducting regular equipment maintenance, and
providing safety training to employees.
Activity 2:
You are to create three new workplace health and safety procedures based on the risk assessment
you completed in Task 1.
Answer Activity 2:Create three new workplace health and safety procedures.
Here are three new workplace health and safety procedures that can be developed based on risk
assessment:
Evacuation Procedure: An evacuation procedure outlines all of the necessary steps that will be
taken in an emergency to evacuate staff and customers safely from your establishment.
You are to run a team meeting outlining the three new procedures you identified in Task 3.
You will organise a suitable time for the meeting with your assessor and your team members.
During the meeting you must include the following:
Explanation of new WHS procedures.
Any changes to WHS policies as a result of this.
Any changes to hazard identification, risk assessment or reporting.
Ask for input from team members about the new WHS procedures.
Outline how the team’s ideas can be applied to the new WHS procedures.
Outline when and how the new procedures will be rolled out to all team members.
Explanation of how the new procedures comply with WHS legislation or hospitality industry
safety codes of practice/standards.
Explanation of where documents of the new procedures can be accessed.
Explanation of any training that will be provided to team members.
Show how any modifications or enhancements were made to processes used for hazard
identification, risk evaluation, or reporting.
Explain how these changes will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of identifying
and controlling workplace hazards.
Promote active participation among team members by inviting them to share their
opinions, concerns, and ideas regarding new procedures.
Establish an environment in which everyone feels free to express their opinions openly
and freely.
Show them you appreciate their feedback and explain how their contributions will
create a safer workplace environment.
Provide a clear timeline outlining when new procedures will be adopted by all team
members and implemented into business operations.
Explain the procedure as well as any necessary training or resources required for its
smooth adoption.
Clarify how your new procedures comply with workplace health and safety legislation as
well as any pertinent safety codes of practice or industry standards.
Stress the importance of following these procedures to maintain legal compliance and
create a safe working environment.
Communicate clearly where team members can access documents related to new
procedures.
Provide information about where documents are kept—digitally or physically—and how
to retrieve them when required.
Definition of training: Outline your plan for providing team members with training
regarding new procedures.
Explain in detail the format, duration, and expected participation in training sessions.
Stress the significance of attending training to ensure in-depth knowledge and the
implementation of procedures.