BSBCMN106A Follow workplace safety procedures

Unit 01 Follow workplace safety procedures (BSBCMN106A)


Unit outline

PAGE INDEX
• Learning Outcomes
• Required - Theory
• Required - Prac
• Assessment
• Student examples
This unit covers general occupational health and safety requirements in business organisations and is relevant for employees working under direct supervision with no responsibilities for other people. The unit is based on Generic Competency A in the National Guidelines for Integrating Occupational Health and Safety Competencies into National Industry Competency Standards [NOHSC: 7025 (1998) 2nd edition]. This unit is related to BSBCMN211A Participate in workplace safety procedures


Learning Outcomes expected: Elements in bold, Performance criteria as sub points

1. Follow workplace safety procedures
1.1 Hazards in the work area are recognised, while under direct supervision and reported to appropriate people according to workplace procedures
1.2 Workplace procedures and work instructions for own area of responsibility, for assessing and controlling risks are followed accurately while under direct supervision
1.3 Workplace procedures for dealing with incidents (accidents), fire and other emergencies are followed under direct supervision, whenever necessary within the scope of responsibilities and competencies
2. Contribute to occupational health and safety in the workplace
2.1 Occupational Health and Safety issues are raised with appropriate people in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant Occupational Health and Safety legislation
2.2 Contributions to participative arrangements for Occupational Health and Safety management in the workplace are made within organisational procedures and the scope of responsibilities and competencies


Required - Theory component

After reading the "Follow workplace safety procedures" section (Pg 1-1 to 1-20) of your Student workbook, skip the questions contained within the work booklet and do all of the following instead. The material supplied within the student work booklet contains some good information as well as the answers to most of the following questions. Copy and paste the questions below into a new word-processor file, then add your answers appropriately, applying the presentation conventions required in this course. A booklet called Apply Occupational Health and Safety Procedures (641 KB Adobe file found on your N drive) and a document called Workplace Hazards in Information Technology (MSWord 155Kb) may also be of some help.

1. What do the letters OH&S represent and what is involved with this topic?
2. Who's responsibility is it to ensure proper OH&S always occurs?
3. The text discusses a "duty of care". What is this and whose is it?
4. Hierarchy of control
4.1 What is this?
4.2 Discuss in your own words each of the seven levels of control looked at.
5. Hazards
5.1 What is a hazard?

Incident Report Form


Incident Register


Risk Register


Industry Component
drop down list
5.2 Based on your discussions in class or with your teacher, determine and describe at least one possible realistic "I.T." example of a hazard that could exist in a classroom or home environment.
5.3 Do "near misses" have to be recorded by law?
5.4 Why is it usually called an incident and not an accident?
6. Real life event
6.1 Discuss at least one "real life" hazard that you know of that could result in harm, or did actually result in harm. If you cannot remember one, please see your teacher who will discuss one with you. In your answer make sure you look at how it was caused.
6.2 How could you manage this "real life" hazard by applying the Hierarchy of control (Pg 1-5 of student work book)?
6.3 Assuming the incident had occurred, record this event in an Incident Report Form table of the same design as shown in page 1-10 of your student workbook. Click on the small screen dump on the right to download a table that you can use (MSWord 31Kb) for this question.
6.4 Assuming the incident had occurred, fill in the Incident Register table of the same design as shown on page 1-12 of the student work book. You may wish to look at the example details shown on page 1-11 to help you. Click on the small screen dump on the right to download a table that you can use (MSWord 40Kb) for this question.
7. Risk assessment
7.1 What is a Risk Register and why have one?
7.2 Complete Q6 (Pg 1-15) in the student workbook. Click on the small screen dump on the right to download a table that you can use (MSWord 37Kb) for this question.
8. Web site activity
Go to the following web page; safe@work - General Module and study the appropriate tutorials (Introducing Health and Safety Responsibilities through to The Right to Refuse Work) listed on this page and complete a test based on this material at; safe@work - Self-Assessment Tests. This is a Victorian education department web site and you will be required to register your name and school. After you have entered your name and school, select "General" from the select Industry Component drop down list and then click on the "Start Test" button.
a) Complete this test and obtain a printout of the "Online Award of Attainment"
b) Have the principal (or authorised representative) sign this award of attainment print out and make sure the school stamp is also placed on the award.
c) Show this signed and stamped award of attainment print out to your teacher and email a copy of this your teacher.
9. Ergonomics
The following two questions are NOT based on material found within the student workbook, the answers for these must be researched elsewhere.
9.1 What is Ergonomics?
9.2 Name a small number of things that everyone should keep in mind in terms of maintaining good ergonomics in an IT environment. Please deal with each of the following;
a) Office equipment: ergonomic design and use of such things as tables, chairs, computer screen, keyboards, etc
b) Body safety: including posture, seating position, rest periods and exercises.
c) Diagram: include at least one diagram that points out various typical ergonomic equipment and body posture standards.


Required - Prac component

Complete ONE of the following alternatives (in priority order);
a) When you eventually conduct your work placement activity, enquire about their workplace safety procedures or some workplace safety event and briefly report on what you found. For privacy reasons, you do not have to use the real names of the organisation or people involved.
or
b) Complete Q10 (Pg 1-19) in the student workbook
or
c) Enquire about the workplace safety procedures or some workplace safety event at your home school and briefly report on what you found. For privacy reasons, you do not have to use the real names of the organisation or people involved.


Required - Teacher observation component

No teacher observation required with this unit of work.


Sources of information

Apart from the material you will find for yourself on the internet (some are listed on the first and second pages of the assignment), you will have 2 other sources of information:
Workplace Hazards in Information Technology (MSWord 155Kb)
Safe@work - Introducing Health & Safety Responsibilities
A booklet called Apply Occupational Health and Safety Procedures (641 KB Adobe file) by Basford Systems. This is a very good resource and worth looking at. If you wish to borrow a hardcopy of this booklet, see your teacher.
The internet. The following are some of the sources possible:
Victorian WorkCover Authority
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Occupational Health & Safety Sites
Ergonomics in Australia
National Occupational Health & Safety Commission
Ergonomics (excellent reference by HP to its customers - see your teacher)
Others ??? If you find others, please let me know so I can add them to this list.


Handing in your work and Assessment

1. Complete this assignment using a computer. Use logical file/folder management (folder-file names) that will help you easily and quickly find your work later on.
2. Please include at least a summary of each question with each answer within your assignment
3. Email your work to your teacher by the due date. Use an email subject name of vet1 unit1
4. Click on the following link to view the assessment tools that will be used. Print out the assessment tools sheet and keep it accessible. Your teacher will require it to "sign off" all work completed, including teacher observation tasks.


Student examples & Student Feedback

To help improve the quality, interest and accuracy of all units of work required from students, student feedback is essential. If you have any constructive ideas on what other course material could be covered (or not covered), how it is covered, tasks that could done, assessment, etc, even typos and bad links, please let your teacher know. The following links will allow you to view some student generated examples of this assignment;
Example 1: Pgs 1-2 theory, Pg 3 theory, Pg 4 Certificate, Pg 5 Incident Register, Pg 6 Incident Report Form, Pg 7 Risk Register and Pg8 Report (2007)
Example 2: Pgs 1-2 theory, Pg 3-4 theory, Pg 5 Certificate, Pg 6 Incident Register, Pg 7 Incident Report Form, Pg 8 Risk Register and Pg 9 Report (2007)
Example 3: Pgs 1-2 theory, Pg 3 theory, Pg 4 Certificate, Pg 5 Incident Register, Pg 6 Incident Report Form, Pg 7 Risk Register and Pg 8 Report (2008)
Example 4: Pages 1-2, Pages 3-4 and Pages 5-6 (2008 includes all docs)
Example 5:
Example 6:



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