HLTWHS002 Assessment Task 3
ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET ASSESSMENT TASK 3
Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task. Make sure you have kept a copy of your work.
Student Name: | ||||
Student to complete |
Assessor to complete | |||
Assessment Task |
Resubmission? Y/N |
Student initials |
Sufficient/ insufficient |
Date |
Project WHS inspection |
STUDENT DECLARATION: None of this work has been completed by any other person. I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s. I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken against me.
Student name: Student signature: Date:___________
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK ________________________________________________________________________
Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback. A copy must be supplied to
Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date:___________
ASSESSMENT TASK 3: PROJECT WHS INSPECTION
TASK SUMMARY:
You are required to complete a work health and safety check using the risk assessment form provided.
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
Hazard inspection policies and procedures (from your work placement service) Hazard Inspection checklist (from your work placement service).
WHEN DO I DO THIS ASSESSMENT?
You will do this task during your work placement.
Write in your due date as advised by your assessor: __________________________________
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?
If your assessor sees that you have not completed the form correctly, they will give you some feedback and you will need to do the task again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Select a work area from your work placement service that you are familiar with. For example, you might
Ask your work placement supervisor for a copy of their WHS checklist for that area and conduct a workplace inspection.
Once you have completed your checklist you must answer the following questions.
- Did you find any things during the inspection that were not compliant? What were they?
(If you did not find any non-compliances, think of one thing that could have been non-compliant.)
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- What did you do about the non-compliant items?
(If you did not find any non-compliances in your safety check, refer to the item you identified above.)
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- How often is this area required to be inspected?
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ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET ASSESSMENT TASK 4
Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task. Make sure you have kept a copy of your work.
Student Name: | ||||
Student to complete |
Assessor to complete | |||
Assessment Task |
Resubmission? Y/N |
Student initials |
Sufficient/ insufficient |
Date |
Project WHS risk assessment |
STUDENT DECLARATION: None of this work has been completed by any other person. I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s. I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken against me.
Student name: Student signature: Date:___________
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK
:____________________________________________________________________________
Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback. A copy must be supplied to
Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date:___________
ASSESSMENT TASK 4: PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT
TASK SUMMARY:
You are required to complete a WHS risk assessment using the forms provided.
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
Your work placement service
Supporting documents (included in this assessment):
Risk Assessment Control Form
Risk Assessment Matrix Consequence Table
Hierarchy of Control Table.
WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?
You will do this task in your work placement service.
Write in your due date as advised by your assessor: __________________________________
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?
If your assessor identifies that you did not complete all parts of each form correctly, you will be asked to fix the parts that are wrong and resubmit.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Read your hazard identification and risk assessment policies and procedures to prepare for this task.
Choose a task you are familiar with at your work placement service. For example, you may choose the task of transferring a client to the dining room; providing a personal care activity; providing a client with a hot beverage or assisting people in wheelchairs.
You will need to do a hazard identification and risk assessment for this task.
- Use the risk assessment control form and identify at least 5 potential hazards for your chosen work activity or task.
- Now use the risk assessment rating matrix and the consequence table to:
consider the consequences of the hazard consider the likelihood of those consequences occurring calculate the risk rating.
- Enter your risk assessment data in the Risk Assessment Control form and the Hierarchy of Control table.
Think about the following questions when completing the documents:
What type of harm or injury could the hazard potentially cause?
What is the likelihood of that harm occurring?
Are there current controls in place?
How effective are these controls?
Are workplace procedures being followed?
What further controls might be required?
How would you put these controls in place?
- Now add each of your recommendations into the Hierarchy of Control table. You may double up on some of the hierarchy levels. An example has been completed for you as a guide.
RISK ASSESSMENT CONTROL FORM | ||||
Workplace | ||||
Site supervisor/manager |
Date | |||
Name of person completing risk assessment | ||||
Description of activity: | ||||
Hazard identification and initial risk rating |
Control measures and actions |
Hierarchy of Control table | ||||
Summary of control requirements |
Control/further action |
Hazards |
Action by |
Due date: |
Elimination | ||||
Substitution/Isolation | ||||
Engineering (example) |
Recommence regular maintenance schedule and ensure maintenance occurs at scheduled times |
Poor maintenance of wheelchair |
HSR Maintenance Manager |
15/10/2015 |
Engineering | ||||
Administration | ||||
Personal Protective Equipment |
RISK ASSESSMENT RATING MATRIX
LIKELIHOOD | |||||
Rare The event will only occur in exceptional circumstances |
Unlikely The event is not likely to occur in a year |
Possible The event may occur within a year |
Likely The event is likely to occur within a year |
Almost certain The event is almost certain to occur within a year | |
Severe/Catastrophic (Accidental death/ serious injury) |
MEDIUM |
HIGH |
EXTREME |
EXTREME |
EXTREME |
Major (serious injury) |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
HIGH |
EXTREME |
EXTREME |
Moderate (Lost time due to workplace injury) |
LOW |
MEDIUM |
HIGH |
HIGH |
HIGH |
Minor (Minor workplace injury no lost time) |
LOW |
LOW |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
Minimal (no injury) |
LOW |
LOW |
LOW |
LOW |
LOW |
Use this table to determine the current risk for each identified hazard.
RISK LEVELS
Resolution at each level involves reducing the risk level to a lower level of risk
Extreme requires immediate assessment with management consideration. A detailed plan, regular monitoring and reporting is required with a target resolution within 1 month timeframe
High requires immediate assessment with senior staff consideration, planning and reporting. Target resolution should ideally be within 3 months
Medium reviewing of existing controls and planning required. Resolution timeframe should be within 1 year
Low the risk may be tolerable and controlled if managed with high quality process and procedures
DESCRIPTION | ||||
Consequence |
Injury |
Illness |
Environment |
Financial cost |
Catastrophic |
Fatality or permanent disability |
Fatality or permanent disability |
Disastrous and/or widespread environmental impact |
Huge (greater than $500,000) |
Major |
Lost time injury (greater than 2 weeks) |
Lost time injury (greater than 2 weeks) |
Serious environmental impact |
Major ($50,000 $500,000) |
Moderate |
Lost time injury (less than 2 weeks) |
Lost time injury (less than 2 weeks) |
Substantial environmental impact |
High ($20,000 $50,000) |
Minor |
Requires basic medical treatment |
Requires medical treatment, for example, for skin rashes |
Small and / or localised impact |
Medium ($5,000 $20,000) |
Minimal |
Minor |
Minor, for example headache/nausea |
Little or no environmental impact |
Low (less than $5,000) |
ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET ASSESSMENT TASK 5 |
Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task. Make sure you have kept a copy of your work.
Student Name: | ||||
Student to complete |
Assessor to complete | |||
Assessment Task |
Resubmission? Y/N |
Student initials |
Sufficient/ insufficient |
Date |
Workplace observations |
STUDENT DECLARATION: None of this work has been completed by any other person. I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s. I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken against me.
Student name: Student signature: Date: ______________
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK :____________________________________________________________________________
Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback. A copy must be supplied to the
Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date: ______________
ASSESSMENT TASK 5: WORKPLACE OBSERVATIONS
This task is broken up into three parts:
Part A: You are to locate and discuss procedures with your assessor.
Part B: You are to apply emergency response policies and procedures in a simulated emergency situation.
Part C: You are to apply infection
PART A WORKPLACE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND SIGNAGE
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
Access to your work placement service Access to your management, manual handling and incident reporting) Access to WHS manual handling codes of practice Access to National Infection Control Guidelines.
WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?
You will do this task in your work placement service.
Write in : _____________________________
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?
If your assessor identifies that you did not complete all requirements of this task correctly, they will give you some feedback and you will need to redo the incorrect part/s again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Locate the following policies and procedures:
Infection control this must include standard and additional precautions, clean/contaminated areas, hand washing, hygiene and personal protective clothing
Emergency management
Manual handling
Incident reporting.
- Discuss each of the policies and procedures with your assessor, explaining the main points of each and relevant legislation and standards.
Your assessor will ask you for examples of how each policy and/or procedure is relevant to the work you have been doing or observing, and what legislation is involved in relation to safety and infection control.
- Your assessor will ask you to show them a number of different workplace safety signs. Take your assessor to each sign that they ask to see. Tell them what the sign means.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you: |
Read and understand those workplace policies and procedures |
Explain how standard precautions are used to avoid the spread of infection |
Understand when additional infection control precautions are required |
Understand when and how to report incidents and injuries |
Understand manual handling procedures and how to avoid injury to self when lifting and moving |
Understand what to do in the event of an emergency situation (that is, fire) |
Understand relevant legislation, codes of practice and standards |
PART B EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MANUAL HANDLING
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT? Access to their work placement service
A chair
A wheelchair
A person to play the role of the client (assessor or a colleague at the work placement service).
WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?
You will do this task in your work placement service.
Write in the date of your asse _____________________________
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?
If your assessor identifies that you did not demonstrate the correct skills and knowledge when evacuating the building, they will give you some feedback and you will need to redo the task again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Your assessor will talk to you about an emergency scenario. You will be required to:
- Correctly respond to the emergency situation by following workplace instructions, policies and procedures.
- Take responsibility for transferring one client to the emergency evacuation area. (Your assessor will provide you with details about this.)
- Debrief with your assessor after the scenario is complete.
- Answer two verbal questions.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you: |
Read and interpret emergency evacuation policies and procedures |
Correctly follow emergency evacuation policies and procedures in a simulated emergency |
Correct use manual handling techniques for minimising manual handling risk |
Participate in a debriefing session to address the emergency situation |
Consider your own levels of stress and fatigue after an emergency situation. |
PART C CLEAN-UP OF BLOOD SPILL AND INFECTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
Access to their work placement service
Access to National Infection Control Guidelines
An area in which they can demonstrate the blood spill clean-up A blood spill kit.
WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?
You will do this task in your work placement service.
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WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?
If your assessor identifies that you did not demonstrate the correct skills and knowledge when cleaning up the spill, they will give you some feedback and you will need to redo the task again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
For this task your assessor will use water to simulate the blood spill.
- You are to clean up a blood spill that has occurred in a dry area. The spill is approximately 13 cm in diameter.
- Once you have cleaned up properly, correctly dispose of the contaminated materials.
- As you work you are to explain to your assessor what you are doing. Remember to communicate professionally and appropriately with your assessor during this time.
Your assessor will ask you a number of verbal questions after you have completed the task.
Note: If it is not possible to do this task in your work placement service, your assessor will ask you to complete it in the classroom environment.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you can: |
Read, understand and follow procedures and guidelines to safety clean up a blood spill |
Read, understand and follow procedures and guidelines to safely dispose of contaminated waste |
Identify any risks to clients and report and record these |
Report and record these risks |
Raise safety issues as per organisational procedure |
Contribute to the development of safe workplace procedures to minimise risk. |