And issues with food labelling and food tampering issues

ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS

Overview

• Student must not use non-discriminatory language. The language used should not devalue, demean, or exclude individuals or groups on the basis of attributes such as gender, disability, culture, race, religion, sexual preference or age. Gender inclusive language should be used.

• Assessor should not accept answers copied directly from texts without acknowledgement of the text.

• Presenting any work by another individual as one's own unintentionally

• Handing in assessments markedly similar to or copied from another student

Copyright is a right belonging to the owner or licensee of a literary, artistic or dramatic work, film or sound recording. You must be abide by the Copyright Act 1968 and not reproduce, perform or otherwise deal with the work. The owner of the material may take legal action against you if the owner's copyright has been infringed.

Competency Outcomes

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of one of the assessment tasks or the final outcome of the assessment task because you feel that the result is unfair or incorrect, you may request to have the task/s or overall assessment task reviewed. If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome, you may lodge a formal assessment appeal. Refer to SBTA’s Complaints/Appeals Policy and Procedure.

Reasonable adjustment

Please ensure that you also acknowledge the Student Declaration section on your student portal prior to submitting. The student declaration section acknowledges that you declare that:

• I am submitting work in this assignment that is my own, except where acknowledgement/s of sources are made.

• I was advised and I am aware of The Academy’s Policies including the Assessment Policy and the Assessment Appeals Process.

• I was given assistance from the trainer and/or other Academy staff during the study of this course when it was requested.

This unit incorporates the requirement, under state and territory work health and safety (WHS) legislation, for businesses to take a systematic approach to managing the safety of their workers and anyone else in the workplace

BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

• Knowledge questions

Assessment task description:     

• All knowledge tests are untimed and are conducted as open book assessment (this means you can refer to your textbooks or the internet to conduct research during the assessment). However, the answers must be in your own words to demonstrate your own understanding of each individual question.

• You must read and respond to all questions ad must type the answer to the questions and must complete your work independently to demonstrate individual competency.

• Where your answers are deemed not satisfactory after the first attempt a resubmission attempt will be allowed.

• You may speak to your Trainer/Assessor if you have any difficulty in completing this task and require reasonable adjustments.

• The purpose of this assessment task is as follows:

• Knowledge to implement and monitor work health and safety workplace practices in order to maintain safe and secure environment for employees in workplace.

• Reading skills to interpret unfamiliar and complex materials describing regulatory requirements for WHS management and organisational policies and procedures.

• Written skills to write high level reports about the effectiveness of WHS management practices, making recommendations for change and complete accurate records for regulatory compliance.

• identify relevant internal and external sources of information and explain how they can be used to identify sustainability improvements

• explain the compliance requirements for the work area with reference to legislation, regulations, codes of practice and workplace procedures that relate to environmental and resource issues

• • quality assurance

  • making recommendations and seeking approvals

• Self-paced learning

• In class activities

Benchmark for Assessment

• You are expected to respond to all aspects of each question and case study. In some cases, direction is provided on the expected length of your response. These assessments will require a Short, Medium or Long response.

For this task your assessor will break you into smaller work groups, so you can research and discuss the questions. You can use the internet to research as well as your learner guides but remember your answers must be in your own words. Any information taken directly must be referenced.

NOTE: for the purposes of this assessment you may access and refer to the harmonised WHS laws developed by Safe Work Australia known as the model laws.

3. Explain what are the employee’s responsibilities to ensure safety of self, other workers and other people in the workplace environment. (Short)

4. Why should employees participate in WHS practices.

3. Consultation in the hazard identification and risk assessment process

4. The role of WHS committees or WHS representatives in WHS consultation

2. Refer to a commercial kitchen environment and explain what should be included in the contents of the following WHS documents: (Short)

8. Explain the role of WHS representative and committee.

11. CASE STUDIES

The kitchen is very busy, and the machine is used throughout the day to prepare dough and several people within the kitchen use the machine. Below is a picture of this type of machine and the hook attachment
The hook is sharp. Safety switch is not available.
Determine the exposure to the hazard – high, medium or low
The exposure to the hazard is medium to high. It is no guarding on machines at all letting operators reach into dangerous parts of the machine.
Estimate the probability that an incident or injury will occur
The probability of an incident or injury is moderate.
The overall risk level for identified the hazard is moderate. Exposure to likelihood than consequences.
Provide proper training Provide PPE
Below is a picture of a clamshell grill and cords that are fraying
Identify the injury, illness or consequences that could result from the hazard
Injury- burns to skin with electric shock, tearing,
The exposure to the hazard is high.
The probability of an incident or injury nearly occur high
Determine an overall risk level for the identified hazard – High, Medium or Low
The overall risk level is moderate because sometimes ask to employee some fault in this machine so be carefully.
Below is a case study of an actual incident that occurred using similar equipment:
Elimination- remove the hazard completely. Substitute the hazard

2. The consultative process that should take place.

14. What are the time requirements for organisations to identify hazards in the workplace?

15. It is important that organisations maintain their safety and keep their staff well informed of any hazards, incidents and ongoing legislative changes. Explain what documents would a safety officer require to implement work health and safety procedures in the workplace.

• making recommendations and seeking approvals

(Guide: Medium)

18. List three environmental barriers that may exist within your workplace and outline how these may be overcome by the implementation of consultative processes and how can suggested improvements to sustainability practices be raised within your workplace?

19. Explain the importance of setting effective environmental targets and list what tools can you implement to assist with the lealisation of efficiency targets?

2. Energy

3. Land

4. Pollution

5. Garbage/waste

• This is the second (2nd) practical assessment task you have to successfully complete to be deemed competent in this unit of competence. You must complete all tasks to the required level to be deemed satisfactory in this task. Student must not use non-discriminatory language. The language used should not devalue, demean, or exclude individuals or groups on the basis of attributes such as gender, disability, culture, race, religion, sexual preference or age. Gender inclusive language should be used.

• Assessor should not accept answers copied directly from texts without acknowledgement of the text.

Purpose of the assessment task

The purpose of this assessment task is to assess the students’ skills in being able to implement and monitor adherence to workplace health and safety procedures in three of the following real or simulated situations:

• incident and accident reporting

• risk assessment and reporting

Resources and equipment required to complete this task

The student will have access to the following:

• Commercial kitchen environment

• templates

Read the scenario below and complete the following activities.

Scenario

2. Now that you have presented the work, health and safety information to your staff, it is important for you to monitor safe work practices. Ensure that your staff are complying with the WHS practices you have put in place.

   1. You are required to develop a checklist to monitor safe work practices, interview your staff and complete the checklist.

1. Refer to all the areas you have ticked as “no” and explain why you ticked “no”. Describe all the actual or foreseeable hazards you have identified and explain what the risk is for each one.

Description of hazard/risk	Risk level
Injuries or health issues	low	Use gloves, aprons, wet floor signs, hairnets etc because it is prevent to injuries
First aid treatment	moderate	Available the bandage, liquid medicine.
Disability	high	Gloves, wet floor signs, etc.

Your assessor will complete this checklist and provide feedback.

3. Read the scenario below and implement a risk control method to eliminate this future risk.

6. Emergency evacuation

This task will enable you to demonstrate how you follow procedures in emergency situations such as fire in the workplace and maintain WHS records and reports. To successfully complete this assessment task, you MUST participate in the demonstration.

• Print a copy of the incident report form below and save this to your e-learning to demonstrate minimal use of printed materials and using electronic transmissions when filing documents to reduce waste.

• Below is a copy of an Incident Report Form.

• This is the third (3rd) assessment task you have to successfully complete to be deemed competent in this unit of competence. You must complete all tasks to the required level to be deemed satisfactory in this task. Student must not use non-discriminatory language. The language used should not devalue, demean, or exclude individuals or groups on the basis of attributes such as gender, disability, culture, race, religion, sexual preference or age. Gender inclusive language should be used.

• Assessor should not accept answers copied directly from texts without acknowledgement of the text.

Level 2, 401 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 and 81A Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010

Purpose of the assessment task

• • measure current resource usage

  • solve problems and generate ideas for improvements

• apply change management techniques to support sustainability performance.

Resources and equipment required to complete this task

• Learner guide, PowerPoint, additional reading material, templates

Benchmark for Assessment

Read the scenario below and complete the activity.

(Guide: 1.5 to 2 pages – Font: Arial or Century Gothic Font Size: 12pt)

1. Collect, analyse and organize information from a range of sources on environmental and resources efficiently systems and procedures and discuss with your assessor. Obtain your assessor’s feedback prior to the role play;

2. Conduct the role play and inform your work group on any improvement opportunities.

1. Access La pochette restaurant’s current purchasing policy (copy attached as Appendix A). Document the restaurant’s purchasing strategy in your own words below. (Guide: Short)

In this task you are required to set targets for improvements, implement performance improvements and monitor performance. You can undertake this task in small groups however your answers must be in your own words.

Read the scenario regarding La pochette restaurant again and complete the following activities:

• Action plan to implement the improvement.

• Compliance requirements of the suggested improvement.

Meet with your team (your colleagues from your class) and relevant stakeholders such as sustainability specialist (your assessor) and seek their feedback and discuss any of their additional ideas on improved practices and any improvements they may suggest. You can address the following points in your email:

• Outline what could be the possible reasons for any barriers to improvements

2. In this task you are required to use the following evaluation and monitoring tools and technology to monitor the performance of the fridge/freezer. (Guide: Short)

3. You have implemented the strategies to the restaurant. All stakeholders have taken the implementation on board and working towards maintaining a sustainable work practices. You have decided to reward the staff to ensure that they continue to embrace workplace sustainability. List some ways you are going to reward the employees. (Short)

Appendix A

PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT POLICY

We look at how we can use all the material reducing waste and transport with smaller and environmentally friendly packaging, use toxic free substances and be more energy efficient.

We achieved this by exploring ways to achieve our statement promises by looking at the following.

• Automated print preview before printing papers

• Motion sensor for lighting throughout our office

As our “Green” culture becomes established and embedded we aim to:

Encourage our stakeholders (student, teachers, employees and suppliers) to be responsible corporate green citizens.

It is our intention to operate our business in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way as possible.

Approved by: Management

Recommended readings:

Some recommended reading for this unit includes:

• Department of the Environment, viewed April 2015,

<http://www.environment.gov.au>.

Besides this information, you can also use internet and other relevant legislative documents.