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BSBWHS415
Contribute to Implementing WHS Management Systems

Table of Contents

Elements and Performance Criteria .....................................................................................................4

Foundation Skills ....................................................................................................................................5

2.Contribute to Developing and Promoting WHS Policy ................................................................ 14

2.1. Apply knowledge of WHS policy .......................................................................................... 15

3.1. Identify duty holders relevant to their own job role and work area....................................... 28

3.2. Apply knowledge of a plan to contribute planning ............................................................... 33

4.1. Implement the plan as it applies to their own job role and work area .................................. 45

4.2. Communicate and explain the plan to others....................................................................... 52

5.2. Communicate and explain the evaluation of WHS performance to others .......................... 67

5.3. Section Summary ................................................................................................................. 73

6.3. Section Summary ................................................................................................................. 94

7. References and Further Reading ................................................................................................... 95

This unit in the context

The terms ‘occupational health and safety’ (OHS) and ‘work health and safety’ (WHS) are
equivalent, and generally either can be used in the workplace. In jurisdictions where model WHS laws have not been implemented are advised to contextualise this unit of competency by referring to existing WHS legislative requirements.

The model WHS laws include the model WHS Act, model WHS Regulations and model WHS Codes of Practice. See Safe Work Australia for further information.

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Elements and Performance Criteria

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Skill	Description

	WHSMS implementation plan • Develops required documentation using appropriate organisational

Navigate the world of work	• Presents information and advice about WHSMS using language,
	• Keeps up to date on changes to WHS laws, and related organisational policies and procedures relevant to own role
Get the work done	accountability • Collaborates with others to achieve individual and team outcomes

At the end of this unit, you should be able to:

Contribute to developing WHSMS implementation plan

Glossary of Acronyms

Note: Unless otherwise expressly stated throughout this topic, a reference to:

• The Model Work Health Safety Act is taken refer to “Work Health and Safety Act 2011

jurisdiction);

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• Work Health and Safety (WHS) is taken to refer to ‘Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)’

and ‘Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)’ (within the definitions prescribed by the

jurisdiction).

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Characteristics of a systematic approach include:

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Referring to workplace arrangements that enable PCBUs / Employers to consult with stakeholders (e.g., workers/employees, managers, supervisors, contractors and other third parties) regarding WHS matters that concern or may affect their health and safety at work. It also ensures that workers are actively involved in WHS decisions that directly affect them:

Examples of WHS consultation arrangements include Health and Safety Committees, workgroup meetings, and worker involvement in workplace inspections & audits.

Every individual is accountable for their own health and safety and that of other persons in the workplace. All persons must be made aware of their roles and responsibilities (e.g., through workplace policy documents, appropriate training) in regard to identifying and reporting on workplace hazards and risks in order to reduce the incidence of workplace injury and illness;

Examples of documentation underpinning safe systems of work include Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) which outline how specific hazards and risks will be identified, assessed and managed for a given work task.

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1.1. Introduction to WHS Management Systems (WHSMS)

Australian Standard 4801 - 2001 provides a nationally recognized framework for managing and documenting how work health and safety should be handled in a business. This is a useful reference document.

legislative requirements & information on hazards & risks.


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•	Establish, assess and review the effectiveness of procedures which gives effect to WHS

Certification from certifying bodies such as Standards Australia will confirm an organisation’s level of operational compliance with its WHSMS.

The implementation of a WHSMS will help promote a systematic approach to, by way of example: • Workplace hazard identification;
• The assessment of associated risks;
• The implementation of control measures to eliminate or control risks;
•
WHS training, instruction and supervision of workers; • WHS consultation with workers.

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General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques: this is the primary standard that can be used by all organisations. It provides guidance on the development,
implementation, and/or methods for improving an OHSMS / WHSMS and how it can be integrated with other organisational management systems (and the core functions of the business). These guidelines specify a systematic approach to WHS management, which will assist organisations in meeting their legislative requirements and initiating WHS improvement processes.

The guidelines can assist an organisation in establishing its own WHSMS or in improving on an existing system. They do not prescribe the type or format or style of WHSMS that should be used, but rather contain guidance for organisations of any size or type.

1.2. WHSMS principles and elements

2.	3.	4.	5.
	3.	Measurement	Review and

Planning
Planning	n	and evaluation	improvement

Specifying that the organisation shall have a WHS policy that is authorised by senior
management and which specifies the overall WHS objectives of the organisation. The policy demonstrates the commitment of senior management to improving WHS performance through its WHSMS;

Specifying that the organisation shall take action to ensure the implementation of stated objectives within the WHS Policy, objectives and targets. This includes specifications in terms of structure and responsibility (e.g. resource allocation, responsibilities and accountability), training and competency, consultation and communication processes and reporting, provision of documents and data control in relation to hazards, risks and controls and emergency preparedness and response.

4. Measurement and evaluation:

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schedule for reviewing the WHSMS to ensure that it retains its relevance and effectiveness.

effective means of protecting workers and other people from workplace injury and illness. This is

undoubtedly the key benefit of such a system, on the proviso that it is consistently deployed by all

• Create safer work environments;

• Develop a positive safety culture;

identified and managed before becoming problematic;

• Provide competitive advantage for an organisation in procurement and contract tendering

• •	Provide verification through auditing that WHS performance is meeting expectations; Enhance the organisation’s reputation.

• Not customised or contextualised to meet the needs of the organisation, but instead imposed in

its generic ‘off-the-shelf’ format without any modification;

• Introduced for non-WHS reasons (e.g., to enable successful tendering for projects or contracts

for the supply of goods and/or services);

• Implemented with only selective worker involvement at management’s discretion;

• Applied in hostile or non-conducive contexts (e.g. militant or disgruntled employees; unstable

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workplace activities are safely performed according to agreed and documented standards and

allowing for continuous improvement. Work Health and Safety is the responsibility of all people in the

2.	3.	4.	5.
Planning	3.	Measurement	Review and
	Implementation	Measurement	Review and
	Implementation	and evaluation

promotion of the policy as appropriate to own job role and work area

Your organisation's WHS Policy is vital to ensuring that there are set WHS goals and objectives which will guide WHS improvement processes and be the driving force behind the implementation of your WHSMS.

Policy refers to ‘…a plan of action; a course or method of action that has been deliberately chosen and that guides or influences future decision...’

Commitment:	• Is there an obvious commitment to WHS management?
	o Legal requirements (i.e., the WHS legislative framework)? o Other performance criteria (e.g., as established in Codes of Practice
	• Does the policy clearly address WHS accountability in terms of: o Capacity to assign/delegate, delivers, and reviews the Policy’s o Allocating adequate resources to fulfil the aims of the policy?
Consultation:
	• Does the policy take on a preventative approach to WHS management?

General statements common to most WHS policies will include:

• •	Manage and undertake design, manufacture, installation and operations in a responsible manner. Provide practical measures to ensure all negative impacts are avoided or mitigated.

• Carry out the business activities in a safe manner.

• Conduct operations in compliance with current state legislation and regulations, licences, codes of

• Communicate this policy to the managers, workers, contractors, clients and the community.

• Educate managers, workers and contractors to ensure all aspects of this policy are integrated into

• Require all workers to follow instructions and rules applicable to this WHS policy, report hazards to

their supervisors and wear, where required, Personal Protective Equipment.

• Develop and apply hazard and risk assessments to identify, assess and safely manage any present

or future potential hazards of the business operations.

• Include health and safety performance as a factor in the appraisal and reward of staff.

The following headings provide a deeper insight into some of the elements which make up a WHS

For example, the Model Work Health and Safety Act require:

• Persons in control of a business or undertaking to:

representatives and ensure that it is kept up to date.

• Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant, structures or substances to:

plant, structures or substances.

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Commitment to establish objectives and targets


• Include health and safety performance as a factor in the appraisal and reward of staff. • Apply and demonstrate a systematic approach to health and safety management to achieve

Example of the policy statement
The WHS policy will be made readily available at the workplace to all managers and workers, contractors and suppliers.

Injury and claims management

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establishing a Return to Work Program, consulting the insurer as necessary. This will require the

following steps:

• Communicate with the injured worker and their doctor to ensure the worker returns to suitable

employment as soon as practicable.

offices. Where workers do not normally have access to the company offices a copy of the policy

should be appropriately displayed in the workplace(s) to ensure such people as workers, sub-


A current WHS policy will be prominently displayed at all of the business’ workplaces.