ASSESSMENT 1 BSBWHS401A Implement A

Employers, managers and supervisors should all ensure that workplace practices reflect the risk assessment and safety statement. Behavior, the way in which everyone works, must reflect the safe working practices laid down in these documents. Supervisory checks and audits should be carried out to determine how well the aims set down are being achieved. Corrective action should be taken when required. Additionally, if a workplace is provided for use by others. The safety statement must also set out the safe work practices that are relevant to them. Hence, it is

1.1- Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.

|Explain how to create a safe and suitable environment for practitioners and clients | |Every organisation should have specific safety policies and plans tailored to their business and work environment, depending on| |what type of safety issues are relevant. By training all employees thoroughly in the safety policies, the organisation can | |ensure that an environment or situation is safe for all. Additionally, seeking the involvement of staff in drawing up plans or | |adding to them is an excellent way to obtain “buy in” and maintain compliance. | |When practitioners meet

I ensure staff are kept safe within their day to day work by ensuring that they work to Health and Safety Law and Legislation and that this is kept up to date. I ensure risk assessments are in place and reviewed regularly for any changes or updates. I ensure staff are all treated equally and are given the same choices.

1. Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting.

1.1 Describe how current health & Safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.

Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting

1. Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting.

Under the Health & Safety at work Act I have many responsibilities as an employee. These responsibilities must be obeyed in order to maintain a safe working area and minimize any potential hazards or risks to yourself or others. Some of my responsibilities as an employee are as followed:

Activity 1: Accurately explain to the work team relevant provisions of WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice.

It will improve efficiency and effective work practice while following the rules of health and safety requirements and standards.

In the first instance, the employer should conduct a risk assessment. This will identify and assess all risks involved. After this, according to law, a workplace plan should be put into action and workers should be supervised properly by trained people. Ideally, employees should be trained to use extension ladders and stepladders to minimise the risk of falling.

As we all know, WHS is a fundamental element of WellCare. There are legal obligations and responsibilities to uphold, as well as knowing and understanding WHS laws and how they apply to the business will help avoid unnecessary costs and damages to your business caused by workplace injury and illness. Implementing and monitoring safe and effective measures will not only benefit employers but employees as well by increasing job satisfaction.

The National Compliance and Enforcement Policy sets out the approach work health and safety regulators will take to compliance and enforcement under the model WHS Act and Regulations. Australian Work Health and Safety regulators are committed to adopting the National Compliance and Enforcement Policy

An approved code of practice is a practical guide to achieving the standards of health, safety and welfare required under the WHS Act and the Work Health and Safety Regulations (the WHS Regulations). A code of practice applies to anyone who has a duty of care in the circumstances described in the code. In most cases, following an approved code of practice would achieve compliance with the health and safety duties in the WHS Act, in relation to the subject matter of the code. Like regulations, codes of practice deal with particular issues and do not cover all hazards or risks that may arise. The health and safety duties require duty holders to consider all risks associated with work, not only those for which regulations and codes of practice exist. Codes of practice are admissible in court proceedings under the WHS Act and Regulations. Courts may regard a code of practice as evidence of what is known about a hazard, risk or control and may rely on the code in determining what is reasonably practicable in the circumstances to which the code relates. Compliance with the WHS Act and Regulations may be achieved by following another method, such as a technical or an industry standard, if it provides an equivalent or higher standard of work health and safety than the code. An