Assessment Tasks for WHS Risk Management and Evaluation

Assessment Task 1: Identify Risks and Propose solutions
1.1    Assess the hazards/risks which may have arisen because of acquiring new stores during the expansion stage. Create a list of them. Identify inadequacies in existing risk controls, and WHS legislative requirements
For example, you may propose an administrative solution as well as PPE risk control for some risk.  
Insert your list and proposed risk control methods here.
1.2    Develop a plan to implement appropriate measures to control risk according to hierarchy of control. Propose solutions which are more reliable and cost effective and include:
•    timelines, resources and actions
•    any new procedures to be developed
•    changes to procedures
•    further communication and consultation: plan at least one meeting/training (will be conducted in 1.6) in detail to inform affected workers of changes and include strategies to provide access to information and ease of understanding
•    ongoing, regular monitoring (plan for monitoring activities, e.g. scheduled audits)
•    recordkeeping or reporting actions to assist in legislative compliance and organisational WHS performance review.
Insert your plan here.
1.3    Seek expert advice if you need on some WHS concerns raised in 1.1. (You may seek advice from your trainer on your WHS concerns). Create notes of your concerns and advice received.
Insert your notes here.
1.4    In a role-play, meet with the Wollongong Store Manager. During the meeting, you will explain and use your procedures to assess and record actions taken to control WHS risks. Discuss the expert advice you researched or received.
Insert your notes of meeting here.

Assessment Task 2: Conduct a Training
Refer to the following provided information on employee skills at Wollongong store. In context of same,  
2.1 On the basis of your WHS concerns and proposed solutions in 1.1 and 1.2, develop and provide a WHS induction and training program. You may choose any one area and conduct the training.
Assessment Task 3: Draft a Report

Draft a report on evaluation of WHSMS and include the following. You must refer to the information provided at the end and compare with information provided in Assessment 2.
1.1    Measure and evaluate the WHSMS in line with the GoFuel strategic plans.
1.2    Use a system for WHS record keeping to allow identification of patterns of occupational injury and disease in the organisation, and to maintain a record of WHS decisions made, including reasons for the decision
1.3    Develop and implement improvements to the WHSMS to achieve organisational WHS objectives
1.4    Ensure compliance with the WHS legislative framework to achieve, as a minimum, WHS legal requirements

Assessment Task 1: Identify Risks and Propose solutions

The first step is to make all staff aware of risks and hazards and educate them on these, following the WHS recommendations. The fire risks class B are highest and most probable, with the highest damage; the requisite fire fighting equipment should be procured and staff trained.. this should be done within a fortnight at all the stations. The training will require emergency procedures, including evacuation and treating victims. Class K fires risks should be managed by training the employees in the kitchen, then having class K fire fighting equipment, and how to use them. The kitchens should be fitted with automatic smoke detectors; this should happen within a month. Fire alarms must be installed with the fire fighting equipment. Personal injuries due to lifting or frost bites are less severe but have a high likelihood of occurrence; PPE should be acquired for the staff and trained on their use. Rules for manual handling should also be set and workers trained to use them. Fumes from petrol and refrigerants are a low level risk but can be mitigated through regular inspections of storage tanks and refrigeration equipment

Actions taken to control WHS risks

All staff must know and understand their responsibilities for ensuring WHS

management commitment key to managing hazards

Follow a defined step-wise process for managing risk; identify hazards, undertake risk assessments, control the risks, review the risk control measures.

WHS requires extensive consultation with workers, colleagues, and relevant authorities. 

The first step entailed developing a training needs plan based on findings and a training needs analysis conducted. Analysis undertaken using a spreadsheet (shown below)

This is done for all departments and branches

A training plan was then developed based on the needs analysis listing the required type of training, the time frames, location of training, and if specialists will be required. Training was completed within 12 months

A training schedule was then developed and utilized in planning training delivery, following a hierarchy (risk hierarchy)

Measurement and Evaluation of  WHSMS in Line With the Plans of GoFuel

GoFuel has a demonstrated and well constructed framework for incident reporting which is already operational; for instance, with a total of 93 incidents reported, ranging from fuel spillages on customers to burns from ovens with 34.5 days being lost. The responsibility for reporting has been also not been assigned to a competent person, with Jim, who handled matters of healthy and safety when GoFuel was still running just a single outlet playing the role at the moment. This conforms to the requirement of reporting and measurement and using statistics as the basis fr making changes to OHS at the workplace.

However, there is no system for inspection and testing environment, procedures and plant at the ISS stores. Further, the responsibility for ensuring testing and inspection of the environment, plant, and procedures has not been assigned to any competent person,