What WHS legislation applies to your workplace? Please include in your answer:
a)Commonwealth WHS Acts (2 marks)
b)Regulations (1 mark)
c)Codes of practice (1 mark)
d)Legislative and regulatory requirements for managing hazards (2 marks)
e)Legislative and regulatory requirements for maintenance of records (2 marks)
2.How are these policies and other WHS information communicated (2 marks)
3.a)Who is responsible for ensuring that WHS policies are adhered to in your workplace?(1 mark)
b)What are the responsibilities of this person? (2 marks)
4.a)What financial resources are required to manage WHS? (2 marks)
b)What human resources are required to manage WHS? (2 marks)
5.How does your workplace ensure participation in the WHS process? (2 marks)
6.How are WHS issues resolved in your workplace? (1 mark)
7.How does your workplace report WHS issues;
a)in-house (1 mark)
b)according to WHS reporting requirements? (1 mark)
Part B1.What is WHS?
2.What are the general duties of employers under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004?
3.What does PPE stand for?
4.List 4 examples of PPE equipment.
5.Name and identify 3 hazards in the health industry you might come across in the role as a HSA?
6.List 4 ways of contributing to safe WHS standards.
7.What are 4 ways of maintaining a safe workplace?
8.What should you do if you are unable or not allowed to fix a hazard yourself?
9.What is the aim of WHS?
10.List 4 situations where you would need to follow a workplace policy or procedure.
11.What is the procedure that must be followed for the removal of blood?
12.When must a WHS incident be reported? Highlight correct answer
13.In general, WHS legislation is necessary because it provides: Highlight correct answer
14.How do we ensure equipment safety?
15.Identify 6 pieces of patient’s equipment you would have to collect or move?
16.If you are unsure of the procedure of moving equipment what should you do?
17.Can you identify 6 handling, moving or transporting task you may be asked to do?
18.What are policies
19.What are procedures and why do we have them?
20.If a patients needs to be relocated to a new room what furnishing will need to be moved?
21.Quite often in your role you will be asked to deliver urgent bloods to pathology in your words explain what this is means.
22.When asked to delivery heavy equipment explain how you would do this safely?
23.Housekeeping: if you notice that the walk way (corridors) are cluttered and look like a safety hazard what steps would you take to eliminate the hazard.

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