BSBWHS311

Assist with maintaining workplace safety

1. What is a work team and what are some ways a group of people can work together effectively as a team?
2. Why do organisations have rules about keeping people safe and healthy at work and how can companies make sure that their workplaces are safe?
3. How does WHS legislation relate to equal opportunity, anti-discrimination, and industrial relations?How can an organisation identify hazards and assess risks in the workplace?
4. How can an organisation control these risks?What are the Australian laws, regulations and codes of practice that are in place to protect workers' health, safety and well being?
5. How do organisations make sure they follow these rules? Give an example for each point.
6. Describe the important safety policies and procedures an Australian workplace must practice in the event of:

• Risk management
• Fire
• Emergencies
• Evacuation
• Incident investigation
• Reporting

7. What is an individual's role when it comes to making sure that workplaces are safe and healthy? 7.What are their (3) obligations?

What can teams do to make sure that policies and procedures are being followed?

8. Explain the role of the following in relation to WHS within an organisation:

• PCBU
• HSR
• WHS Committee

9. Describe how the HSR and WHS Committee can use the following to assess and control risks for the health and safety of workers:

• Workplace inspection checklistRisk assessment register
• Accident or incident investigation form
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for hazardous substances
• Incident report
• Hierarchy of control

10. Describe what an accident/incident investigation entails?