Hi there, Well done! Congratulations for the work you are completing throughout Work Health and Safety Week. Throughout the week there have been some instances that have occurred at the service whilst you have been working. Under each scenario there is a list of questions for you to answer. Please refer to the Little.ly Work Health and Safety document for more information to help you answer the questions. Little.ly Work Health and Safety Document Scenario 2- Faulty equipment A hazard identification check has found that the latch on Little.ly's front gate is faulty. This means that the gate no longer closes automatically. This has been recorded and the centre director has been advised. The centre director has said that the usual maintenance repairer is away on holiday. The other repairer in town is more expensive so she will wait until the usual one is back, then have him fix the gate. In the meantime, staff should keep an eye on the gate to make sure it is closed after people have used it. Today a disaster nearly happened. As parents were bringing in children in the morning, the gate did not shut properly behind one of them. Andrew, a four-year-old boy who loves to explore, saw his opportunity and quickly slipped out of the gate. He saw the truck parked down on the road and went down to investigate. He crawled underneath to satisfy his curiosity. Luckily the truck driver needed to check his tyres and happened to notice Andrew. He took him into the childcare service and explained what had happened. The manager said it was the employees' fault as they were supposed to watch the gate. The employees said they were so busy in the morning that they couldn't watch it all the time. They had been grumbling about this for some time but had not said anything to the centre director. Question 1 What is the centre director's responsibility in regard to the health and safety of the children in the service? Question 2 Do you think the centre director has shown sufficient duty of care? Why? Why not? Question 3 What is the employee's responsibility in regard to health and safety in an early childhood education and care setting? Question 4 Do you think the educators have shown sufficient duty of care? Why? Why not? Question 5 Identify two (2) more effective control measures that could have been put in place to reduce the risk. 1. 2. I Question 6 The centre director made a decision without consultation. If she had called a WHS meeting to discuss the gate, how would this have helped?