Implement and monitor work health and safety practices

1. Answer the following questions to outline the requirements for workplace health and safety as they relate to your chosen industry (tourism, travel, hospitality or events).

a. What are the workplace actions that must be taken for legal compliance?

b. What are the responsibilities that an employer has to provide a safe workplace?

c. What are the requirements for consultation, and what are acceptable consultation mechanisms?

d. Briefly outline the requirements for the use of WHS representatives and committees and discuss their various roles and responsibilities.

e. Outline the requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, and discuss the acceptable mechanisms used.

f. What are the requirements for record keeping, and what are the acceptable record keeping mechanisms used in the industry?

g. What are the basic requirements for providing information and training?

h. What are the employee responsibilities in regard to ensuring safety and participating in WHS practices and in WHS management practices?

i. What are the legal obligations and ramifications of failing to observe OHS or WHS legislation and organisational policies and procedures?