Scenario 3

Scenario 3 Jacob is the housekeeping manager at The Continent Hotel. He is responsible for coordinating the tasks and schedules of the housekeeping staff. He is also in charge of managing their inventory of cleaning supplies. This week he is reviewing the team's attendance records for the month. He discovers that many of this month's absences are related to respiratory ailments. Jacob decides to set a meeting with the team's WHS representative to discuss the actions they can take to address this. To prepare for this meeting, Jacob compiles all his documents regarding all this month's ailmentrelated absences. This includes identifying who fell ill, the exact condition they suffered from and number of absences considering that. The WHS representative on the other hand, consulted with the rest of the workers and compiled their concerns and suggestions. During the meeting, the following information was established: ' Employees who suffered from respiratory ailments were from the teams assigned to clean suites. - Employees who suffered from respiratory ailments this month have a history of the same ailment. All have suffered from the same ailment within the past quarter. Together, they have come up with the following ideas they would like to test: ' Using a respirator mask when cleaning - Request for or acquire a different brand of cleaning materials, preferably unscented. ' Request for or acquire an electric fan to be brought to sites for cleaning a. Describe the function of the WHS representative in the above scenario. 1). In your own words, explain why the WHS representative was an appropriate choice of consultation mechanism in the given scenario