In-class activity 1c

Your tasks:

1. Answer true or false to the following statements by placing a tick () in the correct column

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

An employer must ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all the 
employees in the workplace.


An employer must provide a yoga room for their employees.

An employer must ensure that company premises are safe from risks and 
hazards protecting only employees.

An employer must make sure that any devices provided at work such as 
mouse and keyboard is safe and without risks to health when properly
used.

A small business does not have to adhere to WHS law. 

The law is happy with near enough efforts in WHS compliance. 

An employer must consult with employee in all matters related to their 

well-being except their mental health.

2. Describe what are the components required for a WHS Management System.

 Safety plan: A safety plan is a strategic action plan that forms part of the business plan. It
analyses the current and prospective risk for a company and charts how the risks will be
eradicated and controlled over a calendar period.
 Policies, procedures and processes: Policies, procedures and processes include all safety
paper infrastructures within your company. This paperwork will describe all safety behavior,
expectations, record-keeping, incident reporting, and incident notification documentation
 Training and Induction: Depending on the nature of your workplace (whether it is low-risk
or high-risk), everyone who enters your workplace should receive training on:
 the rules of your company;
 the rules of the site; and
 the rules of the location they are visiting.
The training content will depend on the level of risk the person is exposed to.

 Monitoring: to ensure that all risk has been covered by a new risk assessment that has been
carried out due to a change in process, e.g. the installation of new workstations; and when an
investigation takes place following an incident.
 Supervision: The only way to ensure your workers are carrying out their safety obligations is
to have adequate supervision.
 The level of supervision required in your workplace will increase if the level of safety control
put in place to reduce a risk is low, i.e. the less effective the control measure used, the higher
the level of supervision necessary.

 Reporting: The governance structure of your company needs safety reporting at all levels, not
just at board level. This can only occur when they receive safety feedback, e.g. how many
hazards were identified, the risk levels associated with those hazards and what control measures
were implemented.

3. List the duties and responsibilities of WHS Committees and Representatives:

Duties of WHS Committees and Representatives:

 Addresses systemic work health and safety (WHS) issues affecting MOP(S) act employees, in
accordance with the terms of reference
 Can be a forum for discussing and resolving of WHS issues in the workplace
 Assists finance and senators and members, in developing, implementing, reviewing and
updating prevention activities
 facilitates consultation between finance, senators and members, and MOP(S) Act employees
on WHS matters
 Helps finance and senators and members to distribute WHS information.

Responsibilities of WHS Committees and Representatives:

 Review WHS policies, plans, procedures and/or training.

 Implement written procedures for work processes and give priority to processes identified as
particularly hazardous.
 Assess accident or dangerous occurrence records, injury statistics, and other information
important in forming workplace prevention programs.
 Make recommendations on the WHS impact of changes in the workplace.
 Obtain current information on health and safety hazards and discuss the implications of these
hazards in the workplace.
 Carry out a variety of functions agreed between finance, senators and members, and the
Committee.