WHS questions and answers (Coursework Sample)

Name Institution Date Assessment 1 - Written or Oral Questions 1 Under the current WHS legislation, what are the duties of: * The employer or PCBU(3marks) Based on Mearns et al, (2010, p. 1445) the duties of the employer are offering and upholding safe working atmosphere for both workers and clients, training safety working practices at work for all workers, offering and upholding reliable working tools, and monitoring the working environment and tools together with the health of all workers to avoid the occurrence of any diseases or injuries. * The employee(2marks) The duties of employees are making sensible caution for their safety and wellbeing, wearing protective gear that is fundamental when operating machines, complying with the provisions of WHS as provided by the administrator and taking logical care of their well being as well as protecting other individuals (Mearns et al, 2010, p. 1445). 2 Name a regulation and code of practice applicable to your workplace. If you aren't presently working, relate this question to an employee of a coffee shop. (2marks) In relation to a coffee shop, a regulation code of practice applicable will be cleaning hands before preparing any drinks or foods for customers, wearing rubber gloves while handling dangerous chemicals when cleaning particular parts of the utensils, and always making sure the workplace is clean at all times. 3 What specific WHS legislative requirements impact your organization? If you aren't presently employed, relate this question to an employeeof a coffee shop.(2marks) Specific WHS legislative requirement would be being responsible in taking care of the customer and worker's health and safety, like matters security, safe handling of foods, and a safe working place to avoid any harm on clients and staff. This is as per the safety act of state from the year 2011. 4 Who are the duty holders in your organization? If you aren't presently employed, relate this question to an employee of a coffee shop. (1 marks) In relation to an employee of a coffee shop, the duty holders would be either the manager or the supervisor. 5 Who in your organization is impacted upon by the legislation? How? (3 marks) The parties affected by this legislation are the customers; they are entitled to feel safe and enquire anything they may want to know regarding their safety. The employer will be affected as he required to make sure the guidelines are followed by all the workers to enhance excellent and safe service delivery and providing a safe working atmosphere for the staff. The employees will also be affected in that they will have to adhere to all regulations for a safe working excercise as provided by either the law or the employer in ensuring no harm gets them or others. 6 What are the legal requirements for employers in regards to: * Consultation with workers and health & safety representatives(2 marks) The employer should frequently engage his employer in discuss information on matters risks to health and safety, to identify and remove any likely dangers. This should be followed by implementing the discussed issues to avoid any future health risks (Tucker and Folkard 2012) * Training of workers and health & safety representatives(2marks) Necessary information about the dangers of workplace and entrance into the workplace should be provided by the employer to a health and safety representative. This should be overlooked if the employer has no is less information concerning safety and health. The employer is also required to offer a chance for a r...