...Unit 27: Understanding Health and Safety in the Business Workplace Unit code: H/502/5458 QCF Level 3: BTEC National Credit value: 10 Guided learning hours: 60 Aim and purpose The aim of this unit is to enable learners to develop knowledge of the legislation and regulations relating to health and safety in a business workplace in order to conduct an audit and carry out a risk assessment. Unit introduction It is important, when working in business, to ensure compliance with organisational procedures and legal requirements, as the consequences of non-compliance can have serious implications for employees and employers. It is important, therefore, for learners to appreciate that those working in business must understand the principal issues which affect the working environment, for all individuals and the organisations that employ them. This involves keeping up to date with information on the legal issues that affect safe working practices. Everyone at work plays an important part in ensuring health and safety and it is essential that key personnel are aware of their roles and responsibilities. Employers must take reasonable care to protect their employees, and others, from the risk of injury, disease or death, while employees must take care to protect themselves and others. Safe working conditions and the ‘welfare of employees’ can contribute to the success of an organisation. It is important that organisations take steps to prevent accidents...
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...Health and Safety Management Systems - An Analysis of System Types and Effectiveness EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 3. TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 LITERATURE ON TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 3.3 SYSTEM TYPES - CASE STUDY FINDINGS 3.4 SUMMARY 4. ASSESSING HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 4.3 THE TWENTY CASES: CONTENT AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 4.4 THE TWENTY CASES: OUTCOME DATA 4.5 SUMMARY 5. FACTORS SHAPING PERFORMANCE AND THE ROLE OF SYSTEM TYPE 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 BASICS AND EXTRAS 5.3 SYSTEM-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS 5.4 THE ROLES OF THE KEY WORKPLACE PLAYERS 5.5 THE LINKAGES BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM TYPE 5.6 SUMMARY 6. CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX ONE: CASE STUDY PROTOCOL APPENDIX TWO: ASSESSMENT CRITERIA APPENDIX THREE: CASE SUMMARIES AND SYSTEM TYPES Executive Summary This report examines planned approaches to health and safety management in the workplace. It is the result of a two-year study of enterprise-level health and safety management systems, funded by Worksafe Australia, and conducted from late 1994 to late 1996. The need...
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...MANAGING RISKS IN CONSTRUCTION WORK Draft Code of Practice Table of Contents FOREWORD 4 SCOPE AND APPLICATION 4 1. INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 What is construction work? 5 1.2 Who has duties relating to construction work? 7 1.3 What is involved in managing risks relating to construction work? 10 2. MANAGING RISKS WITH CONSTRUCTION WORK 12 2.1 Identify the hazards 12 2.2 Assess the risks 12 2.3 Control the risks 13 2.4 Review control measures 14 3. SAFE WORK METHOD STATEMENTS 16 3.1 What is a safe work method statement? 16 3.2 Preparing a safe work method statement 17 3.3 Implementing a safe work method statement 18 3.4 Reviewing a safe work method statement 19 4. WHS MANAGEMENT PLANS 21 4.1 What is a WHS management plan? 21 4.2 Preparing a WHS management plan 21 4.3 Implementing the WHS management plan 21 4.4 Reviewing and revising a WHS management plan 22 5. LICENCES 23 5.1 High risk work 23 5.2 Other licences 23 6. INFORMATION, TRAINING, INSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION 25 6.1 General construction induction training 25 6.2 Workplace specific training 26 6.3 Other training 26 6.4 Supervision 27 7. FACILITIES AND THE WORK ENVIRONMENT 28 7.1 Facilities at a construction workplace 28 7.2 The work environment 29 7.3 Emergency plan 31 8. CONTROLLING RISKS IN CONSTRUCTION WORK 32 8.1 Falls and falling objects 32 8.2 Traffic management 37 8.3 Essential services 38 8.4 Hazardous manual tasks 39 8.5 Hazardous chemicals...
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...collaborative approach to shared health, nutrition, and safety goals. For your Final Project, you will create a presentation for other educators in your center that is focused on the development of a program valuing health, nutrition, and safety. For this presentation, imagine you are part of a team of teachers at an early childcare setting working toward accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). As part of this lengthy process, you have been tasked with the creation of a professional development training for teachers focused on enhancing effective health, nutrition, and safety practices at your center. Use the knowledge you have gained in this course, as well as practical application and research to support your presentation. You can be creative for this project, but you must include the following: 1. Introduction that states the purpose of the presentation 2. Summary of what will be covered in the presentation 3. Health (five to six slides/pages) 1. Explain what this component includes in the early childhood classroom. 2. Describe two to three strategies to support health and wellness in the classroom. 3. Identify and describe at least two resources that teachers can utilize in their planning and implementation. These can be text or web-based resources. 4. Create a family activity or newsletter that you can send home to support family engagement in fostering children’s overall health and wellness. 5. Discuss one obstacle...
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...HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM DECEMBER 2011 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY 1.0 Purpose 2.1 Setwright of Maine, Inc. is committed to providing a safe, accident-free, and healthy work environment for everyone. 2.2 Safety demands cooperation on everyone's part. 2.3 Communication be kept open at all times between the management and employees. 2.4 Workers who notice hazards or other safety problems, or feel that they need additional training, must notify their supervisor. 2.5 Supervisors and management at all levels must address these concerns and take corrective action when warranted. 2.6 All employees shall have knowledge of the safety requirements of their positions 2.7 Failure to comply with this program will result in disciplinary measures 2.8 This program sets forth the training requirements for the organization 2.0 Scope 2.1 This program applies to the OHS responsibilities of the company 3.0 Apllicability 4.9 This program applies to all employees, subcontractors and vendors of the company 4.0 HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES 4.1 Health and Safety Manager (Or management personnel if none assigned) 4.1.1 Administers all aspects of the occupational health and safety program. 4.1.2 Assists management and supervisors in the health and safety training of employees 4.1.3 Conducts inspections to identify unhealthy...
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...OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY LTD Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Professional Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership Managing Corporate Responsibility in Wider Business Environment Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 2 Page | 1 PART 01: .................................................................................................................................. 3 LO 1.1: Briefly explain how the globalization has an impact on a national economy ......... 3 LO 1.2: Discuss the influence of international institutions. .................................................. 4 LO 1.3: Explain the role of European Union on Unilever, UK. ........................................... 6 LO 2.1: Explain the importance of having good Corporate Governance for the organization ............................................................................................................................................... 7 LO 2.2 & 2.3: Discuss what regulatory requirements exist in the country shaping the corporate governance practices of an organization and their role in ensuring corporate stakeholder’s interest. ............................................................................................................ 8 LO 3.1: Discuss the economics of adopting a policy of environmental awareness in organizations. ........................................................
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...Development of WHS Management Plans COP | Code of Practice | D&C | Design and Construction | MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | NUL | National Uniform Legislation | NTG | Northern Territory Government | PC | Principal Contractor | PCBU | Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking | PPE | Personal Protective Equipment | SWMS | Safe Work Method Statements | WHS | Work Health and Safety | Practice and code PCBU | A Person Conducts a Business or Undertaking whether:- Alone or with others- Is conducted for profit or gainIt includes partnership or an incorporated association.Note: Employer is captured under the definition of PCBU(Refer to Subdivision 2, Section 5 of the WHS Act 2011). | PC | A PCBU that commissions a construction project is, thePrincipal Contractor (PC) for the project.If the person engages another PCBU as PC for theconstruction project and authorises the person to havemanagement or control to the workplace and to dischargethe duties of a PC, the person so engaged is the PC forthe project.Note: Construction projects can only one PC at anyspecific time.(Refer to Reg 293 of the WHS (NUL) regulations). | A Work Health and Safety (WHS) Legislation was developed as a result of acomprehensive national review into work health and safety laws across Australia, whichinvolved substantial public consultation. This initiative provided a framework to protectthe health, safety and welfare of all workers at work and of all other people who might beaffected by the work...
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...that values health and safety • Maintaining an active risk management program focused on preventing workplace injury, damage and loss • Ensuring all managers are responsible and accountable for health and safety of their employees and contractors • Ensuring all employees, contractor and visitor are informed of and understand and fulfill their health and safety responsibilities • Providing information, instruction and training to employees and contractors based on identified needs • Effectively consulting and communicating with employees on matter relating to OHS • Proactively investigating all workplace incidents and promptly implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrences • Measuring, reporting and monitoring meaningful OHS performance indicators that are aligned to the organizations strategy and objectives And also they should be well known about these things which are listed below 1. Legislative frame work- workers in Australia are protected by state health and safety legislation. Regardless of wither someone is working full time or part time, has a permanent or casual they are covered. 2. Acts- acts are laws passed by parliament which can be enforced both commonwealth and state legislation will apply OHS practices in Australia. 3. Regulations- regulation is legal document made under acts. Regulations are defined in more specific details on how the legislation is to be implemented. 4. Codes of practices- in additional...
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...this and other publications can be made to: Drew Dwyer Contact our office: Frontline Care Solutions P.O. Box 1088 Coolum Beach QLD 4573 Phone: (07) 5351 1188 Email: admin@frontlinecaresolutions.com Website: www.frontlinecaresolutions.com Copyright © This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission of the author Drew Dwyer – Frontline Care Solutions. CHCORG605A Manage Human Resources in a Community Sector Organisation Produced by Frontline Care Solutions © Drew Dwyer December 2011 Issue 01 – V1 12/12/2011 Page 2 of 166 Table of Contents How to study this unit .............................................................................................................................. 4 Element 1: Establish risk context ............................................................................................................ 7 Risk management context....................................................................................................................... 7 Risk management policy and plan ........................................................................................................ 12 Risk management, Legal compliance and Standards .......................................................................... 13 Common law ........................................................................................................
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...relating to these activities can be found in section 1 part 1 – Learning support materials. Assessment 1 Activity 1: Accurately explain to the work team relevant provisions of WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice. 1. The impact of a workplace injury is wide reaching. Explain. Yes. According to WHS acts there are four types of hazards, accident and disease (physical and physiological), and low work life quality and stress (socio-psychological). And, for all the listed hazards the impact are wide reaching to the work life of the employee and personal life. The impacts will be for the physical and physiological: high compensation costs, medical claims, lost productivity time and poor productivity affecting mostly the working environment, and for the socio-psychological: inefficiency/ineffectiveness, high work dissatisfaction and low job involvement, affecting personal working environment and personal life, in this cases of hazards the consequences can deal with depression. 2. How is the integrity (validity) of information ensured? The integrity of the information is ensured based on the legislation of health and safety under the PCBU (person conducting a business or undertaking) these individuals are described as officers and they will be the ones to take steps and support the health and safety culture, accountability and the allocation of resources and policies. 3. List three sources of health and safety information that are relevant for your state/ territory...
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...OF LABOUR THE NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH POLICY MAY 2012 FOREWORD A proactive and well-functioning policy on Occupational Safety and Health is important for improving the safety and health of workers, reducing cost of business and improving productivity. The Government has developed this National Occupational Safety and Health Policy to enhance the framework for implementation of occupational safety and health programmes for the country’s development. Implementation of the policy will contribute significantly to the achievement of the goals of the Economic, Social and Political pillars of the country’s development blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030. The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life by the year 2030. For the country to achieve the aspirations of the Vision, there is need to improve the safety and health of workers. It is expected therefore, that implementation of this Policy will contribute significantly to the country’s competitiveness and development of the human resource, and hence the achievement of the aspirations of the Vision 2030. Kenya faces a major challenge of employment creation, especially for the youth. However, a significant portion of those in employment still face the challenge of unsafe and unhealthy workplaces. It is therefore important that the country not only focuses on creating jobs but also improves safety and health at workplaces. Globalization is ever affecting...
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...directions to the callers question. OSH Program 1. Overview Contains awareness and recognizes the health and safety issues including lifestyle-related disease, associated with outsourcing of work, and are promoting programs that will ensure the health and safety of workers in the industry. 2. Responsibility Managers and employees each have specific responsibilities, which are described in this section. Fulfilling these responsibilities is a good way to establish due diligence. 2.1 CEOs: * Providing a safe and healthful workplace. * Establishing and maintaining a health and safety program. * Ensuring workers are trained or certified, as required. * Providing medical and first aid facilities. 2.2 Managers: * Familiarize yourself with the OHS program and ensure its effective implementation in the restaurant. * Enforce all company safety rules consistently and fairly. * Provide safety training to employees before assigning duties. * Conduct monthly health and safety meetings and inspections. * Inspect work areas often to detect unsafe conditions and work practices. * 2.3 Employees: * Never knowingly put yourself or others at risk. * Participate in inspections and investigations where applicable. * Work with care and attention at all times. * Encourage coworkers to work safely. * Always check that guards and safety devices on equipment are used as instructed. * 2.4 Contractors * Decide what information and...
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...its values in terms of services by providing its staff respect, empowerment, accountability, safety and transparency. Its manage-ment team is strongly committed to development of a benchmark hospital with a quality learning environment. It has achieved first Joint commission International (JCI) accreditation in 2007 and has been reaccredited in 2010 and 2013. The basic principles of Quality improvement Plan are those underlying all the quality improve-ment processes: a dedication to continuous improvement in the system and processes as well to identify and satisfy the patient’s needs and recognizing that it can be best attained through team work and employee empowerment (Deming,2000). These principles lead the progress and im-plementation of quality improvement plan. The goal of this plan is to attain organization wide exposure to quality fundamentals and to promote quality structure and processes. Quality Improvement Issues. Patient Satisfaction: As the health care environment is very complex and changes frequently (Gilbert, 1992) due to competition among providers giving more importance to the improvement in efforts and reduc-tion in costs, it makes patient satisfactionverychallenging. There are different kind of services provided to the patient which are in definable and patient is directly involved in it, so it is very important that the organization should have a strategic plan to identify the needs of the patient which should be well incorporated in the hospital delivery...
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...Erin Dreyer, Carley Pearson, Devon Fulton BuAd 248: Occupational Health and Safety Cathy Fitzgerald November 27th, 2015 BuAd 248: Occupational Health and Safety Cathy Fitzgerald November 27th, 2015 Executive Summary https://www.interiorhealth.ca/AboutUs/BusinessCentre/Construction/Documents/Staff%20Safety%20Guidelines%20for%20Healthcare%20Facility%20Design%20Projects.pdf designed to produce an environment of care that is safe and secure for all occupants (patients, staff, and visitors). The planning and design of the facility shall include provisions for achieving the following objectives related to the safety and security of patients, staff, and visitors: * All current provincial and national ergonomic, violence prevention and occupational safety regulatory standards are followed * The built environment promotes wellness to all those within it including staff * The built environment does not contribute to physical, psychological and emotional risks to patients, visitors or staff. * The built environment provides security from criminal activity such as personal assault or theft of property Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 4 Literature Review 5 Methodology 6 \ 7 Findings and Discussion 8 Definition of Problem 9 Analysis of Causes 9 Under Staffed 9 Patients 10 Develop, Evaluate and Select Alternative (s) 11 ALT 1: To hire more Health Care Workers ( volunteers, care aids, LPN’s, RN’s) 11 Quantitative...
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...legislation, standards and policies relevant to my profession and my practice setting example, I make my practice a client-centered practice, follow the legislative rules (common law, provincial and federal legislation that directs practice) safety as the priority of my service. 3. I question policies and procedures inconsistent with therapeutic patient outcomes, best practices and safety standards. I consider patient safety as my priority. Example: I make clarification of orders not clear and sometimes discuss with the pharmacist on drug interactions, review laboratory result, contact the physician if needed, cancellation of appointment for a resident if the resident is unfit. 4. I engage in quality improvement activities. Example, I involve in medication review with doctors and pharmacist, involving other health team when needed e.g Dietician, speech/ swallowing pathologist, occupational therapist and social worker. I get involve in care plan review quarterly to determine achievable goals. I use MDS to evaluate any deterioration in patient’s care FRAT (fall, risk assessment tool) behavior monitoring chart, MMSE etc. 5. I engage in and support others in the continuing competence process, example I involve in research programmes e.g. P.I.E.C.E.S (Training, in-services education training wound care workshop, Dental care and dementia & Geriatric mental health workshop. 6. I practice competency within my scope of practice, building trust with a concept of Nurse-Client relationship, good...
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