BSBWHS605 Task 1

BSBWHS605 TASK 1
Subject: BSBWHS605 Develop, Implement, and Maintain Work, Health, and Safety (WHS)
Management Systems
Written Report
Pitstop is a privately owned company that until recently operated one independent service
station in Melbourne’s north. The owner, chairman and CEO, Jim Murphy, has run the
company for the past five years. He has operated service stations for most of the last 25
years and relies on his hands-on approach to monitor and instruct staff on what to do.You
have been employed by Pitstop as the General Manager – Retail. You have been asked to
design and develop a WHS Management System (WHSMS) to manage WHS for Pitstop as
one of your initial tasks.
Discuss the WHS management Systems core elements, including:
1. Organisational requirements for WHS management

Pitstop has gone through tremendous transformation. They need to design and
develop a WHS management to ensure a workplace that is safe and without risk to
the health of their employees, customers, suppliers and visitors.In Australia, Safe
Work Australia and Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) authorities in each state or
territory have responsibilities for enforcing WHS/OHS legislation (acts and
regulations). As a business owner, you must meet the WHS requirements set out in
the acts and regulations in your state or territory. You may face penalties if you don’t
meet them.
Acts give a general overview of how to make workplaces safe and healthy. They
outline your legal responsibilities and duties as an employer and business owner.
Regulations set out the standards you need to meet for specific hazards and risks,
such as noise, machinery, and manual handling. They also set out the licenses you
need for specific activities, the records you need to keep, and the reports you need
to make.
Regulating agencies (also known as regulators) administer health and safety laws.
They’re responsible for inspecting workplaces, providing advice and help, and
handing out notices and penalties where necessary.
2. Responsibilities and accountabilities for WHS

To effective implement and maintaining the WHS management system consultation
regularly to the people involve is important. The personal that is responsible and
accountabilities for WHS will be:
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3. WHS risk management and procedure

A key requirement of the work health and safety legislation is for the employer to
systematically manage risks arising from workplace hazards. There must also be
effective consultation and communication with the workers involved about
theserisks and how they are to be managed.
The system has particular relevance for managers, supervisors and staff members
who have responsibility for overseeing the activities of other staff.
There are five steps in the system used to manage work health and safety risks at the
organization:
1. identify hazards and hazardous jobs

2. assign priority for each hazard and hazardous job
3. assess the risk to find out exactly what makes it hazardous
4. control the risk(s) or fix the problem(s)
5. evaluate periodically to check that work health and safety risks are being
effectively managed
4. Documentation and record-keeping requirements for monitoring and review and

demonstration of compliance
An action plan is a detailed plan outlining actions needed to reach one or more goals.
Alternatively, businessdictionary.com defines an action plan as a "sequence of steps
that must be taken, or activities that must be performed well, for a strategy to
succeed. An action plan is a tool in social planning. It is an organizational strategy to
identify necessary steps towards a goal. It considers details, may help limit setting for
an organization, and is efficient in that it is saving resources over trial and error. A
written action plan also serves as a token for an organization's accountability.
Producing an action plan can be beneficial not only for individual basis but also for
businesses.
For example, it allows project managers or any member of a group to monitor their
progress and take each task step-by-step, therefore allowing them to handle the
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project efficiently. The advantage of doing this is, it allows you to execute a
structured plan for the end goal you intend to achieve. Furthermore, it provides the
team with appropriate foundations, therefore prioritizing the amount of time you
spend on each task.
5. Employee capability and need for training.

WHS capability refers to the knowledge, skills and experience all workers must have
to meet their work health and safety (WHS) responsibilities to do their work
safely.To ensure workers and managers have the capabilities required to perform
their jobs safety training need to be done. In order to understand the training
needed, analysis of the job and individual skills must be analysed. Understanding the
gaps can provide guideline on employee training.
1. Store Manager of flagship store, Amanda Kaisig needs to be reassured that the
new system will deal systematically with all health and safety problems, that the
board of directors is fully committed and will provide the required resources.
Main concern:
 Fuel spills could have catastrophic consequences. There is also a risk of failing
to comply with environmental laws. There is also the risk of potential loss of
customer good will.
 The large number of burns is worrying and also symptomatic of the lack of
procedures and training for all processes.
 Since the Pitstop buyout of ISS, the system that worked on a small scale is
inadequate to deal systematically with the present size of operations.
2. Worker representative from former ISS stores, Pat Lee is willing to communicate
the importance and benefits of the new WHSMS to workers, but only if convinced
of the benefits to workers and that management has given its full commitment any
new WHSMS.
Main concern:
 Few health and safety issues have been raised by management in the buyout
stores over the past two years.
 Store managers are unclear about reporting process and legal obligations.
 Jim (the CEO) seems to be appreciated as a great oral communicator but the
workers complained that they had no real written instructions.
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 The workers are unsure if the issues raised by them actually make it to the
General Manager or the board of directors. They are not sure that their Shift
Managers and Store Managers are that interested.
 Some of the workers have contacted their union representatives who have
given their members information about WHS Act.
Implementing WHSMS:
A WHSMS can benefit any organization, no matter how small or large, by:
 helping organizations create safer work environments

 reducing injuries and injury-related costs – by pre-empting injuries, employers save
money on medical expenses, the injured employee's wages, insurance claim
excesses, replacement labor and increased workers' compensation insurance
premiums
 improving business opportunities – many companies have preferential purchasing
policies that favor purchasing products or services from companies with an WHSMS
 providing measurable systems that can verify WHS performance
 demonstrating that the organization is meeting legal requirements
 Enhancing the organization’s reputation.
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Part 2
Prepare a draft WHS Policy for Pitstop Pty Ltd. (1-2 pages)
Pitstop WHS Evacuation policy
Purpose
We are a responsible employer and take our fire and safety duties seriously. We have
formulated this policy to help us comply with our legal obligations to staff and visitors
under the Fire Safety Order (20xx). These include the provision of a safe place of work
where fire safety risks are minimized. Due to its importance, this Fire Safety Policy forms
part of our overall Health and Safety Policy. Our priority at all times is the safety of
individuals.
Procedures – the following procedures are in place to ensure high standards of fire safety.
Fire risk assessments have been undertaken and are reviewed regularly. However, other reviews
will occur if there are changes that will impact on them. These may include alterations to the
premises or new work processes. Fire risk assessments are carried out by the Health and Safety
Officers.
All new members of staff and temporary employees will be given induction training on how to
raise the alarm and the available escape routes. Regular staff will be given annual refresher
training.
Training will be provided, as necessary, to any staff given extra fire safety responsibilities such as
Fire Marshals.
All fire extinguishers will be serviced and maintained annually by a suitable contractor (Cannon
Security). If any employee notices defective or missing equipment they must report it to the
Health and Safety Officer.
Alarms are checked every 6 months by a suitable contractor (Cannon Security) and tested weekly.
Evacuation
Fire and emergency plans are displayed throughout buildings in prominent area
normally at all exits, lift lobbies and foyers. The placement of such floor plans is
managed by the Fire Safety Officer. The evacuation plans show:
 Fire exits and escape routes

 Manual alarm points
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 Fire extinguishers and other emergency equipment

 Emergency shutdown
 Emergency spill equipment
 Emergency showers
 Evacuation assembly area
 Safety equipment
 Evacuation procedures
Topic: Fire Emergency Evacuation
Approval Authority: Director of Pitstop
Last Approval Date: Thursday, August 25, 20xx
Review date: Monday, August 25, 20xx
Audience: All Staff

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Discuss the WHS management Systems core elements, including:

1. Organisational requirements for WHS management

2. Responsibilities and accountabilities for WHS

3. WHS risk management and procedure

1. identify hazards and hazardous jobs

4. Documentation and record-keeping requirements for monitoring and review and

5. Employee capability and need for training.

 helping organizations create safer work environments

Pitstop WHS Evacuation policy

 Fire exits and escape routes

 Fire extinguishers and other emergency equipment

Topic: Fire Emergency Evacuation

Approval Authority: Director of Pitstop

Last Approval Date: Thursday, August 25, 20xx

Review date: Monday, August 25, 20xx

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