Assessment Task 2: Hazards and risks project
Information for students
Tasks required for this unit
This unit of competency requires that you:
use organisational work health and safety (WHS) plan to identify each of the following types of actual or foreseeable workplace hazards:
physical environment
plant
work practice
security issue
assess the safety risk associated with each of the above hazards, using appropriate risk assessment tools and template documents
take measures to eliminate or control the risks identified for each of the above hazards in line with organisational procedures.
Instructions for how you will complete these requirements are included below.
Activities
Complete the following activities.
Carefully read the following information.
Best Events Catering is a catering company that provides catering for events. The company is committed to health and safety and has implemented a work health and safety management system
As part of the event planning process, an event work health and safety plan is to be used to identify actual or foreseeable workplace hazards including hazards associated with the physical environment, plant/equipment, work practices and security issues.
You are a Catering Manager with Best Events Catering and you are required to identify hazards and assess risks relevant to an upcoming event you are planning. This can be catering for an event of your choice such as an open day for an education institution or a conference or a local craft fair. You are also required to control risks for the event.
With this in mind, you are to complete all of the activities below.
What do I need to demonstrate?
During this task, you will be required to demonstrate a range of the skills and knowledge that you have developed during your course. These include:
Identify hazards by:
accessing and using hazard identification tools and template documents.
either work alone or with other personnel to identify hazards.
keeping records of identified hazards according to organisational procedures.
Assess the safety risk associated with a hazard.by:
accessing and using risk assessment tools and template documents.
either work alone or with other personnel to use a systematic method to assess the risk.
collect sufficient evidence of the type and level of risk posed by the identified hazard.
documenting the outcome of the risk assessment and suggesting actions to eliminate or control risks.
keeping records of risk assessments according to organisational procedures.
Eliminate or control the risk by:
discussing ways of eliminating or controlling the risk with others.
taking measures to eliminate or control risks.
How will I provide evidence?
Your assessor will provide you with templates and administration documents to complete each activity. You will find some detailed information about providing evidence; this will include;
a completed WHS Plan including the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool
a screenshot of stored files
handouts x 4.
You will need to complete each activity and submit the completed templates and tasks at the end of each step.
Tips for completing your Project
Read through this assessment and each of the Project activities before you get started and make sure you understand what you need to do. If you are unsure, speak to your assessor and/or supervisor.
Stay up to date!
Stay in touch with your assessor. Ask questions, raise issues, check in, communicate.
Most importantly, ask for help if you are having trouble!
Review the Best Events Catering WHS Policy and Procedures and access relevant documentation.
Review the Best Events Catering WHS Policy and Procedures to identify the procedures that need to be followed, as well as methods for hazard identification and risk assessment for an event.
Following your review, access the WHS Plan template that includes the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool from the Student Resources folder.
Carefully review these documents in preparation for the next task. Make notes as required.
Conduct a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment.
As per the company’s policy, you are now required to identify hazards, assess risks and develop risk control measures.
As indicated in the Health and Safety Policy and Procedures, this will be through an initial review of available information about hazards and risks, as well as consulting with colleagues in activity 2.4.
Proceed to preparing your Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool by reviewing the information as per the link under “Required” and by visiting the web site of the WHS regulator relevant to the state or territory you are located in and identifying at least one item of relevant information from there.
The information provided under “Required” is general regarding events so you should also think of particular risks that also may apply to catering for events.
Follow the instructions in the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool, ensuring that you identify a minimum of 10 actual or foreseeable hazards and associated risk assessment and controls.
Create a suitable folder in your drive. File your work as Draft Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool.
Take a screenshot of the folder structure to show that you have filed and kept this record.
Submit the Draft Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool to your assessor. You will discuss your work in a meeting in the next activity and your assessor will advise you of the date and time of the meeting.
Participate in a meeting to discuss hazards and risk assessment and control.
In this activity, you will participate in a meeting with your assessor to discuss Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool.
Go through your Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool and explain all the hazards you have identified and your suggestions for risk controls as documented in the Tool. Ensure you explain your rationale for each risk control methods.
Your assessor will also suggest additional controls which you should discuss.
During the meeting, you will need to demonstrate effective communication skills including:
speaking clearly and concisely
speaking assertively when making suggestions about risk controls
using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding
asking questions to identify required information
responding to questions as required.
Following the meeting you are to update your Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment tool (in the WHS Plan template) to include the suggestions from your assessor showing that you can incorporate the views of others.
In the folder that you have previously created, file your work as Final Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool.
Take a screenshot of the folder structure to show that you have filed and kept this record.
Submit your completed and screenshots of your folder structure and files within it to your assessor.
Take measures to eliminate or control risks.
Assume that you have identified risks for your event as follows:
Physical environment – Slips and trips
Plant/equipment – Safe manual handling
Work practice – Fatigue management
Security issue – Customer behaviour e.g. customers consuming too much alcohol
In order to control the risks, you are required to develop four short information handouts to address all of the following risks and that can be provided to staff for information and guidance on each issue.
The format and style for the handouts are as follows:
Create clear and concise one (1) page handouts.
Using simple and clear language. For, example, use simple English and avoid jargon or slang.
Use appropriately sized fonts and present well-formatted, grammatically correct information.
Ensure that the handouts you create use the same layout, font, colours and style.
Submit the complete handouts to your assessor