WHS performance

WHS performance
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Task 1 of 3
1.    List the forms, registers and records that your organisation uses to collect information on WHS incidents, injuries and near misses. How could analysing these records help the PCBU or health and safety officer improve WHS performance in your organisation?
2.    How could your manager effectively implement and monitor your organisation’s WHS procedures and programs in your work area or department? Include the following items:
a.    What types of work are performed by your organisation and within your department or work area?
b.    What methods could you use to explain WHS legislative and regulatory requirements to your work group?
c.    What types of issues have you discussed in WHS meetings?
d.    What types of follow-up action have been required from those meetings?
e.    How would you conduct a training needs analysis in your organisation?
f.    What processes or information would you use to do this?
g.    What types of WHS training may be required for workers in your organisation such as first-aid training, operating particular types of machinery, getting a forklift drivers licence or coaching and mentoring?
3.    What could be some of the possible outcomes in your organisation if risk controls are inadequate? Why might your organisation’s risk control strategies be inadequate? Provide three examples of potential work hazards within your workplace.
4.    What methods are used in your workplace to identify hazards? Provide three examples