C1 Participate in WHS

• WHS Definition:


  Ensures that everyone within an organisation or business is safe
• Outline of WHS legislation & regulations:

  Set out safety requirements affecting all workplaces and work activities
• Difference between WHS related acts, regulations, codes of practice:


  • Acts: law outlining responsibilities and duties
  • Regulations: standards that need to be met
  • Regulators: ensure workplaces uphold acts and regulations
  • Codes of practice: provide guidance for specific elements of WHS
• WHS regulator in Victoria:


  WorkSafe Victoria
• Roles & responsibilities of employers:


  • Provide safe premises, machinery & equipment
  • Provide systems of work
  • Provide information, instruction & training
  • Conduct regular safety inspections
  • Have clear procedures
  • Inform employees of hazards & controls
• Roles & responsibilities of employees:


  • Identify and report hazards
  • Follow workplace policies and procedures, wear PPE
  • Avoid putting themselves or others at risk
  • Not work if impaired by drugs or alcohol
  • Cooperate with WHS representatives
  • Participate in WHS meetings
• Definition of hazard:


  Anything that has the potential to cause harm to a person, property or environment
• 5 types of hazards:


  • Physical: Noise, heights
  • Biological: Mould, vermin
  • Chemical: Toxic, flammable
  • Ergonomic: Poor posture, manual handling
  • Psychosocial: Stress, workplace violence
• 5 levels of consequence:


  • Catastrophic: death, loss of limb
  • Major: heart attack, stroke, hospitalisation
  • Moderate: Sprain, strain, laceration
  • Minor: Scratch, graze
  • Insignificant: blister, mosquito bite
• Definition of workplace emergency:


  Unforeseeable situation threatening people within an organisation
• Actions in an emergency situation:


  • Protect yourself first
  • Understand the situation
  • Follow business/organisation policies and procedures
• Incident report:


  Documentation of incident within workplace, containing who, what, where, when, how
• Housekeeping practices in sport and fitness industry:


  • Inspect flooring
  • Inspect equipment
  • Clean and disinfect drinking fountains
• Importance of reflecting on safe work practices:


  To ensure safety and prevent complacency
• Impact of stress and fatigue:


  • Less alert, slower reaction times
  • Impaired judgment, increased risk of incidents
• Preventing stress:

  IN THE WORKPLACE:

  • Take breaks
  • Get fresh air
  • Inform supervisor of stress

  OUTSIDE OF WORK:

  • Regular exercise
  • Healthy eating
  • Adequate sleep
• State WHS legislation and regulators


  VIC: Work occupational health & safety act 2004 ~ WorkSafe Vic

  TAS: WHS act 2022 ~ WorkSafe Tas

  SA: WHS act 2012 ~ SafeWork SA

  WA: WHS act 2020 ~ WorkSafe WA

  NT: WHS national uniform legislation 2011 ~ NT WorkSafe

  QLD: WHS act 2011 ~ Workplace H&S QLD

  NSW: WHS act 2011 ~ SafeWork NSW

  ACT: WHS act 2011 ~ WorkSafe ACT
• WHS legislation & purpose


  set out the health & safety requirements affecting all workplaces and work activities. they protect the health and safety of everyone within a workplace environment
• Legal obligations for workers/employees


  take reasonable care of ones own and others health and safety within the workplace. what you do can have an affect on others, positively and negatively
• duty of care

  legal obligation that describes the moral responsibility to anticipate and address potential hazards.
• manual handling


  work requiring physical labour

  lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling
• dangerous goods


  substances/materials with the potential to cause harm to someone
• maintaining & increasing knowledge of whs in s&r industry


  employees to complete training, modules, courses (RSA ~ alcohol)

  understanding workplace policies and procedures
• Roles & responsibilities of employees:

  • Identify and report hazards
  • Follow workplace policies and procedures, wear PPE
  • Avoid putting themselves or others at risk
  • Not work if impaired by drugs or alcohol
  • Cooperate with WHS representatives
  • Participate in WHS meetings
• Definition of hazard:



  Anything that has the potential to cause harm to a person, property or environment