Unit Standard 497 Demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements Version 7 Level 1 3 Credits. Student Checklist & Instructions

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1 Unit Standard 497 Demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements Version 7 Level 1 3 Credits Element I Element 2 Element 3 Identify and describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety. Describe the systems approach to work place health and safety. Explain how hazards are defined in terms of the requirements in the HSE Act. Conditions: This is a closed book assessment which should be completed based upon examples of the learner s place of employment or a workplace they have studied. Student Checklist & Instructions Student Name Date Result Achieve Not Achieve Teacher Signature 1

2 Unit Standard 497 Demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements (Version 7) Results: Element 1 Identify and describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety. 1.1 Responsibilities of employers under the HSE Act are identified and described. Taking all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees 1.2 Element 2 Providing personal protective clothing and equipment Managing hazards Providing supervision and training Responsibilities and rights of employees under the HSE Act are identified and described. Protecting the health and safety of self and others Using protective clothing and equipment The right to refuse unsafe work To be adequately supervised and/or trained Describe the systems approach to workplace health and safety. 2.1 The principal systems are described in terms of their requirements. 2.2 Element 3 Emergency procedures Training Employee participation Incident and hazard reporting Hazard management The hierarchy of hazard management controls is described in terms of eliminating, isolating, and minimising hazards. Two examples of eliminating hazards Two examples of isolating hazards Two examples of minimising hazards Explain how hazards are defined in the HSE Act. 3.1 Hazards are defined in terms of the requirements in the HSE Act. Evidence is required of examples of four different types of hazards. New Zealand Qualifications Authority

3 Identify and describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety. Element 1.1 Under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act 1992) the employer has certain responsibilities. Give a description of each responsibility 1. Taking all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees At a building site there must be fences around large holes someone could fall down between floors on a building. An office must be adequately heated, lit and ventilated. At a sawmill the machines must have the appropriate guards and dust extraction. Electrical equipment must not have frayed cables and must be safety tested regularly. 4. Providing supervision and training eg, An office must have regular fire drills and there should be an evacuation plan and instructions on the wall. First aiders and fire wardens should be trained and appointed. Workers should not be asked to use equipment that they have not received training in. When new equipment is bought training should take place for all those workers who will use it. New employees should undergo induction training where work systems and procedures are demonstrated and explained and not just thrown in at the deep end. 3

4 Under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act 1992) the employee or worker has certain responsibilities. Element 1.2 Give a description of each responsibility 1. Protecting the health and safety of self and others If you create a hazard, such as spilling water to create a wet floor, you need to warn others of the hazard by placing a sign over it and then mopping it up. Employees need to work safely by the things they do and don t do that could cause harm to others. Always turn off machines when you have finished using it. Put tools away in the correct place and don t leave them lying around. Make sure knives and other sharp instruments are put in their holders. Sweep up the mess you make off the floor regularly eg, In an office you must adjust your chair and sit properly and take appropriate breaks when using a computer. eg, In an office you must not stand on a chair to reach a high shelf but use a step stool which should be provided. eg, In an office you must report any damage to equipment such as broken sockets or plugs and stop using the equipment. 2. Using personal protective clothing and equipment eg, In a factory you must wear the safety boots and goggles supplied to you. eg, wearing fluorescent vests when working on roads or railways. Eg, wearing face masks when spraying weed killer to kill gorse on a farm. 3. The right to refuse unsafe work If a worker is asked to do a task for which they are not adequately trained or that they think that they would be dangerous for them to perform with unsafe equipment without the necessary Personal Protective Equipment Employees have the right under the HSE Act to refuse to do that work and need to explain to employer why the job is unsafe. If the employer does not agree with employee or puts pressure on employee to work once the employee has complained, the employee should inform their health and safety representative or a governing authority such as the Department of Labour. 4

5 4. To be adequately supervised and/or trained eg, In a factory workers must be given safety equipment such as gloves and boots and be trained in how to use them. When not trained the apprentice worker must be supervised by someone who is adequately trained. New employees should undergo induction training where work systems and procedures are demonstrated and explained and not just thrown in at the deep end. 5

6 Describe the systems approach to workplace health and safety. Under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act 1992) there is a systems approach to workplace health and safety. Give a description of each of the principal systems in terms of their requirements Element Incident and hazard reporting Every employer shall maintain a register of accidents and serious harm; and shall record in the register the particulars relating to Every accident that harmed (or, might have harmed) Any employee at work; or Any person in a place of work controlled by the employer; and Every occurrence of serious harm to an employee at work, or as a result of any hazard to which the employee was exposed while at work, in the employment of the employer. Where there occurs any serious harm or accident the employer concerned shall as soon as is possible after the event, notify the chief executive of the Department of Health; of the event; and Within 7 days of the event give written notice of the circumstances of the serious harm or accident. eg, In an office the manager is showing a visitor around. The manager trips over a trailing power lead which pulls a computer monitor off a desk. A worker tries to catch the monitor as it falls and in doing so cuts his hand on the glass from the screen when it smashes on the floor. Although the visitor s clothes are covered in glass he is unhurt. The employer will need to report the accident within 7 days because 1. There was an accident 2. An employer was injured 3. A person in a place of work controlled by the employer (the visitor) could have been hurt. 4. The manager was exposed to danger from the exposed live electrical circuits in the broken monitor. 6

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8 The hierarchy of hazard management controls is described in terms of eliminating, isolating, and minimising hazards. Element 2.2 Under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act 1992) hazards must be eliminated, isolated or minimize. Give two examples of where a hazard could be eliminated in the workplace 1. i.e. in a primary school the teacher identifies pointed scissors as a hazard. The principal removes the sharp pointed scissors and reduces the risk by replacing them with round-ended scissors. Replacing a toxic chemical with a non-toxic substitute. 2. A major cause of workplace injury is through tripping, often over cables. Covering a cable from a computer to a printer with a rubber ramp strip to prevent tripping hazard. Using cable ties to keep cables tidy so that employees cannot be tripped over by them. Give two examples of where a hazard could be isolated in the workplace 1. In a pre school nursery the cleaning materials would be kept in a cupboard with a child proof lock in an area where the children would not normally go. This would isolate the risk of the children drinking the dangerous chemicals. 2. In a factory a particularly noisy machine would be isolated into its own sound proofed room to isolate the noise it made. eg, In a laboratory a radioactive substance is spilled contaminating the room. As there is a risk of radiation poisoning the room will be sealed off, isolating the hazard until a decontamination team can be sent in to clean up. 8

9 Give two examples of where a hazard could be minimised in the workplace 1. At a factory making car batteries the employees consent to regularly undergo blood tests to monitor the level of lead they have in their blood. This is to see whether they are suffering health risks from the lead they are exposed to in the making of the batteries. By closely monitoring their health any changes can be investigated and the risk to the workers minimised by taking preventative action.. 2. By having a well trained workforce equipped with all the necessary personal protective equipment which they regularly use is the best way to minimise hazards in the workplace. 9

10 Assessment Guide Elements and Performance Criteria Evidence Statements Judgement Statements (quality and quantity) Element 1 Identify and describe legislative rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety. 1.1 Responsibilities of employers under the HSE Act are identified and described. Range: responsibilities include but are not limited to taking all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees, providing personal protective clothing and equipment, managing hazards, providing supervision and training. The Learner has correctly identified and described the responsibilities of employers under the HSE Act with respect to; taking all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees, providing personal protective clothing and equipment, managing hazards, providing supervision and training. The Learner has correctly identified and described all of the range items. The learners answers must be of similar depth and quality to the suggested answer See suggested answer 1.2 Responsibilities and rights of employees under the HSE Act are identified and described. Range: responsibilities and rights include but are not limited to protecting the health and safety of self and others, using protective clothing and equipment, the right to refuse unsafe work, to be adequately supervised and/or trained. The Learner has correctly identified and described the rights of employees under the HSE Act with respect to; protecting the health and safety of self and others, using protective clothing and equipment, the right to refuse unsafe work, being adequately supervised and/or trained. See suggested answer The Learner has correctly identified and described all of the range items. The learners answers must be of similar depth and quality to the suggested answer 10

11 Element 3 Explain how hazards are defined in the HSE Act. 3.1 Hazards are defined in terms of the requirements in the HSE Act. The Learner has correctly defined hazards in terms of the requirements in the HSE Act. The Learner must correctly define four hazards in terms of the requirements in the HSE Act. Range: evidence is required of examples of four different types of hazards. See suggested answer The learners answers must be of similar depth and quality to the suggested answer 11