Unit Assessment Guide

This Unit Assessment Guide contains important information about the

assessment requirements for this unit.

Overview
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the
processes of identifying work health and safety (WHS) hazards, assessing
WHS risks, and developing, implementing and evaluating risk controls
according to legislative and organisational requirements.

It applies to individuals who contribute to WHS risk management processes in their

work role in a range of industry and workplace contexts.

Assessment summary
You should work through the content and activities in the learning resources, then
complete the assessment tasks. It is important you wait for feedback from Event 1
before you submit Event 2.

This table summarises what you need to complete for this unit.
Reference Type Grade/Result Weighting

LA020434 Written Must complete satisfactorily You need to pass

assessment this activity to
achieve competency
for this unit.

Assessment tasks

Assessment 1

Task 1

You are to search legal requirements and best practice approaches to health
and safety in your state and territory. Please provide short and succinct answers
(no more than 100
words) to each of the following questions (1-8). Question 9 requires an extended
response of around 500 words.

Task 2

Outline a WHS/OHS information session for your organisation’s

managers/supervisors, outlining the key legislative requirements under the Act.
You may wish to use some of the responses from Task 1 to help you.

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 Assessment outcomes

Unit result

When you have completed all assessment tasks you will be awarded a unit result of:

• Achieved Competency (AC) or Not Yet Competent (NC) [Grade

Code 42]
Where to find your unit results