INSTRUCTIONS:

During your assessor’s work placement visit you are required to present information to a group of at
least two people.
Your assessor will decide on who is part of the group – one member of the group will include your
assessor and the other will either be a member of staff from your work area or another person
nominated by the assessor.
Before you start your presentation you will need to locate the following policies and procedures:
 Risk assessment and control
 Emergency management
 Manual handling
 Incident reporting.
 Personal protective equipment.

During your presentation you are to do the following:

 Discuss each of the policies and procedures.
 Explain the main points of each document.
 Identify any relevant legislation and standards.
 Demonstrate of use of at least one item of personal protective equipment.
 Explain how policies and procedures are developed, communicated and reviewed in your work
placement service.
 Explain how staff understand their responsibilities and accountabilities of each policy and
procedure.
 Explain the training requirements that are available in the service (including induction training).
 Explain record keeping requirements (such as storage of documents, reviews and revisions,
accident/ incident reports, etc).
Note that your group members may ask you questions during your presentation if any of your
information is not clear or needs further explanation.

Your assessor will be looking to see that you:

 Locate relevant workplace policies and procedures.

This includes risk assessment and control, emergency management; manual handling and incident reporting and use of
PPE.

 Read and understand each workplace policies and procedures.

This will be shown in your presentation – your assessor and/or audience members will ask you questions if they feel you
are not clear on any policy or procedure.

 Show an understanding of how safety policies and procedures are developed, consulted on,
communicated and reviewed.

 Are able to demonstrate the correct use of at least one item of PPE used in your work placement service.

 Understand relevant legislation, codes of practice and standards

This includes those related to manual handling, emergency management and incident reporting.

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  Understand how roles and responsibilities are documented and how accountability processes are put in
place.
This will be shown in your presentation – your assessor and/or audience members will ask you questions if they feel you
are not clear on processes.

 Understand the relationship between policy and procedure implementation and training.

 Accurately describe your work placement service’s WHS record keeping procedures.

 Communicate in a manner that clearly and concisely provides policy and procedural information to your
audience.

What do I need to hand in for this task? Have I completed this?

You do not need to hand in anything for this task NA

Victorian Institute of Education Pty ltd

Level 3, 741 George St, HAYMARKET| Unit 1, 159 Queen St, Campbelltown| Suite 2, Ground Floor, 97 Pirie St, ADELAIDE, South Australia | Phone: 1300 852 205 |
RTO Code: 45273 | CRICOS Provider Code: 03778C

Version : 1.2 Last Updated: 30 Jul 2021 Next Update: 31 Jul 2022 Page 2 of 2