SITXWHS002 Student Assessment Tasks

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Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 4
Assessment for this unit.................................................................................................................... 4
Preparing for assessment.................................................................................................................. 4
Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions.......................................................................................5
Information for students................................................................................................................. 5
Questions...................................................................................................................................... 6
Assessment Task 1: Checklist..................................................................................................... 11
Assessment Task 2: Hazards and risks project...............................................................................14
Information for students............................................................................................................... 14
Activities...................................................................................................................................... 15
Assessment Task 2: Checklist..................................................................................................... 18
Final results record.......................................................................................................................... 20
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Introduction
Welcome to the Student Assessment Tasks for SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control
safety risks. These tasks have been designed to help you demonstrate the skills and knowledge
that you have learnt during your course.
Please ensure that you read the instructions provided with these tasks carefully. You should also
follow the advice provided in the Hospitality Works Student User Guide. The Student User Guide
provides important information for you relating to completing assessment successfully.
Assessment for this unit

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks describes the performance
outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify hazards, assess the associated workplace
safety risks, take measures to eliminate or minimise those risks, and document all processes.
For you to be assessed as competent, you must successfully complete two assessment tasks:
 Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions – You must answer all questions correctly.
 Assessment Task 2: Hazard and risks project – You must identify hazards and assess risks for
a case study organisation and then complete activities to eliminate/minimise risks.
Preparing for assessment

Please read through all of the assessment tasks and related documents carefully before you get
started. Ensure that you have everything that you need and seek clarification from your trainer,
assessor or workplace supervisor if you have any questions.
Supporting resources: Supporting resources include templates, journals, workbooks and

portfolios which can be used to support you in providing evidence of your competence. Your
assessor will provide you with these documents before you begin your assessment tasks. For
this unit, the supporting resources comprise:
 WHS Policy and Procedures (Assessment Task 2)
 WHS Plan (Assessment Task 2)
Once you have read through the assessment tasks and are satisfied that you are clear on the
requirements and submission dates, complete and sign a Student Assessment Agreement. Your
assessor will countersign the agreement and keep it on file. You will find a Student Assessment
Agreement in Appendix B of your Hospitality Works Student User Guide or your RTO will provide
you with one.
Remember to check your Hospitality Works Student User Guide for information about:
 submitting assessments  assessment appeals
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 re-assessment guidelines  responding to written questions.
Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions
Information for students

Knowledge questions are designed to help you demonstrate the knowledge which you have
acquired during the learning phase of this unit. Ensure that you:
 review the advice to students regarding answering knowledge questions in the Hospitality
Works Student User Guide
 comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
 adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines
 answer all questions completely and correctly
 submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced
 submit a completed cover sheet with your work
 avoid sharing your answers with other students.
i Assessment information
Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Hospitality Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information
on:
 where this task should be completed
 the maximum time allowed for completing this assessment task
 whether or not this task is open-book.
Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix C of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.
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Questions
1. Access your state or territory legislation and then answer the following questions:
a. When, where and how hazards For example, the physical environment
must be identified? (electricity, gas, flooring, working place),
equipment (knives, sharp utensils, mixture,
fridges, ovens, etc.), and working practises
(allocation of breaks, rostering and shift
allocation, opening and closing procedures) all
require regular hazard identification.
b. When, where and how risk Risk assessment must be carried out when there
assessments must be conducted? is little danger or risk and when there are things
that might go wrong but are uncertain.
c. Explain consultation requirements Legal processes like consultation call for two-way
in relation to the hazard communication. This takes into account the
identification and risk assessment
availability, diversity, and geographic distribution
process.
of the workforce. It causes certain workplace
injuries, raises WHS issues, helps identify risks
and hazards, and influences decision-making.
d. Explain the purpose of WHS People have the chance to engage and contribute
committees and their importance knowledge regarding workplace health and safety
in regards to consultation.
during consultation. It is a crucial component of
controlling health and safety concerns as well as
a regulatory necessity.
e. Explain the purpose of WHS Identification of dangers, risk assessment, and

representatives and their selection of risk-controlling strategies all involve
importance in regards to
consultation.
consultation.
f. Outline two record keeping 1. Identification of hazards and risk assessment.

requirements relating to hazards
2. The Hazardous Substances Register.
and risks.
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2. Identify an organisation of your choice within the hospitality industry. This can be one you are
familiar with and can access information about (e.g. through the Internet) or a workplace
where you are completing or have already completed your work placement.
a. What group risk assessment 1. Identification of hazards: During the job

mechanisms does the organisation experience, one must be vigilant for anything
commonly use. Describe at least
that might be hazardous.
two.
2. Calculate the risk by determining the
likelihood that a danger would cause injury and
the potential severity of that harm.
b. Describe the format of hazard To manage the risk, we must first determine the
identification and risk assessment risks, which is accomplished through risk
templates that the organisation uses
assessment. Risk analysis and risk evaluation
and how they are used.
must be finished before doing a risk
assessment. Three aspects are considered
during risk analysis, including the causes and
sources of risk (Consequence, likelihood and
risk). By using the table of insignificance of the
consequence, we may analyse the level of risk.
We can assess how quickly the risk can be
controlled to reach a "acceptable" level of risk.
Any task with a very high risk level must be
avoided.
c. What commonly used methods does 1. Physical risks: The most frequent workplace
the organisation use for identifying dangers, such as noise, vibration, and slips,
hazards in the workplace?
trips, and falls;
2. Ergonomic hazards: the physical elements,

such as repeated motion, manual handling, and
improper body alignment, that cause damage
to the musculoskeletal system;
3. Chemical risks: All potentially harmful

substances that could affect your staff;
4. Biological dangers: Viruses and bacteria that

can have a negative impact on one's health,
including hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and Legionnaire's
disease.
d. What commonly used methods does 1. Recognizing Hazards: A risk is any potential
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the organisation use for assessing for harm or damage. For instance, machinery
risks to safety? with only partial guards that a person may
reach around and touch a potentially harmful
component.
2. Describe each control that is currently in

place: A control is any kind of physical security,
safety equipment, signage, instruction, or
process.
3. Determine the level of risk: - It is easy to use.

For instance, if something is likely to occur but
the impact is little. The risk can be categorised
as moderate.
4. Establish whether the danger is acceptable or

not. This question has only two possible
outcomes: either Yes or No.
3. Thinking about the hospitality industry and typical hazards and the systematic methods used
to assess risk, answer the following questions:
a. List each of the four steps for in the risk 1. Identify the risks:
management process.
a. Examine the workplace: Take regular
strolls about the area to observe how
people actually perform their jobs, how
machinery and equipment are used, what
safe or unsafe work practises are in place,
and the general cleanliness of the area.
Consider these components of your work:
The physical work environment, the tools,

supplies, and substances utilised, the tasks
and methods used to complete them, and
the work design and management.
B. To make sure nothing is missing, compile

a list of all the risks we can think of, even
those we are aware are currently being
addressed.
2. Evaluate the risk: After a risk has been

identified, an evaluation of the risk should
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be done. A risk assessment looks at the

aspects of the dangerous manual task to
determine whether the worker's forces,
movements, and postures enhance their
risk.
3. Manage the risk: The hierarchy of

control, which ranks risk management
techniques from the highest level of
security and dependability to the lowest, is
used to manage hazards. The best form of
control is always to attempt to remove the
risk.
4. Review risk control: Control measures

must be evaluated and, if required,
changed to ensure that they function as
intended and to maintain a workplace free
of risks to health and safety.
b. Describe two typical hazards. Ergonomic risks: - Musculoskeletal injuries

can frequently result from requiring
workers to repeat the same actions or
carry out demanding activities without the
right assistive gear. Forearms, shoulders,
hands, neck, and wrists are frequently
affected by this kind of injury.
2. Safety Hazards: Anything that increases

the risk of disease, injury, or death is
regarded as a safety hazard and constitutes
an unsafe working condition. Injuries,
spills, stumbles, and falls are frequently
caused by objects or situations. Other
common safety dangers include working at
heights, disorganised cords, and moving
elements that could inadvertently injure a
person.
c. List two injuries/illnesses/consequences 1. Body injury

that could result from the hazards?
2. Fatigue, Burn, Cuts, Falls, Stress
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d. What are the overall consequences of a A worker who is exposed to hazard

worker being exposed to the hazards identifications will often be unable to
identified?
operate efficiently or at all.
e. For the hazards you have identified, A risk assessment is a detailed examination
estimate the probability that an incident of our workplace to find any elements,
or injury will occur. Think about this in
circumstances, procedures, etc. that may
terms of a risk assessment legend.
be harmful, especially to humans.
Following identification, we analyse and
assess the risk's likelihood and seriousness.
After making this assessment, we can then
decide what steps should be taken to
successfully stop the harm from occurring.
f. For the hazards you have identified, what The indicated hazard presents a very high
would you say is the overall risk level for overall risk.
the identified hazards? Think about this
in terms of a risk assessment legend.
4. Thinking about the hospitality industry and the hierarchy of control, answer the following
questions:
a. Explain the hierarchy of control. The hierarchy of control is a method for

reducing workplace dangers. The hierarchy
of controls, which classifies risk controls
from highest level of protection and
reliability to lowest and least dependable
protection, is a step-by-step method for
eliminating or reducing risks.
b. Identify a typical hazard for which We can store the chemical away from
substituting a safe system of work would personnel and the area where food is
be a suitable control. Describe the
prepared in order to control the normal
hazard and the isolating measure.
hazard, but we must maintain a dry floor in
the cooking area.
c. Identify a typical hazard for which Physical barriers can be used to keep
isolating the hazard would be a suitable people away from chemicals, and chemical
control. Describe the hazard and the
stores or safety cabinets can be used to
isolating measure.
separate chemicals for control of the typical
danger for which isolating the hazard is
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necessary.
d. Identify a typical hazard for which Engineering can control a common risk by
engineering controls a suitable control. altering the equipment and plant or by
Describe the hazard and the
isolating the personnel from it.
engineering control.
e. Identify a typical hazard for which The most common risk is noise, which may
administrative controls would be a be appropriately controlled administratively
suitable control. Describe the hazard
by informing people ahead of time when
and the administrative control.
noisy work will be done so they can limit
their exposure to it and by investing in
modern plant and equipment that make
less noise.
f. Identify a typical hazard for which Gas is a common hazard that requires PPE,
personal protective equipment would be and the best way to control it is to wear
a suitable control. Describe the hazard
protective clothing, eye protection,
and the PPE.
protective footwear, etc. when working in a
gas environment.
g. Identify a hazard for which combined Ovens pose a combined control hazard, and
controls would be appropriate. Describe the combined controls include teaching
the hazard and the combined control
employees how to utilise ovens and
measures which would be appropriate.
mandating PPE for staff members.
5. Thinking about the hospitality industry and measures to eliminate or control health and safety
risks, answer the following questions:
a. Describe two typical risks and a 1. Elimination:

measure that can be used to control
 To eliminate work at height, use
each risk.
extended tools.
 Materials are delivered cut to size
so that no blades are necessary.
 Equipment without cords that is
cordless.
2. Substitution:
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 Tower scaffolds should be used in

place of ladders.
 Replacing a dangerous chemical
with a less dangerous substitute.
Replacing older, less-vibration-exposed
equipment with newer, high-level vibrating
equipment.
b. If you were responsible for the risks, Accountability for health and safety: -
above, describe how would you make Responsibility for ensuring that protocols
sure the controls are implemented. are followed and upheld should be clearly
assigned. It is important to give managers
and supervisors the power and tools they
need to successfully adopt and sustain
control measures.
Upkeep of machinery and equipment: This
will entail routine testing and inspection, as
well as the repair or replacement of worn-
out or broken machinery. It entails verifying
that any control methods are properly set
up, utilised, and appropriate for the nature
and duration of the work.
c. Explain why suggestions for ways of Suggestions are helpful for risk
eliminating or controlling risks are management since they might result in
useful.
creative and practical solutions.
d. Explain why sometimes it can be Because they are able to assess the risk and
important to refer to a senior staff make decisions on the implementation of
member regarding a decision on
controls, senior staff members can
implementing controls.
occasionally be referred to with
importance.
6. Describe each of the following methods for identifying hazards.
a. Conducting site safety audits For the purpose of identifying fire, health,
and safety hazards, work sites are audited.
These surveys include evaluations for
danger detection and compliance with
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applicable building and fire rules.
b. Completing safety checklists 1. Select "yes" or "no" for each question on

the checklist. The risk rating for each "no"
must be determined using the matrix on the
page below. The "comment" area should be
used for additional explanation.
2. After the inspection is finished, fill out
this form with the "yes/no" responses, the
scoring, and the action list.
3. Give each part a score, with a score of 1
given for every "yes" response and a score
of 0 for every "no" response. The sections'
totals and percentages are calculated at the
end of the checklist.
c. Inspecting workplace Inspections of the workplace provide an

opportunity to pinpoint risks and evaluate
dangers. Must be performed on a regular
basis.
Regular inspections enable personnel to be
directly involved in safety discussions and
disclose improvements.
d. Observing daily activities To assess the risks associated with every

action taken throughout the day in the
kitchen.
e. Investigating accidents and incidents Accidents and occurrences need to be

looked into for Determine the fundamental
causes that either directly or indirectly
contributed to the unpleasant event,
pinpoint the production and management
system flaws that allowed it to happen, and
make specific correction action
recommendations for the management
system.
f. Reviewing injury or illness registers For employees to document illnesses or

injuries sustained at work, an injury register
must be maintained. The injury registry may
be kept digitally or in writing. All employees
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having access to a register will enable them

to voice any safety concerns they may have.
It can be beneficial to create new safe
working practises.
g. Monitoring workplace environment To protect workers' safety and health,

employers should keep track of and record
this exposure. They should make sure that
workers are not exposed to chemicals in
amounts that exceed exposure thresholds
or other exposure standards for the
assessment and management of the
workplace. Employers should evaluate the
exposure of employees to dangerous
chemicals based on monitoring data.
h. Investigating staff complaints or reports We must first orally disclose any workplace
of safety concerns health and safety concerns to the manager
or supervisor before bringing them up with
us.
i. Review of staff feedback via consultative The foundation of both personal and
processes including meetings, surveys professional development is employee
and suggestion box submissions
feedback. The same is true for businesses;
feedback can help employees become
better at what they do. To ensure that
we've built a fantastic place to work, we
want to make sure that our business
develops with its people and that we're
constantly learning and adapting. But how
can we receive the most direct input from
our staff that will genuinely help our
company grow?
7. Consider the list of people below and describe a role they may have in the assessment of risk
within an organisation.
a. Contractors Anyone who supervises building projects or

directly hires workers is considered a
contractor. Subcontractors, any self-
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employed person or business who

performs, manages, or controls
construction work are all considered
contractors. They must be able to complete
the work safely and without putting their
health at danger. They must possess the
necessary skills, knowledge, experience,
and organisational capacity.
b. Managers A manager is tasked with exercising

leadership over a division or team of
workers inside a particular organisation or
business.
c. WHS committee members Members of the WHS Committee play the

following roles:
• Enabling collaboration between the
employer and the workforce.
• Giving members the freedom to develop
and put into action their own health and
safety control procedures.
• Developing, evaluating, and distributing
safety policies.
• Following any additional duties that the
committee and the employer have agreed
upon.
d. WHS representatives The information that WHS representatives

receive about the health and safety
concerns that are present in their work
group is crucial. In collaboration with PCBU
representatives like managers, supervisors,
committees, and other HSRs, they can come
up with solutions to problems.
e. Peers and colleagues To provide support.
f. Staff under supervision Each employee has a responsibility to help

manage risk in their particular work
environment.
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g. Supervisors Supervisors' responsibilities in risk

assessment include identifying and
managing workplace risks and paying
attention to health and safety issues.
h. Tourism suppliers. Identifying the risk, analysing and

evaluating the risk, communicating with
workers, and consulting with them are the
tasks that tourist suppliers play in risk
assessment.
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Assessment Task 1: Checklist
Student’s name:
Did the student provide a Completed

sufficient and clear answer successfully? Comments
which met the requirements
of the assessor marking Yes No
guide?
Question 1a
Question 1b
Question 1c
Question 1d
Question 1e
Question 1f
Question 2a
Question 2b
Question 2c
Question 2d
Question 3a
Question 3b
Question 3c
Question 3d
Question 3e
Question 3f
Question 4a
Question 4b
Question 4c
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Question 4d
Question 4e
Question 4f
Question 4g
Question 5a
Question 5b
Question 5c
Question 5d
Question 6a
Question 6b
Question 6c
Question 6d
Question 6e
Question 6f
Question 6g
Question 6h
Question 6i
Question 7a
Question 7b
Question 7c
Question 7d
Question 7e
Question 7f
Question 7g
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Question 7h
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Task outcome:  Satisfactory  Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name:
Date:
Assessment Task 2: Hazards and risks project
Information for students

In this task, you are required to identify hazards and assess risks for a case study organisation and
then complete activities to eliminate/minimise risks.
You will need access to:
 your learning resources and other information for reference
 WHS information provided by state/territory regulator (RTO to include name of relevant

regulator)
 WHS information at:
o https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/fun-exciting-and-safe-whs-major-
events
 your WHS Policy and Procedures
 your WHS Plan.
Ensure that you:
 review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Hospitality Works
Student User Guide
 comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
 adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines
 answer all questions completely and correctly
 submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced
 submit a completed cover sheet with your work
 avoid sharing your answers with other students.
Assessment information
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i Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Hospitality Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information
on:
 where this task should be completed
 how your assessment should be submitted.
Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.
Activities
Complete the following activities.
1. Carefully read the following scenario
Best Events Catering is a catering company that provides catering for events. The
company is committed to health and safety and has implemented a work health and
safety management system
As part of the event planning process, an event work health and safety plan is to be
used to identify actual or foreseeable workplace hazards including hazards
associated with the physical environment, plant/equipment, work practices and
security issues.
You are a Catering Manager with Best Events Catering and you are required to
identify hazards and assess risks relevant to an upcoming event you are planning.
This can be catering for an event of your choice such as an open day for an
education institution or a conference or a local craft fair. You are also required to
control risks for the event.
With this in mind, you are to complete all of the activities below.
2. Review the Best Events WHS Policy and Procedures and access relevant documentation
Review the Best Events Catering WHS Policy and Procedures to identify the
procedures that need to be followed, as well as methods for hazard identification
and risk assessment for an event.
Following your review, access the WHS Plan that includes the Hazard Identification
and Risk Assessment Tool from the student resources folder.
Carefully review these documents in preparation for the next task. Make notes as
required.
ANS. Anyone conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) is required by the Work

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Health and Safety Act of 2011 (WHS Act) and the Work Health and Safety
Regulation of 2011 (WHS Regulation) to monitor hazards to growth and
development for as long as it is genuinely possible. A "bet everything and the
kitchen sink" approach comprises assessing and removing risks where necessary or
allowed by the regulations, as well as restricting those bets as much as is
practically possible.
The put it all on the line strategy is fundamental because of three rules:
The University is under pressure to uphold its duty of care to its employees,
clients, project workers, understudies, guests, and other individuals who work or
learn at the University, so it must ensure the flourishing and security of those
individuals in Western Sydney University working environments.
It conveys an air of intelligence and stability. One of the most important aspects of
handling a problem that comes itself in the workplace is talking with the
employees who are affected by a flourishing and security concern. For the
procedures of hazard obvious affirmation, risk assessment, and hazard control,
workers should be recommended. Every time a worker is attended to by a Health
and Safety Representative (HSR), this HSR should be included in the discussion.
The policy further states that where a number of PCBUs are in charge of a
flourishing and security issue, those PCBUs are expected to provide advice,
participate in their best efforts, and cooperate with those efforts to ensure the
issue's secure association.
Incontrovertible confirmation, assessment, and management of workplace risk

constitute ongoing cooperation. It should be tried multiple times while
monitoring:
• Just in case, if it hasn't already been done.
• When a risk is identified.
• Whenever a change in the working environment has the potential to make or

break a wager.
comparable to when changes are made to the working environment, policies,

practises, or climate
• Even when there isn't a major issue, as part of expressing due gratitude for a
work-related occasion.
• When workers voice their worries about a wager or when fresh information is
made available.
• Regularly during times that are suitable for the office.
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It isn't frightful any more fantastic and simple to kill bets if you wager on the
bosses' tactics utilised in the availability and game plan phases for commodities,
cycles, and work places.
The justification for risk the board that goes along with it (assuming hazard
identification, danger assessment, and control) is a useful guide for enhancing the
safety of all university working environments for employees, students, job
applicants, and visitors. Employers and employees will find it simpler to agree to
the WHS regulations through communication. These standards require PCBUs to
identify, evaluate, and manage workplace risks as well as thoroughly plan for
reducing or eliminating risks as much as is practically possible. The risk
management board's risk assessments and discussion techniques must be
documented.
These methods will help with:
In academic career contexts, tracking down necessitates taking a chance.
• Examining any dangers that may result from these uncertainty.
• The distribution of closing controls reduces or eliminates risks.
• Analyzing and evaluating the performance of control measures.
3. Conduct a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
As per the company’s policy, you are now required to identify hazards, assess risks
and develop risk control measures.
As indicated in the Health and Safety Policy and Procedures, this will be through an
initial review of available information about hazards and risks, as well as consulting
with colleagues in activity 2.5.
Proceed to preparing your Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool by
reviewing the information as per the link under “Required” and by visiting the web
site of the WHS regulator relevant to the state or territory you are located in and
identifying at least one item of relevant information from there.
The information provided under required is general regarding events so you should
also think of particular risks that also may apply to catering for events.
Follow the instructions in the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool,
ensuring that you identify a minimum of 10 actual or foreseeable hazards and
associated risk assessment and controls.
Create a suitable folder in your drive. File your work as Draft Hazard Identification
and Risk Assessment Tool.
Take a screenshot of the folder structure to show that you have filed and kept this
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record.
Submit Draft Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool to your assessor. You
will discuss your work in a meeting in the next activity and your assessor will advise
you of the date and time of the meeting.
ANS.
1.Biological hazard
Biological risks can originate from agents that transmit illnesses to humans, such
as insect bites, bodily fluids, bacteria, and viruses. This should be a major concern
of safety managers currently due to the ongoing pandemic.
Control: Ensure that your employees are up to date with their immunizations.
Clean and disinfect the environment and safely dispose of biological waste and
other biohazards.
In the context of the global COVID pandemic, this particular hazard has risen in
importance. Further measures need to be taken to minimize the chances of
getting infected or unknowingly infecting others.
2. Chemical hazard
Exposed and poorly managed industrial chemicals like cleaning products, solvents,
carbon monoxide, gasoline and more can lead to skin irritation, burns, eye injuries,
and blindness.
Control: Ensure that only authorized and trained employees are working with
these chemicals and with caution.
If possible, store chemicals in areas where only authorized personnel wearing the
proper PPE can access and use them.
Properly dispose of chemicals that are no longer needed and ensure that
equipment that can give off chemicals under certain conditions are maintained.
3. Manual handling task: - Hazard description: - Serious injuries might result from
lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, or moving something or someone
without the use of any mechanical aids.
Control: - Lift or carry a big burden using mechanical assistance.
4. Defective electrical equipment: Hazard description: It resulted in an electrical

fire.
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Control: Avoid using moist hands to contact the electrical socket.
5. Falling objects: - Description of hazard: - There are several pieces of equipment,

supplies, and tools in the workplace that could trip someone up and result in
serious injury or even death.
Control: By erecting a safe barrier, screening nets, or catch platforms, we can stop
objects from falling.
6. The risk of working in intense heat is that our body parts will be burned.
Control: Put on PPE and pay attention to warming indications.
8. Fire hazard
Poorly maintained electrical equipment can lead to fire, which can cause burns at
varying degrees and even death. Fire is a hazard that can happen in almost any
workplace so fire extinguishers should be accessible and regularly maintained at
all times.
Control: Have fire extinguishers at various accessible locations. Fire-resistant work

wear should be ready and flammable materials should be handled with care.
9. Electrical hazard
Shocks from live wires and malfunctioning equipment can happen with no warning
and can easily be fatal. The urgency and danger of electrical hazards underlines
the importance of taking the appropriate preventive measures.
Control:
 Maintain electrical installations, replacing damaged cables and appliances

immediately.
 Have electrical appliances inspected and recertified according to

legislation and manufacturer instructions.
10. Machinery Malfunction - The potential for injury from improper use of work
equipment, as well as the ever-present possibility of machine malfunction, can be
serious and even life-threatening.
Control:
 Encourage workers to report signs of machine malfunction.
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 Never encourage workers to use machines that have been reported as

working incorrectly in an attempt to increase efficiency.
 Have your machinery repaired or replaced entirely when necessary.
 Implement systems for regularly checking the condition of your

machinery. These checks can preempt malfunction accidents before they
endanger your employees.
4. Participate in a meeting to discuss hazards and risk assessment and control
In this activity, you will participate in a meeting with your assessor to discuss
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool.
Go through your Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Tool and explain all
the hazards you have identified and your suggestions for risk controls as
documented in the Tool. Ensure you explain your rationale for each risk control
methods.
Your assessor will also suggest additional controls which you should discuss.
During the meeting, you will need to demonstrate effective communication skills
including:
 Speaking clearly and concisely
 Speaking assertively when making suggestions about risk controls
 Using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding
 Asking questions to identify required information
 Responding to questions as required.
Following the meeting you are to update your Hazard Identification and Risk
Assessment tool to include the suggestions from your assessor showing that you
can incorporate the views of others.
In the folder that you have previously created, file your work as Final Hazard
Identification and Risk Assessment Tool.
Take a screenshot of the folder structure to show that you have filed and kept this
record.
Submit your completed and screenshots of your folder structure and files within it to
your assessor.
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5. Take measures to eliminate or control risks
Assume that you have identified risks for your event as follows:
 Physical environment - Slips and trips
 Plant/equipment - Safe manual handling
 Work practice - Fatigue management
 Security issue - Customer behaviour e.g. customers consuming too much

alcohol
In order to control the risks you are required to:
Develop four short information handouts to address all of the following risks and
that can be provided to staff for information and guidance on each issue.
The format and style for the handouts are as follows:
 Create clear and concise one (1) page handouts.
 Using simple and clear language. For, example, use simple English and avoid
colloquial language or slang.
 Use appropriately sized fonts and present well-formatted, grammatically

correct information.
 Ensure that the handouts you create use the same layout, font, colours and
style.
Hazards and risks information (handouts)

Chemical hazards
Protect yourself and those around you by disposing of chemicals properly. Reducing the use of
hazardous chemicals is a way keep the workplace safe. Providing adequate ventilation, washing
your hands, minimizing exposure to chemicals, maintaining equipment to prevent leaks and
breakdowns, and using personal protective gear, like Black Stallion chemical-resistant gloves, all
minimize the effects of dangerous chemicals.
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2. Dangerous manual labour Use mechanical help while lifting or carrying big objects to reduce risk.
• Inform, educate, or teach personnel on ways to lower the risk of accidents
3. Electrical hazard
Some basic electrical safety steps include: maintaining all electrical installations, choosing the
right equipment for the job (workers can wear electrical hazard rated footwear), and replacing
any damaged sections of cables. Faulty electrical appliances can sometimes lead to fire, too.
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4. Physical hazards
This is somewhat of a generic work hazard to mention, but it’s an important one. Physical hazards
are some of the most common hazards, and they show up in the workplace too often. Frayed
electrical cords, unguarded machinery, exposed moving parts, vibrations, and working from
ladders, scaffolding, or heights.
As you wander about during your work day, you’ll probably come across one or more of these
problem areas. Doing what you’re supposed to be doing (aka working hard and not doing dumb
stunts) will help maintain a safe work environment. Employers are to ensure employees safety,
and that includes educating workers on how to properly operate, work around, and take care of
work equipment.
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Assessment Task 2: Checklist

Student’s name:
Completed
successfully? Comments
Did the student: Yes No
Access and use the Hazard Identification

and Risk Assessment?
Review the information indicated to

identify actual or foreseeable hazards?
Work alone to identify hazards and

systematically assess risks?
Work with others to identify hazards and

systematically assess risks?
Identify the type and level of risk posed

by each of the identified hazard and
justify this through sufficient evidence?
Use the WHS Plan including the Hazard

Identification and Risk Assessment to
identify at least 10 actual or foreseeable
hazards that relate to the physical
environment, plant/equipment, work
practice and security and issue?
During the meeting with the assessor

demonstrate effective communication
skills including:
 Speaking clearly and concisely.
 Speaking assertively when

suggesting control methods.
 Using non-verbal communication to

assist with understanding
 Asking questions to identify

required information
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 Responding to questions as
required
 Using active listening techniques to

confirm understanding?
Document the outcome of the risk

assessment, suggesting actions to
eliminate or control risks?
Keep records of identified hazards and

risk assessments?
Discuss ways with their assessor of

eliminating or controlling risks as
documented in the Hazard Identification
and Risk Assessment?
Take measures to eliminate or control

risks for each of the identified hazards
as per the Health and Safety Policy and
Procedures?
Task outcome:  Satisfactory  Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name:
Date:
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Final results record
Student name:
Assessor name:
Date:
Unit name:
Qualification name:
Final assessment results
Result
Task Type Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Did not submit
Assessment Task 1 Knowledge questions S U DNS
Assessment Task 2 Hazards and risks project S U DNS
Overall unit results C NYC
Feedback
 My performance in this unit has been discussed and explained to me.

 I would like to appeal this assessment decision.
Student signature: _________________________________________ Date: _________________
 I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been
carried out according to the required assessment procedures.
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Assessor signature: _______________________________________ Date: _________________
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SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

Assessment for this unit

Preparing for assessment

Supporting resources: Supporting resources include templates, journals, workbooks and

 WHS Policy and Procedures (Assessment Task 2)

 WHS Plan (Assessment Task 2)

 submitting assessments  assessment appeals

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

 re-assessment guidelines  responding to written questions.

Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions

Information for students

 adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines

 answer all questions completely and correctly

 submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced

 submit a completed cover sheet with your work

 avoid sharing your answers with other students.

 where this task should be completed

 the maximum time allowed for completing this assessment task

 whether or not this task is open-book.

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

e. Explain the purpose of WHS Identification of dangers, risk assessment, and

f. Outline two record keeping 1. Identification of hazards and risk assessment.

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

a. What group risk assessment 1. Identification of hazards: During the job

2. Ergonomic hazards: the physical elements,

3. Chemical risks: All potentially harmful

4. Biological dangers: Viruses and bacteria that

2. Describe each control that is currently in

3. Determine the level of risk: - It is easy to use.

4. Establish whether the danger is acceptable or

The physical work environment, the tools,

B. To make sure nothing is missing, compile

2. Evaluate the risk: After a risk has been

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

be done. A risk assessment looks at the

3. Manage the risk: The hierarchy of

4. Review risk control: Control measures

b. Describe two typical hazards. Ergonomic risks: - Musculoskeletal injuries

2. Safety Hazards: Anything that increases

c. List two injuries/illnesses/consequences 1. Body injury

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

d. What are the overall consequences of a A worker who is exposed to hazard

a. Explain the hierarchy of control. The hierarchy of control is a method for

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

a. Describe two typical risks and a 1. Elimination:

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

 Tower scaffolds should be used in

6. Describe each of the following methods for identifying hazards.

applicable building and fire rules.

b. Completing safety checklists 1. Select "yes" or "no" for each question on

c. Inspecting workplace Inspections of the workplace provide an

d. Observing daily activities To assess the risks associated with every

e. Investigating accidents and incidents Accidents and occurrences need to be

f. Reviewing injury or illness registers For employees to document illnesses or

having access to a register will enable them

g. Monitoring workplace environment To protect workers' safety and health,

a. Contractors Anyone who supervises building projects or

SITXWHS002 Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

employed person or business who

b. Managers A manager is tasked with exercising

c. WHS committee members Members of the WHS Committee play the

d. WHS representatives The information that WHS representatives

e. Peers and colleagues To provide support.