BSBWHS521 - Assessment Task 2: Work Health and Safety Committee Set Up

Assessment 2: Part A and B

Task summary:  

Prepare a document covering the following:

• Work Health and Safety Committee Set Up 

• AGENDA - Initial items/areas for discussion/attention

Research the appropriate websites relating to NSW in relation to the set-up of WHS Committees.

DO NOT USE OVERSEAS references and REMEMER THAT EACH STATE AND TERRITORY IN AUSTRALIA HAS ITS OWN VERSION OF WHS Legislation.

Background: 

You are setting up a Work, health and safety committee (WHSC) for the first time, in a toy manufacturing business that operates in Cooma, NSW.  Name of the business is Southern Toys. The business currently employs 67 staff.

Your workplace has a production and manufacturing area, an office area and a warehouse/dispatch area.

Research and then Write a document outlining the following:

1. A) WHS Committee Set Up:

• What are the steps to setting up a WHS Committee

• How many representatives should it have?
• How do the representatives get selected or chosen?

1. B) AGENDA DESIGN: (Research and use an appropriate template)

For your first meeting, you need to set an agenda that will address the most important WHS issues for the workplace.  

Think about the hazards you might find in the business as outlined in the brief and work out which ones should be discussed by committee.

Also, in this Agenda cover areas that need to consider for the business in the future, such as:

• Relevant training – identify what types please
• Evacuation plans/emergency plans – for what? How to plan?
• Hazards to be addressed in a prioritised list – consider the workplace as outlined above and cover all sections.