This document is WHS Policy and Procedures Student.

It is part of the supporting assessment resources for Assessment Task 2 of BSBWHS521.

Grow Management Consultants

Workplace Health and Safety Policy and Procedures

Purpose
This policy applies to all workers at Grow Management Consultants.
To outline the necessary steps taken to ensure the continued safety of the work environment for all students,
staff and others participating in any activities within the premises or under the employment of Grow
Management Consultants.
All employees, as well as Grow Management Consultants, are responsible for ensuring a healthy and safe
workplace.

Definitions
A hazard is any potentially dangerous situation within the work environment.

Incident means an event or circumstance that leads – or could have lead - to unintended or unnecessary
harm during a person’s participation in work with Grow Management Consultants.

An injury is any incident that causes harm to a person during their participation in work activities with Grow
Management Consultants.

WHS communication and consultation means sharing information, giving workers a reasonable
opportunity to express views, and taking those views into account before making decisions on health and
safety matters

Overview
Grow Management Consultants recognises the importance of providing a safe and healthy environment for
staff, contractors and visitors during their participation in work.

Grow Management Consultants aspires for excellence in workplace health and safety and is committed to
providing an environment which is free from risks and conducive to the productivity and efficiency needs of
its staff and others.

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This document is WHS Policy and Procedures Student.
It is part of the supporting assessment resources for Assessment Task 2 of BSBWHS521.

Policy

1. Compliance with legislation

1.1. Grow Management Consultants meets the requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
and complies with all other relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, advisory and best
practice standards as well as organisational policies and procedures.

2. Organisational responsibility and commitment

2.1 Grow Management Consultants is committed to:
 Providing a safe and healthy environment for all staff and others during their participation in
activities with Grow Management Consultants
 Implementing effective risk management systems that are relevant and suitable for the
organisation’s scope of business; promote workplace health and safety at all times; and
continuously improve performance in relation to health and safety.
 Encouraging active participation, cooperation and consultation with all staff and others in the
promotion and development of measures to improve health and safety.
 Actively responding to, recording and investigating all incidents.
 Maintaining relevant policies, procedures, training, codes of conduct and systems to support
and communicate effective health and safety practices throughout the organisation.
 Routinely conducting checks of the work environment to assess risks, identify hazards and
identify areas for improvement.
 Taking immediate response to reduce the risk of identified workplace hazards.
 Providing appropriate induction, training, information and updates to staff on a regular basis
about workplace health and safety.

3. Staff responsibility
3.1 All staff including managers have a responsibility to work safely; take all reasonable care for their
own health and safety; and always consider the health and safety of others who may be affected by
their actions.
3.2 When staff are undertaking work from home or at an off-site location, the staff member is
responsible for ensuring the environment they enter into is free from risk and occupational health
and safety hazards.

4. Reporting
4.1 All staff, and others are required to report any identified workplace hazards and associated risks as
soon as they become aware of them.
4.2 All staff, and others are required to report any incident that causes harm to a person during their
participation in work and/or training activities with Grow Management Consultants.

5. Records
5.1 Appropriate records of the organisation’s risk management strategy, workplace hazards and
workplace injuries will be accurately maintained at all times.

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It is part of the supporting assessment resources for Assessment Task 2 of BSBWHS521.

Procedures

1. Workplace health and safety inspections

Steps Responsibility
1.1 Annual workplace inspections. Operations
 An Annual worksite inspection will be conducted using the Workplace Manager
Health & Safety Checklist.

1.2 Control hazards

All hazards identified through any of the above inspections must be reported to
the Operations Manager using the Workplace Hazard Report.
Appropriate actions must be taken to control any hazards identified.
Hazards and control mechanisms are to be recorded in the central Safety and
Hazard Register for all identified hazards.
Risk ratings are to be added to the Risk Management Plan.

2. Identify and control hazards

Steps Responsibility
2.1 Identify and control hazards. All staff and
 All staff have a responsibility to respond to hazards and perceived risks to Operations
health and safety. Manager
 Any staff member who identifies a potential or actual workplace hazard
must report it immediately to the Operations Manager using the Workplace
Hazard Report.
 The Operations Manager will take appropriate actions to control the
identified hazards in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy.
 The Operations Manager will complete the Hazard Register for all identified
hazards.
 Hazards and their control mechanisms are to be recorded in the Workplace
Injury Register.
 Any risk ratings are to be added to the Risk Management Plan.

3. Workplace incidents
Steps Responsibility
3.1 Workplace incidents All staff
 If an incident occurs in the workplace any persons attending to the incident
or witness to the incident are to fill in a Workplace Incident Form.
 Where the incident involves an injury, the first person in attendance to a
workplace injury should contact the First Aid Officer or emergency services Operations
in the case of a serious injury. Manager
 Workplace Injury Forms are to be provided to the Operations Manager who
will use the records to gather accounts of the incident and use them as the
basis of an investigation into the incident, if required.
 All serious injuries will be reported to Worksafe.

BSBWHS521 Ensure a safe workplace for a work area

Vocational Training Institute RTO 41111 CRICOS 03487C
Version: October 2019 v1.0
©J&SLearningwork2018
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