Aussie Childcare Network Forum

Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: RPL Questions 1a.
Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? No
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge

Your Question?
a) Name the WHS Legislation and codes of practices relating to working with children

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
Part 2 : Health and Safety Dutites

19. Primary Duty of Care
20. Duty of Persons conducting business or undertaking involving management.
28. Duties of workers
29. Duties of other persons at the work place

Part 3 Incident Notification

35. What's a Notification
36 What is a serious injury or illness
38. Duty to notify of notifiable incident

Part 5 Consultation, representation and participation

48 Nature of consultation

Description and Message:
Hi there

I am from Canada and doing a RPL for a cert 111 and a little lost on the questions they are asking...
I have given the first question in hopes that if I am on the right trail I will able to finger the other 14 questions...

I looked up Work Cover Authority of NSW and went to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
Am I looking in the right place and am I missing anything else...


Thanks

Janine

thanks L.A.

still very stumped.... I have read the legislation and wrote down the code numbers that I think relate to childcare as the question asks but don't really see anything relating to Chemicals, bodily fluids, manual handling .... I have rewritten the question and the answers I have come up... can you see if I am on the right track.. seem to be going around in circles..

QUESTION 1: a) The WHS legislation and codes of practices relating to working with children are as follows:

Part 2 Health and safety duties
Division 1 Introductory
Subdivision 1 Principles that apply to duties

17 Management of risks
18 What is “reasonably practicable” in ensuring health and safety
19 Primary duty of care
20 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of workplaces
27 Duty of officers
28 Duties of workers
29 Duties of other persons at the workplace

Division 5 Offences and penalties
30 Health and safety duty
31 Reckless conduct
32 Failure to comply with health and safety duty

Part 3 Incident notification
35 What is a “notifiable incident”
36 What is a “serious injury or illness”
37 What is a “dangerous incident”
38 Duty to notify of notifiable incidents

Division 3 Health and safety representatives
60 Eligibility to be elected
61 Procedure for election of health and safety representatives
62 Eligibility to vote
63 When election not required
64 Term of office of health and safety representative
65 Disqualification of health and safety representatives
66 Immunity of health and safety representatives
67 Deputy health and safety representatives

Subdivision 5 Powers and functions of health and safety representative
68 Powers and functions of health and safety representatives

Subdivision 6 Obligations of person conducting business or undertaking to health and safety representatives
70 General obligations of person conducting business or undertaking
72 Obligation to train health and safety representatives
73 Obligation to share costs if multiple businesses or undertakings
74 List of health and safety representatives

Division 4 Health and safety committees
75 Health and safety committees
76 Constitution of committee
77 Functions of committee
78 Meetings of committee
79 Duties of person conducting business or undertaking




Division 5 Issue resolution
80 Parties to an issue
81 Resolution of health and safety issues
82 Referral of issue to regulator for resolution by inspector

Division 6 Right to cease or direct cessation of unsafe work
83 Definition of “cease work under this Division”


QUESTION 1B)
10 requirements for meeting these codes of practices:

1. Ensure all staff are aware and are giving an opportunity to read WHS legislation
2. That representative are nominated, a process is designed to pass forward concerns from the employees to the representatives to be taken to the employee or committee. Reports should also be made available to employees on the outcome of meeting.
3. That policies and procedures are in place regarding health and safety and ensure staff are trained in infection control and hygiene practices.
4. Checklists are required for daily yard checks, equipment is regularly inspected and in good condition. Repair or disposal of equipment of damaged equipment and proper supervisors are told and written in daily log book.
5. Risk assessments are filled out and completed
6. Clear policies and procedures on how and when to fill out incident reports
7. Support is made available for staff to take concerns to management
8. That all volunteers and staff are aware of emergency evacuations
9. Ensure the staff have read and understand the labels on chemical containers and know how to use properly. Conduct risk assessments for hazardous chemicals.
10. provide, use and maintain adequate mechanical and assistive devices, such as trolleys, to minimise effort

OR OR OR

is the question looking more not literally legislation but:

more along this as what relates to childcare

Biological hazards
Cytomegalovirus
Emergency preparedness and response
Equipment
Hazardous substances
Manual tasks
Occupational stress
Occupational violence
Personal Protective Equipment
Slips, trips and falls