Course: Manage Projects and Ensure a Safe Workplace

Week 13: Safe Workplace Responsibilities and Systems
Having a Safe Workplace is Smart Business

Business owners and their staff have the responsibility for the day-to-day health, safety and welfare of employees and office visitors – Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). OHS is about preventing injury and illness to employees and visitors to the workplace. Therefore, it's about protecting the Agency’s most valuable asset: its staff.

Both employers and employees are responsible for workplace health and safety and they operate under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000.

To make the workplace safer, the Agency has to acknowledge which potential health and safety hazards are present. Or determine where and what and how a designer, for example, is likely to become injured or ill. It starts with analyzing individual workstations and office areas for hazards — the potential for harm — be it a frayed electrical cord, workstation obstructions, poor lighting, excessive noise.

Assessment Scenario
Following the successful relocation of your Digital Media Agency you have been asked to develop and implement a ‘Safe Workplace’ education program for the Agency’s staff. Your OHS education program will have the following three components that will be available to staff via the Agency’s Intranet:

i) A Podcast report describing the employers' and employees' OH and S roles and responsibilities. Weight 40%
ii) A Presentation illustrating how the Agency’s potential workplace risks can be identified and managed based on a case study of an office environment. Weight 40%
iii) A Knowledge Test that enables Agency staff to self assess their understanding of the information in your podcast and slideshow. Weight 20%

SLIDE SHOW: Ensure a Safe Workplace

TEXT TO VOICE TRANSLATION PODCAST: OHS and Office Furniture

Portfolio Project - OHS Podcast Report. 40% Assessment