Follow Workplace Safety Procedures

Question 1

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act what are the three duties every employee must adhere to?

Answer 1

Take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety
Take reasonable care for health and safety of persons who may be affected by the employees acts or omissions
Co-operate with his or her employer with respect to any action taken by them to comply with the requirements imposed by or under this act
Follow SOPs report stuff etc

Question 2

What are the responsibilities that employers have to employees under the Occupational Health and Safety act?

Answer 2

Safe work procedures
Supervision
Instruction or training

Question 3

Hazard reporting is a legislative requirement under the OHS act. Why is it important to report hazards?

Answer 3

OHS regulations provide all hazards must be dead documented in the report.
Serious injuries and certain disasters need to be reported to WorkSafe to ensure correct documentation, medical action and investigation can be activated if needed.

Question 4

Your role as a security officer will have you responding to several different types of emergencies. List six emergencies that you may respond to.

Answer 4

Providing first aid
Armed hold-up
Bomb threats
Fire
Evacuation
Hostage or siege situation.

Question 5

Any incident that you attend may have an incident controller. What is their role?

Answer 5

Devise and maintain an effective search plan
Device and maintain a safe and evacuation plan
Assess the long and short term threats
Making decision to evacuate or reoccupy
Police liaison
Scheduling or conducting staff training and security drills

Question 6

If you received the bomb threat over the telephone while at work what would you do after the phone call?

Answer 6

Do not hang up
Advice management
Complete bomb threat checklist immediately
Call the police

Question 7

If an incident occurs at work you will have to report and investigate. Why is this important?

Answer 7

The purpose is to accurately determine the circumstance under which the incident occurred to prevent re-occurrence.

Question 8

How can an investigation produce change?

Answer 8

By leading to specific action
By contributing to an overall understanding of how the incident occurred
By providing information to help predict the future

Question 9

Describe the meanings of some common OHS signage colours

Answer 9

Read – do not / danger
Blue – must do
Yellow – be aware or warning
Green - info or aid equipment