BSBWHS501 :Ensure a Safe Workplace- Case Study Assignment

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Case Study Assignment:

Case Study Scenario Context -Organisational Background The Academies Australasia Group of Colleges is owned and managed by Garratt's Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange that has been operating for more than 100 years. Public listed status means that apart from having to meet the well regarded, carefully supervised standards of the international education market, Academies Australasia colleges must also comply with the strict financial and reporting regulations of the Australian Stock Exchange. There are seven colleges, each a separate company with its own licence to operate as an education institution - Academies Australasia College in Singapore and six colleges in Australia: 1. Academy of English (ELICOS) [Including Academy of English (Blue Mountains) and Academy of English (Barton)] 2. Australian International High School (Senior High School) 3. Academy of Social Sciences (Vocational) 4. Australian College of Technology (Vocational) 5. Clarendon Business College (Vocational) [Including Clarendon Business College (Barton)] 6. Supreme Business College (Vocational). In Australia, Academies Australasia has two campuses in the heart of Sydney, New South Wales (George Street and Pitt Street), just a few minutes’ walk from each other. They also operate in Leura in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales) and in Barton (Australian Capital Territory). It is also considering expanding its operations to include Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. In Singapore, Academies Australasia College is in Middle Road, in the education precinct. Currently the institution has about 1700 students and the number is growing every year. ACA employs about 30 full time staffs and 60 teachers on a contract basis. Over the past months ACA has been planning to implement various web based technologies, Internet and the Intranet. Work Health and Safety Issue Details Academies Australasia [ACA] with the Head Office located in George Street, Sydney. A centralised IT Unit has been established in our George Street office recently, where a Help Desk for the organisation is located. Previously, private computer specialists from the other organisations serviced all IT needs. ACA Labs now have a staff of 13 members who work in the new IT Unit. They are rostered over a 8-hour period so that the IT Unit can always be accessed.Being a new unit, with staff who have not operated a Help Desk before, not everyone is aware of possible WHS issues that may arise. Muscular fatigue has appeared very early as an issue of concern.Therefore, one staff member is to be charged with a project to identify the WHS standard that the IT Unit should be working to.You have working with ACA Labs for 5 years and have joined the IT Helpdesk unit. You have been chosen in the role of WHS officer in the IT Help Desk Unit. Question: 1. Work Health and Safety Policy – details of (or inclusion of) your organisation’s policy. 2. WH&S Staff Plan –outlining your team/department’s workplace personnel and their responsibilities regarding WH&S in your organisation 3. Risk Assessment – for two potential workplace hazards, using your organisation’s procedure 4. WH&S Induction and Training Policy – describe your organisation’s WH&S Induction and Training Policy. Discuss what is covered and give details on how the induction and training is/will be carried out 5. WH&S Record Keeping System – describe how your organisation’s WH&S record keeping system works and include any improvements or upgrades and how there were implemented 6. Analysis of WH&S Legislative Framework – an analysis of how your organisation’s WH&S standards meet the current legislative framework. Outline any recommendations if necessary.