ASSESSMENT 2 BSBWHS401A Implement and monitor WHS policies procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements 
ASSESSMENT: BSBWHS401A - Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements
Assessment 2
Written Questions
1. Why is it important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organisation’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control?
It is important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organization’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control, because as any other part of a business health and safety matters affect production, the quality of products/services and of course financial results. According to this, health and safety should be managed in the same way and with the same importance grade as any other aspect inside a company.
Information must also be provided to all workers because it is everybody´s responsibility to have a health and safety place in which everyone will be beneficiated, the employee and the employer.
2. Explain the importance of effective consultative mechanisms in managing health and safety risks and describe what they entail.
It is important to have an effective consultative mechanism in managing health and safety risks because consultation can offer a lot of benefits such as greater awareness, commitment, positive working relationships etc. A safe work place will be easier to achieve if everyone is involved and communicate with each other, if every worker help to identify hazards, if there are talks about health and safety concerns and of course if all of them work together to find a solution.
Once all the workers are aware of the impact that health and safety procedures have, they will work all together to make their work place as safe as possible.
3. What factors need to be considered when using training to implement an organisation’s health and safety policy and ensure a safe workplace?
Assessment 2
Written Questions
1. Why is it important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organisation’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control?
It is important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organization’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control, because as any other part of a business health and safety matters affect production, the quality of products/services and of course financial results. According to this, health and safety should be managed in the same way and with the same importance grade as any other aspect inside a company.
Information must also be provided to all workers because it is everybody´s responsibility to have a health and safety place in which everyone will be beneficiated, the employee and the employer.
2. Explain the importance of effective consultative mechanisms in managing health and safety risks and describe what they entail.
It is important to have an effective consultative mechanism in managing health and safety risks because consultation can offer a lot of benefits such as greater awareness, commitment, positive working relationships etc. A safe work place will be easier to achieve if everyone is involved and communicate with each other, if every worker help to identify hazards, if there are talks about health and safety concerns and of course if all of them work together to find a solution.
Once all the workers are aware of the impact that health and safety procedures have, they will work all together to make their work place as safe as possible.
3. What factors need to be considered when using training to implement an organisation’s health and safety policy and ensure a safe workplace?