Project Name    Working Safely and Effectively

 

Description 

Collect and make recommendation about Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S ) documents in relation to an Information Technology work environment.

 

Competencies        

This project addressed the following units of competency:

ICAITTW002B           Communicate in the workplace

Elements from the following units of competency may also be addressed

ICAITTW001B           Work effectively in an information technology environment

ICAITTW004B           Apply Occupational Health and Safety procedures

ICAITU006B              Operate computing packages – application desktop

ICAITU012B                          Design organisational documents using commercial computing packages    

                                                                                                                                        

Background 

Each workplace has an accepted way of working. Sometimes this accepted way is written down as policy or as a set of guidelines. These policies and guidelines reflect aspects such as: the nature of the business; the size of the workplace; the mix of cultures; the workplace attitudes and any legal requirements that apply to that workplace. In addition, employers and staff have rights and responsibilities that they need to be aware. The purpose of this is to create a workplace that is safe and fair to all people while helping to portray a positive image.

 

Requirements

Collect any OH&S policy documents or guidelines that are used in  the workplace. These might include details about dress code, working hours, emergency procedures, use of the computer network or perhaps policies about how to deal with customers.

Arrange with you supervisor to carry out an informal inspection of the workplace to identify any potential problems or known hazards that might exist. These items could relate to furniture, lighting, ventilation or electrical equipment. If no documents exist, investigate and prepare OH&S documents suitable for that workplace.

From your discussion and analysis of policies, prepare a report that could be given to a new employee at this workplace that describes how Information Technology in the workplace is to be used.  Your document should include:

·        Employers OH&S responsibilities;

·        OH&S procedures;

·        Employees OH&S responsibilities;

·        OH&S procedures using computer workstation.