Student Assessment Booklet: CHC33015 C III I S

STUDENT
ASSESSMENT
BOOKLET
CHC33015
C ERTIFIC ATE III IN I NDIVIDU AL S UPPORT
W ORK HEALTH AND S AFET Y
For classroom -based students
HLTW HS002 Follow safe practices for direct client care
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Student last name: _________________________________________________________________________________
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HLTWHS002 WORK HEALTH & SAFETY CHC33015 CERTIFICATE III IN INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
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ABOUT YOUR ASSESSMENTS
This unit requires that you complete 6 assessment tasks. You are required to complete all tasks to demonstrate competency in this
unit.
Assessment Task About this task
Assessment Task 1: Written questions You must correctly answer all 9 questions to show that you understand
the knowledge required of this unit.
Assessment Task 2: Case studies You are to read three case studies and complete the questions for each.
Assessment Task 3: Project – WHS inspection You are complete a work health and safety inspection of an area in your
work placement service.
Assessment Task 4: Project – WHS risk You are to complete a WHS risk assessment.
assessment
Assessment Task 5: Workplace observations There are three parts to this assessment:
▪ Part A: You are to locate and discuss your work placement’s

organisational policies and procedures with your assessor.
▪ Part B: You are to demonstrate the application of emergency
response policies and procedures.
▪ Part C: You are to demonstrate the application of infection control

policies and procedures by cleaning up a ‘blood spill’.
Supporting resources
You may like to look at the following websites, books and documents for more information about the topics related to this unit:
▪ Arnott, G 2011, The Disability Support Worker, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW.
▪ Croft, H 2013, The Australian Carer 3rd edn, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW.
How to submit your assessments
When you have completed each assessment task you will need to submit it to your assessor.
Instructions about submission can be found at the beginning of each assessment task.
Assessment Task Cover Sheet
At the beginning of each task in this booklet, you will find an Assessment Task Cover Sheet. Please fill it in for each task, making
sure you sign the student declaration.
Your assessor will give you feedback about how well you went in each task, and will write this on the back of the Task Cover
Sheet.
Make sure you photocopy your written activities before you submit them – your assessor will put the documents you submit into
your student file. These will not be returned to you.
Assessment appeals
You can make an appeal about an assessment decision by putting it in writing and sending it to us. Refer to your Student
Handbook for more information about our appeals process.
Assessment plan
The following outlines the requirements of your final assessment for this unit. You are required to complete all tasks to demonstrate
competency in this unit.
Your assessor will provide you with the due dates for each assessment task. Write them in the table below.
Assessment Requirements Due date
1. Written questions Date 1
2. Case studies Date 2
3. Project – WHS inspection Date 3
4. Project – WHS risk assessment Date 4
5. Workplace observations Date 4
AGREEMENT BY THE STUDENT
Read through the assessments in this booklet before you fill out and sign the agreement below. Make sure you sign this before
you start any of your assessments.
Have you read and understood what is required of you in terms of assessment?  Yes  No
Do you understand the requirements of this assessment?  Yes  No
Do you agree to the way in which you are being assessed?  Yes  No
Do you have any special needs or considerations to be made for this assessment? If yes, what  Yes  No
are they?
Do you understand your rights to appeal the decisions made in an assessment?  Yes  No
Student name: Student signature: Date: ______________
Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date: ______________
ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET – ASSESSMENT TASK 1
Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task. Make sure you have kept a copy
of your work.
Student Name: Student ID:
Student to complete Assessor to complete
Resubmission? Student Sufficient/

Assessment Task Y/N initials insufficient Date
Written questions
STUDENT DECLARATION: None of this work has been completed by any other person. I have not cheated or plagiarised
the work or colluded with any other student/s. I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout thes e
assessment tasks. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken against me.
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK :____________________________________________________________________________

Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback. A copy must be supplied to the
office and kept in the student’s file with the evidence.
ASSESSMENT TASK 1: WRITTEN QUESTIONS
TASK SUMMARY:
▪ This is an open book test – you can use the Internet, textbooks and other documents
to help you with your answers if required.
▪ You must answer all 9 questions correctly.
▪ Write your answers in the space provided.
▪ If you need more space, you can use extra paper. All extra pieces of paper must
include your name and the question number/s you are answering.
▪ You may like to use a computer to type your answers. Your assessor will tell you if
you can email them the file or if you need to print a hard copy and submit it.
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?

▪ Access to textbooks and other learning materials.
▪ Access to a computer and the Internet (if you prefer to type your answers).
WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?

▪ You will do this task in the classroom or for homework – your assessor will advise.
▪ Write in your due date as advised by your assessor: __________________________________
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?

If your assessor marks any of your answers as incorrect, they will talk to you about resubmission. You will
need to do one of the following:
▪ Answer the questions that were incorrect in writing.
▪ Answer the questions that were incorrect verbally.
QUESTION 1
a) Which of the following are hazards? Tick the correct answers
Is this a hazard? Tick each correct answer
Working with clients in their homes
A strained back
Workplace procedure for manual handling
Showering client
Lifting a box
Working long hours
Stress
b) What could be the consequence if you did not correctly follow your workplace’s policies and procedures
in the following areas? Provide one consequence for each.
▪ Hazard management
▪ Care plans
▪ Manual handling
▪ Using mobility equipment
▪ Using personal protecting equipment
▪ Duress alarm system
▪ Emergency procedures
▪ Incident procedures
▪ Infection control
QUESTION 2
List six things you would check when you are doing a fire safety check on a client’s home.
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QUESTION 3
a) You notice that a box of rubbish has been left in the corridor again.
You nearly tripped over a similar box last week and you moved it outside to the rubbish bin – where it
should have been placed.
Now someone has done the same thing again!
Why is it important that you report this particular hazard, rather than just moving it out to the bin like you did
last time?
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b) The residents at the nursing home have put in a complaint that the dining room is too cold.
Management has now forbidden the use of the air conditioners in the dining room.
Jenny is concerned that this makes the environment unsafe for the workers. The staff all get extremely
hot while serving the meals. It is always a very busy time and they are running around getting the
residents in place, serving meals, assisting with feeding, packing up the dishes and so on.
Jenny notices that some of the staff are getting uncomfortable. Ian had sweat pouring off him yesterday
and Rebecca was bright red in the face.
By the end of mealtimes they are all hot and bothered.
▪ Should Jenny report this as a WHS issue to management? Explain your answer.
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▪ What possible solution could Jenny could suggest?
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▪ Jenny’s solution (see your response above) has been approved. She has been asked to assist with putting
her solution into effect. Suggest at least three ways that she can do
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QUESTION 4
Fill out the table below.
a) Standard precautions
▪ What are they and when should they be used?
▪ What precautions should be taken?
b) Additional precautions
▪ What are they and when should they be used?
▪ What precautions should be taken?
QUESTION 5
While you are on a home visit, a client tells you that she is feeling unwell. She has stomach cramps, feels
very nauseous and has bad diarrhea.
She tells you she must have picked it up off her grandson who visited yesterday, as he was unwell when he
was visiting and had to rush off to use her toilet.
a) What responsibility does the client have to the worker?
b) What infectious disease do you think it is likely your client has?
c) What are three things that should be done to minimise the risk of this spreading to other people?
d) Why is this a risk for workers – even though the client is in her own home?
QUESTION 6
List three things you can do to remain up to date with safe work practices.
Safe practice 1:
Safe practice 2:
Safe practice 3:
QUESTION 7
Fill out the table after each scenario.
a) Omar works in Home and Community Care in a rural location. His job is to visit clients in their homes.
Due to the large area he services, Omar spends many hours of the day driving to different properties to
see his clients.
List two risks (at least one risk must include List a control measure for each risk
damage to musculoskeletal system)
b) Kellie works transporting disabled clients to appointments or to the shops and other locations.
List two risks List a control measure for each risk
QUESTION 8
Source: http://www.thesafeness.com/manual-material-handling.php
Look at the diagram above.
Why does this method of lifting produce less strain on the musculoskeletal system than bending at the waist?
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Question 9
Jenny was injured at work when using a portable hoist to transfer a client with a disability.
The injury occurred because Jenny was not given any training in how to use the equipment.
Jenny’s supervisor had told her to follow the instructions in the manual – Jenny couldn’t find the manual so
she decided to figure it out herself.
a) Did the employer show a duty of care to Jenny? Explain your answer.
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b) Did Jenny fulfil her duty of care? Explain your answer.
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c) Jenny works in Victoria. She would like to find out more about her WHS responsibilities. What is the name
of the WHS authority that Jenny should contact?
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Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task.
Make sure you have kept a copy of your work.
Student Name:

Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
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ASSESSMENT TASK 2: CASE STUDIES
TASK SUMMARY:
You are to read each case study and complete the questions that follow.

▪ Access to textbooks and other learning materials
▪ Access to a computer and the Internet (if you prefer to type your responses).

▪ You will do this task in the classroom or as homework – your assessor will advise.
If your assessor marks any of your answers as incorrect, they will talk to you about resubmission. You will
need to do one of the following:
▪ Answer the questions that were incorrect in writing.
▪ Answer the questions that were incorrect verbally.
CASE STUDY 1: INFECTIOUS PATIENT
You are working in a residential aged care facility. One of the residents, Frances, recently had surgery on her leg. Unfortunately
she has returned from hospital with a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
You are one of the workers who care for Frances. You and your colleagues must work within the infection control procedures to
prevent the spread of MRSA to other residents or staff.
1. What is MRSA’s mode of transmission?
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2. Where will you find the procedures for working with a client who has an MRSA infection?
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3. Should standard or additional precautions be used?
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4. When working with Frances, when should you wash your hands?
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5. What PPE should you wear when working with Frances?
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6. When should you remove your PPE?
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7. What should Frances and her visitors do in terms of hand hygiene?
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8. Explain how Frances’s room should be cleaned.
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9. What needs to be reported in this situation?
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10. What personal risks are involved when working with Frances?
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11. What further steps can be put in place to protect workers?
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12. What is your duty of care when working with Frances?
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CASE STUDY 2: BEHAVIOURAL ISSUE
Richard is an 82-year-old person with onset of dementia. He lives at home with his wife. You are required to visit Richard in his
home to assist with his care.
He has recently cut himself and his dressings need to be changed. When you arrive his wife tells you that he hasn’t been himself
today and is quite angry. You find this unusual – he is usually a gentle person.
You go inside and say hello to Richard. You explain who you are and that you are there to change his dressings.
Richard tells you to go away because he doesn’t want any milk today. You explain again that you are there to change his
dressings. You get prepared to do this. Richard becomes very angry and throws all your equipment on the ground. He yells at
you to not touch him.
1. How will you report this incident?
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2. How will the recording of your observations assist in Richard’s future care?
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3. What were the warning signs that all was not well with Richard on this day?
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4. What was the risk to yourself in this incident? What was the level of risk?
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5. How does the service setting (that is, the person’s home) contribute to the risk involved?
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6. What risk controls do you think could be put in place to reduce the risk of future visits to Richard’s house?
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7. What could you do to address your levels of stress following this incident?
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CASE STUDY3: HOME SAFETY
Hilda is a single mother of an 18-month-old girl, Charlie. Hilda is blind.

She lives at home and has done a good job of caring for her daughter since Charlie’s birth. She is, however, concerned that Charlie is
now mobile and running around. Last week she found her playing in the toilet bowl with her toys. Hilda is also concerned about fire
safety now there is a toddler running around.
Hilda needs help to care for her daughter.
▪ Hilda’s home is on one level.
▪ Furniture has been arranged so it is easy for Hilda to get around.
▪ Hilda uses a cane.
▪ In the past, Hilda has been able to confine Charlie to one area for play activities. Now there are toys all over the place.
▪ Hilda is capable of providing meals for herself and Charlie.
▪ All cupboards have child safety locks.
▪ There are safety protectors on all power points.
▪ There is one smoke alarm in the kitchen – the battery was last changed 12 months ago.
▪ Charlie has learnt that if she is very quiet, Hilda can’t tell what she is doing –this is how she was able to play in the toilet without
detection.
▪ Charlie is a big child.
▪ She likes to be picked up a lot.
Today you are visiting Hilda to do a safety assessment of her home. Complete the form using the risk rating table provided.
RISK ASSESSMENT CONTROL FORM – HAPPYVILLE HOME CARE SERVICE
Site supervisor/manager Date
Name of person completing risk assessment
Hazard identification and initial risk rating Control measures and actions
Likelihood of Consequence Risk level Current control measures &

Hazard Potential harm harm occurring level rating effectiveness Further action/controls required
Charlie leaving
things where
Hilda can trip
over them
Charlie
accessing
dangerous
objects (for
example,
knives,
poisons)
Electrical
power points
RISK ASSESSMENT CONTROL FORM – HAPPYVILLE HOME CARE SERVICE
Fire
Charlie’s
quietness –
Hilda cannot
tell what she is
doing
Picking up
Charlie (risk to
worker)
Charlie’s
attraction to
playing in the
toilet with her
toys
RISK ASSESSMENT RATING MATRIX
Use this table to determine the current risk for each identified hazard.
LIKELIHOOD
Rare Unlikely Possible Likely Almost certain
The event will only The event is not likely The event may occur The event is likely to The event is almost
occur in exceptional to occur in a year within a year occur within a year certain to occur within
circumstances a year
Severe/Catastrophic
(Accidental death/ MEDIUM HIGH EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME
serious injury)
Major
MEDIUM MEDIUM HIGH EXTREME EXTREME
(serious injury)
CONSEQUENCE
Moderate
(Lost time due to workplace LOW MEDIUM HIGH HIGH HIGH
injury)
Minor
(Minor workplace injury – LOW LOW MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
no lost time)
Minimal
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW
(no injury)
RISK LEVELS
Resolution at each level involves reducing the risk level to a lower level of risk
▪ Extreme – requires immediate assessment with management consideration. A detailed plan, regular monitoring and reporting is required with a target resolution within
1 month timeframe
▪ High – requires immediate assessment with senior staff consideration, planning and reporting. Target resolution should ideally be within 3 months
▪ Medium – reviewing of existing controls and planning required. Resolution timeframe should be within 1 year
Low – the risk may be tolerable and controlled if managed with high quality process and procedure
Student Name:
Project – WHS inspection
STUDENT DECLARATION: None of this work has been completed by any other person. I have not cheated or
plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s. I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts
throughout these assessment tasks. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken
against me.
Student name: Student signature: Date:___________
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK ________________________________________________________________________

Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback. A copy must be supplied to
the office and kept in the student’s file with the evidence.
Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date:___________
ASSESSMENT TASK 3: PROJECT – WHS INSPECTION
TASK SUMMARY:
You are required to complete a work health and safety check using the risk assessment
form provided.

▪ Hazard inspection policies and procedures (from your work placement service)
▪ Hazard Inspection checklist (from your work placement service).
WHEN DO I DO THIS ASSESSMENT?

▪ You will do this task during your work placement.
If your assessor sees that you have not completed the form correctly, they will give you some feedback
and you will need to do the task again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
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Select a work area from your work placement service that you are familiar with. For example, you might
like to choose a client’s room, the common area, toilets/bathroom facilities etc.
Ask your work placement supervisor for a copy of their WHS checklist for that area and conduct a
workplace inspection.
Once you have completed your checklist you must answer the following questions.
1. Did you find any things during the inspection that were not compliant? What were they?
(If you did not find any non-compliances, think of one thing that could have been non-compliant.)
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2. What did you do about the non-compliant items?

(If you did not find any non-compliances in your safety check, refer to the item you identified above.)
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3. How often is this area required to be inspected?

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Student Name:
Project – WHS risk assessment
STUDENT DECLARATION: None of this work has been completed by any other person. I have not cheated or
plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s. I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts
throughout these assessment tasks. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken
against me.
Student name: Student signature: Date:___________
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK
:____________________________________________________________________________
Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback. A copy must be supplied to
the office and kept in the student’s file with the evidence.
Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date:___________

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ASSESSMENT TASK 4: PROJECT – RISK ASSESSMENT
TASK SUMMARY:
You are required to complete a WHS risk assessment using the forms provided.

▪ Your work placement service’s hazard identification and risk assessment policies and procedures
▪ Supporting documents (included in this assessment):
– Risk Assessment Control Form
– Risk Assessment Matrix
– Consequence Table
– Hierarchy of Control Table.

▪ You will do this task in your work placement service.
If your assessor identifies that you did not complete all parts of each form correctly, you will be asked to
fix the parts that are wrong and resubmit.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Read your work placement service’s hazard identification and risk assessment policies and procedures to
prepare for this task.
Choose a task you are familiar with at your work placement service. For example, you may choose the
task of transferring a client to the dining room; providing a personal care activity; providing a client with a
hot beverage or assisting people in wheelchairs.
You will need to do a hazard identification and risk assessment for this task.
1. Use the risk assessment control form and identify at least 5 potential hazards for your chosen work
activity or task.
2. Now use the risk assessment rating matrix and the consequence table to:
▪ consider the consequences of the hazard
▪ consider the likelihood of those consequences occurring
▪ calculate the risk rating.
3. Enter your risk assessment data in the Risk Assessment Control form and the Hierarchy of Control
table.
Think about the following questions when completing the documents:
▪ What type of harm or injury could the hazard potentially cause?
▪ What is the likelihood of that harm occurring?
▪ Are there current controls in place?
▪ How effective are these controls?
▪ Are workplace procedures being followed?
▪ What further controls might be required?
▪ How would you put these controls in place?

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4. Now add each of your recommendations into the Hierarchy of Control table. You may double up on
some of the hierarchy levels. An example has been completed for you as a guide.
RISK ASSESSMENT CONTROL FORM
Workplace
Site supervisor/manager Date
Name of person completing risk

assessment
Description of activity:
Hazard identification and initial risk rating Control measures and actions
Hierarchy of Control table
Summary of control
requirements Control/further action Hazards Action by Due date:
Elimination
Substitution/Isolation
Engineering (example) Recommence regular Poor maintenance of wheelchair HSR 15/10/2015

maintenance schedule and ensure Maintenance Manager
maintenance occurs at scheduled
times
Engineering
Administration
Personal Protective Equipment

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RISK ASSESSMENT RATING MATRIX
Use this table to determine the current risk for each identified hazard.
LIKELIHOOD
Rare Unlikely Possible Likely Almost certain

The event will only The event is not The event may The event is likely to The event is almost
occur in exceptional likely to occur in a occur within a year occur within a year certain to occur
circumstances year within a year
Severe/Catastrophic
(Accidental death/ MEDIUM HIGH EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME
serious injury)
Major
MEDIUM MEDIUM HIGH EXTREME EXTREME
(serious injury)
CONSEQUENCE
Moderate
(Lost time due to LOW MEDIUM HIGH HIGH HIGH
workplace injury)
Minor
(Minor workplace
LOW LOW MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
injury –
no lost time)
Minimal
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW
(no injury)
RISK LEVELS
Resolution at each level involves reducing the risk level to a lower level of risk
▪ Extreme – requires immediate assessment with management consideration. A detailed plan, regular monitoring and
reporting is required with a target resolution within 1 month timeframe
▪ High – requires immediate assessment with senior staff consideration, planning and reporting. Target resolution should
ideally be within 3 months
▪ Medium – reviewing of existing controls and planning required. Resolution timeframe should be within 1 year
Low – the risk may be tolerable and controlled if managed with high quality process and procedures
DESCRIPTION
Consequence Injury Illness Environment Financial cost
Catastrophic Fatality or permanent Fatality or permanent disability Disastrous and/or Huge (greater than
disability widespread $500,000)
environmental impact
Major Lost time injury Lost time injury (greater than 2 Serious environmental Major ($50,000–
(greater than 2 weeks) impact $500,000)
weeks)
Moderate Lost time injury (less Lost time injury (less than 2 Substantial High ($20,000–
than 2 weeks) weeks) environmental impact $50,000)
Minor Requires basic Requires medical treatment, for Small and / or localised Medium ($5,000–
medical treatment example, for skin rashes impact $20,000)
Minimal Minor Minor, for example Little or no Low (less than

headache/nausea environmental impact $5,000)

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Student Name:

Workplace observations
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ASSESSMENT TASK 5: WORKPLACE OBSERVATIONS
TASK SUMMARY:
This task is broken up into three parts:
▪ Part A: You are to locate and discuss your work placement service’s policies and
procedures with your assessor.
▪ Part B: You are to apply emergency response policies and procedures in a simulated
emergency situation.
▪ Part C: You are to apply infection control policies and procedures to clean up a ‘blood
spill’.
PART A – WORKPLACE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND SIGNAGE

▪ Access to your work placement service
▪ Access to your work placement service’s policies and procedures (infection control, emergency
management, manual handling and incident reporting)
▪ Access to WHS manual handling codes of practice
▪ Access to National Infection Control Guidelines.
▪ Write in the date of your assessor’s work placement visit: _____________________________
If your assessor identifies that you did not complete all requirements of this task correctly, they will give you
some feedback and you will need to redo the incorrect part/s again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
During your assessor’s work placement visit, you are required to do the following:
1. Locate the following policies and procedures:
▪ Infection control – this must include standard and additional precautions, clean/contaminated areas,
hand washing, hygiene and personal protective clothing
▪ Emergency management
▪ Manual handling
▪ Incident reporting.
2. Discuss each of the policies and procedures with your assessor, explaining the main points of each and
relevant legislation and standards.
Your assessor will ask you for examples of how each policy and/or procedure is relevant to the work you
have been doing or observing, and what legislation is involved in relation to safety and infection control.
3. Your assessor will ask you to show them a number of different workplace safety signs.
Take your assessor to each sign that they ask to see. Tell them what the sign means.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you:
▪ Locate relevant workplace policies and procedures

Including infection control; emergency management; manual handling and incident reporting
▪ Read and understand those workplace policies and procedures
▪ Explain how standard precautions are used to avoid the spread of infection
▪ Understand when additional infection control precautions are required
▪ Understand when and how to report incidents and injuries
▪ Understand manual handling procedures and how to avoid injury to self when lifting and moving
▪ Understand what to do in the event of an emergency situation (that is, fire)
▪ Understand relevant legislation, codes of practice and standards

Including manual handling, infection control, emergency management and incident reporting
▪ Identify and interpret safety signs

Including those related to fires/emergencies; sharps disposal; poisons; radiation; hand washing; PPE
PART B – EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MANUAL HANDLING

▪ Access to their work placement service
▪ A chair
▪ A wheelchair
▪ A person to play the role of the client (assessor or a colleague at the work placement service).
If your assessor identifies that you did not demonstrate the correct skills and knowledge when evacuating the
building, they will give you some feedback and you will need to redo the task again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Your assessor will talk to you about an emergency scenario. You will be required to:
1. Correctly respond to the emergency situation by following workplace instructions, policies and
procedures.
2. Take responsibility for transferring one client to the emergency evacuation area. (Your assessor will
provide you with details about this.)
3. Debrief with your assessor after the scenario is complete.
4. Answer two verbal questions.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you:
▪ Read and interpret emergency evacuation policies and procedures
▪ Correctly follow emergency evacuation policies and procedures in a simulated emergency
▪ Correct use manual handling techniques for minimising manual handling risk
For example, when moving the client from the chair to the wheelchair, when pushing and pulling the wheelchair, etc
▪ Participate in a debriefing session to address the emergency situation
▪ Consider your own levels of stress and fatigue after an emergency situation.
PART C – CLEAN-UP OF BLOOD SPILL AND INFECTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

▪ Access to their work placement service
▪ Access to National Infection Control Guidelines
▪ An area in which they can demonstrate the blood spill clean-up
▪ A blood spill kit.

If your assessor identifies that you did not demonstrate the correct skills and knowledge when cleaning up the
spill, they will give you some feedback and you will need to redo the task again.
INSTRUCTIONS:
For this task your assessor will use water to simulate the blood spill.
1. You are to clean up a blood spill that has occurred in a dry area. The spill is approximately 13 cm in
diameter.
2. Using your work placement service’s policies and procedures, clean up the spill and wash the area.
3. Once you have cleaned up properly, correctly dispose of the contaminated materials.
4. As you work you are to explain to your assessor what you are doing. Remember to communicate
professionally and appropriately with your assessor during this time.
Your assessor will ask you a number of verbal questions after you have completed the task.
Note: If it is not possible to do this task in your work placement service, your assessor will ask you to
complete it in the classroom environment.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you can:
▪ Read, understand and follow procedures and guidelines to safety clean up a blood spill
▪ Read, understand and follow procedures and guidelines to safely dispose of contaminated waste
▪ Identify any risks to clients and report and record these
▪ Report and record these risks
▪ Raise safety issues as per organisational procedure
▪ Contribute to the development of safe workplace procedures to minimise risk.

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STUDENT

HLTW HS002 Follow safe practices for direct client care

Student first name: _________________________________________________________________________________

Student last name: _________________________________________________________________________________

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Assessment Task About this task

▪ Part A: You are to locate and discuss your work placement’s

▪ Part C: You are to demonstrate the application of infection control

Assessment Requirements Due date

1. Written questions Date 1

2. Case studies Date 2

3. Project – WHS inspection Date 3

4. Project – WHS risk assessment Date 4

5. Workplace observations Date 4

Do you understand the requirements of this assessment?  Yes  No

Student name: Student signature: Date: ______________

Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date: ______________

ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET – ASSESSMENT TASK 1

Student Name: Student ID:

Student to complete Assessor to complete

Resubmission? Student Sufficient/

Student name: Student signature: Date: ______________

ASSESSOR FEEDBACK :____________________________________________________________________________

Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date: ______________

ASSESSMENT TASK 1: WRITTEN QUESTIONS

WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?

WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?

Is this a hazard? Tick each correct answer

Working with clients in their homes

Workplace procedure for manual handling

Working long hours

▪ Using mobility equipment

▪ Using personal protecting equipment

▪ Duress alarm system

▪ What possible solution could Jenny could suggest?

▪ What are they and when should they be used?

▪ What precautions should be taken?

▪ What are they and when should they be used?

▪ What precautions should be taken?

a) What responsibility does the client have to the worker?

b) What infectious disease do you think it is likely your client has?

List two risks List a control measure for each risk

b) Did Jenny fulfil her duty of care? Explain your answer.

ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET – ASSESSMENT TASK 2

Student to complete Assessor to complete

Resubmission? Student Sufficient/

Student name: Student signature: Date: ______________

ASSESSOR FEEDBACK :____________________________________________________________________________

Assessor name: Assessor signature: Date: ______________

ASSESSMENT TASK 2: CASE STUDIES

WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?

WHEN DO I DO THIS TASK?

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?

CASE STUDY 1: INFECTIOUS PATIENT

1. What is MRSA’s mode of transmission?

3. Should standard or additional precautions be used?