Certificate III EDUCATION SUPPORT

Theme C - Compliance
CHCEDS001 - Comply with legislative policy and industrial requirements in the education
environment.
CHCEDS008 - Comply with school administrative requirements.
CHCEDS017 - Contribute to the health and safety of students.
HLTWHS001 - Participate in workplace health and safety.
TASK 1: Written Questions
Assessor Instructions: Students should complete all questions and submit electronically
by email to their TAFE Assessor/Teacher.

Student Instructions: Complete questions and save the document electronically. Submit
all completed answers by email to your TAFE Assessor/Teacher.
To help you answer these written questions use the web links included throughout the
assessment. You are not limited to these resources and you will need to complete some of
your own research.

This section comprises of the following topics below in which students are required to submit
answers as evidence of their knowledge and understanding of Certificate III Education
Support, Theme C - Compliance.

Policies and Procedures

Workplace Health and Safety
Student Health and Safety
Code of Conduct
Duty of Care
Confidentiality
Emergency Procedures
Responding to Incident

Question 2: Workplace Health and Safety

All Employers and Employees should participate in safe work practices to ensure their own
health and safety of themselves and that of others particularly young people.

The NSW Department of Education and Communities believes that the provision of a safe
working and learning environment for everyone at its workplaces is an integral and essential
part of its responsibilities as a provider of public education and other community services.
Read through the following web link.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/work-health-and-safety-whs-policy

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 a. Complete all the questions in Table 2 by locating your workplace’s policies for WHS, or
find information from external sources about WHS policies relevant to your role and
workplace.

Table 2: Workplace Health and Safety

All employees must take reasonable care to maintain both
What are the WHS
themselves and others in the workplace. Employees are obligated
responsibilities of
to report all accidents and near misses they witnessed or were
employees of your
affected by. WHS is discussed at staff meetings
organisation?

Students and visitors must be signed in via a class role or admin

What are the
sign-in book. Students and visitors must follow school rules and
responsibilities of
policies. Staff instructions are to be followed.
students and visitors in
the education
environment?

A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm or detrimental

What is the definition of
health effects on something or someone.
a hazard?

Linoleum floors between classrooms that become slippery when

List 5 possible
there is a spill or wet weather. Slippery floors are a fall hazard.
workplace hazards
Kitchen appliances in the staffroom. Improperly used appliances
relevant to your
may cause electric shock or burns
workplace.
Objects left in walk ways. Items left on the floor by students may
become a tripping hazard
Young children handling scissors. Scissors are sharp and maybe
misused by a young children
Exposed weed mat in play area. The edge of the mat is a tripping
hazard

With a hazard reporting form. The forms are kept in the admin
How would you report a
building on a workplace health and safety notice board.
WHS hazard?
Notify the relevant line manager and departmental area about an
incident as soon as practical to facilitate immediate assistance to
support incident response activities at the workplace
In the event of an emergency, call emergency services on triple
zero (000) first. Employees will also need to report the incident to
the Incident Report and Support Hotline by calling 1800 811 523

b. List 7 common safety signs found in a school context and their meanings, including
emergency equipment, dangerous goods class signs, specific hazards such as sharps,
radiation. Use Table 3: Common Safety Signs. (You may wish to copy and paste pictures of
safety signs from the internet)

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 Table 3: Common Safety Signs
Signs Meaning

Example:

Fire Assembly Point – These signs are

placed at all evacuation points around
the school. You assemble at your
designated Fire Assembly point after an
emergency.
School zone road signs – these signs are
placed at both ends of a school zone. The
purpose of these signs is to make the
roads safer for children.

Fire extinguisher equipment sign – these

sign are placed in easily visible locations
to make the equipment easier to find.
People must be able to access the
equipment in the event of a fire.

Wet floor signs – these are placed on wet

floors. These signs alert people to this
particular fall hazard.

First aid equipment sign – these are

placed in easily visible locations to make
first aid equipment easier to find. People
must be able to access first aid as soon
as possible in the event of a medical
emergency.

Keep gate closed sign – these are

attached to gates. They remind people to
close gates to prevent incidences such as
children leaving the safety of the school
premises.

Emergency eyewash station sign – these

are placed in close proximity to an
eyewash station. They are usually found

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 in science classrooms where chemicals
maybe handled.

No dogs permitted sign – these are

usually attached to gates to inform
people that dogs are not permitted on
school grounds. Dogs are not permitted
on schools for reasons such as the risk of
aggressive behaviour, sanitation and
allergies.

Cert 3 Education Support (CHC30213-01V03) Theme C – Compliance/Task 1/Question 2

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