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Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Assessment for this unit ...................................................................................................................... 4
Preparing for assessment ................................................................................................................... 4
Assessment Task 1: Observations ..................................................................................................... 6
Information for students .................................................................................................................. 6
Activities .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Assessment Task 1: Checklist ........................................................................................................ 8
Assessment Task 2: Project ............................................................................................................. 10
Information for students ................................................................................................................ 10
Activities ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Assessment Task 2: Checklist ...................................................................................................... 13
Final results record ........................................................................................................................... 14
SITXWHS001 Participate in safe work practices

Introduction
Welcome to the Student Assessment Tasks for SITXWHS001 Participate in safe work practices.
These tasks have been designed to help you demonstrate the skills and knowledge that you have
learnt during your course.
Please ensure that you read the instructions provided with these tasks carefully. You should also
follow the advice provided in the Hospitality Works Student User Guide. The Student User Guide
provides important information for you relating to completing assessment successfully.

Assessment for this unit

SITXWHS001 Participate in safe work practices describes the performance outcomes, skills and
knowledge required to incorporate safe work practices into own workplace activities. It requires the
ability to follow predetermined health, safety and security procedures and to participate in
organisational work health and safety (WHS) management practices.
For you to be assessed as competent, you must successfully complete two assessment tasks:

• Assessment Task 1: Observations – This task requires you to work safely in the kitchen on
three separate occasions. It is to be co-assessed with any other practical cooking assessment.

• Assessment Task 2: Project – This task requires you to complete the following activities:
o Participate in a WHS meeting
o Participate in an emergency response drill
o Participate in a debrief and complete an incident report.

Preparing for assessment

Please read through all of the assessment tasks and related documents carefully before you get
started. Ensure that you have everything that you need and seek clarification from your trainer,
assessor or workplace supervisor if you have any questions.

Supporting resources: Supporting resources include templates, journals, workbooks and

portfolios which can be used to support you in providing evidence of your competence. Your
assessor will provide you with these documents before you begin your assessment tasks. For
this unit, the supporting resources comprise:

• Hazard Identification Report Template (Assessment Task 1)

• Discussion Template (Assessment Task 2)

• Incident Report Template (Assessment Task 2)

Once you have read through the assessment tasks and are satisfied that you are clear on the
requirements and submission dates, complete and sign a Student Assessment Agreement. Your
assessor will countersign the agreement and keep it on file. You will find a Student Assessment
Agreement in Appendix B of your Hospitality Works Student User Guide or your RTO will provide
you with one.

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Remember to check your Hospitality Works Student User Guide for information about:

• submitting assessments • re-assessment guidelines

• assessment appeals • responding to written questions.

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Assessment Task 1: Observations

Information for students

This task requires you to work safely in the kitchen on three separate occasions. It is to be co-
assessed with any other practical cooking assessment.
You will need access to:

• your learning resources and other information for reference

• a commercial or training kitchen which must have on the premises:

o current regulatory documents from the local WHS government regulator
o codes of practice and standards from the government or industry regulator
o WHS information on the premises and business management manuals issued by industry
or commercial publishers
o the kitchen’s food safety program and WHS policies and procedures

• a Hazard Identification Report.

Ensure that you:

• review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Hospitality Works
Student User Guide

• comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide

• adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines

• answer all questions completely and correctly

• submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced

• submit a completed cover sheet with your work

• avoid sharing your answers with other students.

Assessment information
i
Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Hospitality Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information
on:

• where this task should be completed

• how your assessment should be submitted.

Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.

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Activities
Complete the following activities.

1. Carefully read the following:

This assessment task is a practical one where you will demonstrate your ability to
work safely in the kitchen on three separate occasions. Your assessor will provide
you with the specific details of your tasks to complete while in the kitchen. This unit
will be co-assessed while completing other practical assessment tasks. Your
assessor will provide you with the details directly of which unit/units will be co-
assessed with this unit.

2. Prepare to work safely

Prepare to complete your activity provided to you by your assessor:

• Make sure you are familiar with your RTO or training environment’s WHS
policies and procedures, hazard reporting requirements and safe work
practices that you have learned and trained with during the training part of this
unit.

• Think about the Personal Protective Equipment and clothing/uniform you will
require and when you may need to use or wear it.

• Think about the reporting requirements that are in place at your RTO or
kitchen environment and what to do in case of a breach.

• Review the observation checklist for this assessment task so you know the
criteria you are going to be assessed against.

3. Work safely

At least once during the three observations, you are required to complete a hazard
identification form You can use the hazard identification report as part of the food
safety program and policies and procedures of the RTO or commercial kitchen, or
you can use the template provided.

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Assessment Task 1: Checklist

Student’s name: Chaudhari Ahil Rameshchandra

Completed
successfully? Comments

Did the student: Yes No

Observation 1

Follow the health and safety procedures

of the kitchen while working and
incorporating safe work practices into
their workplace tasks?

Follow the directions of their supervisor?

Follow the directions of signs and

posters?

Use the required PPE and appropriate

clothing and/or uniform?

Report unsafe practices, issues and

breaches according to the policies and
procedures?

Identify and remove hazards as they

arise while working?

Observation 2

Follow the health and safety procedures

of the kitchen while working and
incorporating safe work practices into
their workplace tasks?

Follow the directions of their supervisor?

Follow the directions of signs and

posters?

Use the required PPE and appropriate

clothing and/or uniform?

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Observation 2

Report unsafe practices, issues and

breaches according to the policies and
procedures?

Identify and remove hazards as they

arise while working?

Observation 3

Follow the health and safety procedures

of the kitchen while working and
incorporating safe work practices into
their workplace tasks?

Follow the directions of their supervisor?

Follow the directions of signs and

posters?

Use the required PPE and appropriate

clothing and/or uniform?

Report unsafe practices, issues and

breaches according to the policies and
procedures?

Identify and remove hazards as they

arise while working?

Satisfactorily complete one hazard

identification report in response to the
hazard set up by the assessor?

Task outcome:  Satisfactory  Not satisfactory

All three observations must be
satisfactory in order for this to
be marked as satisfactory.

Assessor signature:

Assessor name:

Date:

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Assessment Task 2: Project

Information for students

This task requires you to complete the following activities:

• Participate in a WHS meeting

• Participate in an emergency response drill

• Participate in a debrief and complete an incident report.

You will need access to:

• your learning resources and other information for reference

• emergency response policies and procedures of the RTO or kitchen

• your Discussion Template

• your Incident Report Template.

Ensure that you:

• review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Hospitality Works
Student User Guide

• comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide

• adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines

• answer all questions completely and correctly

• submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced

• submit a completed cover sheet with your work

• avoid sharing your answers with other students.

Assessment information
i
Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Hospitality Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information
on:

• where this task should be completed

• how your assessment should be submitted.

Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.

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Activities
Complete the following activities.

1. Carefully read the following

This assessment task is to be completed in your RTO classroom or kitchen as

advised by your assessor.
Access the Discussion Template and complete it prior to participating in the next
step.

2. Participate in a WHS meeting

You are required to participate in a group WHS meeting to discuss emergency

procedures and responses. Your assessor, in the role of your supervisor, will run
the WHS meeting to outline general WHS considerations, discuss and demonstrate
potential emergency situations that may occur and to remind everyone of the
procedures to follow.
During the meeting, you are required to show full participation including:

• A discussion of general WHS considerations using the Discussion Template

provided.

• Talking about the situations that might occur and asking any questions that
you think may be relevant to the situation from your perspective.

• A demonstration that you know where the procedures are located and how to
follow them in the event of an emergency.

• Submit your completed Discussion Template after the meeting.

3. Emergency response simulation

After you have participated in the WHS meeting, you are required to enact an
emergency response to a potential emergency as and when advised by your
assessor. You are required to demonstrate that you can:

• Recognise and respond appropriately to the situation.

• Follow the security and emergency procedures relevant.

• Seek assistance from the correct person/people.

4. Team debrief and incident report

You will now debrief after the simulation to discuss the event and your response
and will then complete an individual incident report as though the simulation were
real.

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Participate in the group discussion about the following:

• What went right and what could have been done better/quicker or different
next time?

• How did you feel during the simulation and how has this prepared you in case
of a real event?

• What are your key takeaways from your participation in the simulation?
Use the incident report template to complete the details of the incident and submit
to your assessor.

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Assessment Task 2: Checklist

Student’s name: Chaudhari Ahil Rameshchandra

Completed
successfully? Comments

Did the student: Yes No

Actively participate in a WHS meeting

where they discussed and provided input
and demonstrated their knowledge of
safe work practices and current
procedures?

Demonstrate their understanding of the

emergency and security procedures in
the WHS meeting?

During the simulated emergency, did the

student:

• Recognise and respond

appropriately?

• Follow the security and emergency

procedures relevant.

• Seek assistance from the correct

person/people.

Participate in a team debrief to discuss

the emergency response?

Complete and submit an incident report

satisfactorily and accurately?

Task outcome:  Satisfactory  Not satisfactory

Assessor signature:

Assessor name:

Date:

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Final results record

Student name: Chaudhari Ahil Rameshchandra

Assessor name:

Date: 25/05/2022

Unit name: SITXWHS001

Qualification name:

Final assessment results

Result

Task Type Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Did not submit

Assessment Task 1 Observations S U DNS

Assessment Task 2 Project S U DNS

Overall unit results C NYC

Feedback

 My performance in this unit has been discussed and explained to me.

 I would like to appeal this assessment decision.

Student signature: ________________________________________ Date: ________________

 I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been
carried out according to the required assessment procedures.

Assessor signature: ______________________________________ Date: _______________

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