Relationship between documented safety management processes and the application of those processes in practice

• The core issue is what are the potential “blockers” to implementing effective safety management systems, and how might those blockers be overcome.

• Tasks:

1- Identify a critical health and safety risk. By “critical” you should be considering health and safety risks that have the potential to make a significant
impact in the workplace, for example significant business interruption or multiple fatalities.
The risk can be based on your own experiences or working environment, or any other risk that you have an interest in/concerns about.
Information about some potential critical risks it can be sourced from the:
 Worksafe WA website http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe/approved-codes-practice
Or the
 Department of Mines and Petroleum (WA) website http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/15551.aspx

2- Develop a “strategy” to manage the risk you have identified. The strategy should be a high-level summary of the processes that need to be in place. Processes
might include:
 Training
 Procedures
 Audits
 Management review
The guidance material at the websites identified above can be used to help you prepare the strategy.

The processes that you identify are to be classified into two types:
a) Direct controls: Direct controls are processes designed to manage the specific risk. For example if the risk is working at heights, a “working at heights”
procedure would be a direct control.

For all direct controls you should include a summary of the key elements of that process.
b) Indirect controls: Indirect controls are processes that are designed to support safety management generally, but do not deal with any one, particular or specific
risk.
Examples of indirect controls might include induction training, levels of supervision or incident investigation processes.
For all indirect controls you only need to identify control, you do not need to describe the elements of it.
The paper must describe the relationship between the direct and indirect controls, and how the combination of controls will work to control the risk.

3- Describe the types of factors, pressures, issues or “blockers” that might limit the effectiveness of your strategy.
You should use examples from the various case studies in the unit to support your arguments.

4- Describe some strategies or processes that might be useful to minimise the effect of the factors you have identified above. The strategy should be specific and
describe objective criteria by which it could be measured.

For example, “management commitment” is not specific. You should describe what it is you expect management to do to demonstrate “commitment”, and how those activities
would support your strategy.

To be this assessment excellent please focus on:
1- Identification of risk and development control strategy.
2- Identification of direct and indirect controls and the relationship between them
3- Identification of potential blockers
4- Development of strategies to manage potential blockers
5- Referencing – correct referencing using APA style
6- Written expression – overall grammar and spelling, appropriate use of figures and tables, succinctness and logical flow of discussio