ASSESSMENT TOOL 2 (Written/Oral Questions)
1. Describe the basic objective/purpose of Work Health and safety legislation
The goal of the legislation is to promote safe and healthy working environments through consultation between workers, worker representatives, and management. As with any legislation it only successful if people want it to be. Health and Safety is the responsibility of everyone. It is important to set a good example by awareness of relevant legislation and policies, and to uphold the law in both letter and spirit.
2. Define the duties of employees under health and safety legislation.
Employees must take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety and the health and safety of others who could be affected by their action or omissions at work. Their responsibility for health and safety extends to the things over which they have control.
Employees must:
• Use equipment provided to protect their health and safety
• Obey reasonable instructions that the employer gives on health and safety
• Ensure that they are not affected by alcohol or any other drugs that could cause them to endanger themselves or others
• Work in ways that will not endanger their own health or that of other colleagues
• Ensure that their work practices do not endanger the general public or the environment – at the primary work site or any site on which they are expected to work
• Report, following the correct procedures, any workplace accidents, incidents or illness
• Report any identified hazards, using appropriate procedures
• Make sure that they are aware of current, up-to-date health and safety information and legislative requirements.

3. Briefly explain the duty of care concept.

Duty of care places into legal format the moral duty to anticipate possible causes of injury or illness and to undertake prompt action to minimise causes of harm so far as