Learning Sequence

Welcome to Topic 1 - Work Safety

Before we start

There are some general housekeeping rules we would like you to attend to before participating in the online learning.

You are required to establish the following accounts: 

• A Blog. There is no rule about which Blog you use.  It will be used primarily for a reflection of your learning.  Please provide a link to your blog in the comments section.
• A TEDEd account.  This will be used to participate in the activities.
• A flickr account. This will be used to participate in the activities.
• A VoiceThread account. This will be used to participate in the activities.

1. Please be aware of copyright laws when you are adapting images, audio or video as part of your presentations.  Please read the information at: Using CC Licence or licenced material
2. Please be aware of The Core Rules of Netiquette when posting comments or participating in discussions. 
3. All considerations have been made to ensure all activities have provided for accessibility.  Please contact your facilitator if you are unable to access the activity.

Work Instructions

There is a series of tasks for you to complete.  These will involve:

• watching information on workplace safety
• completing four activities
• reflecting on what you have discovered

Task 1 - WHS in the Workplace

Let's have look at health and safety in the workplace and how the recent reform in laws has changed.

• Go to the Create a Safe Work Environmentactivity and watch the YouTube clip, answer the questions in Think, Dig Deeper to find some more useful information on this topic and interactive activities, join the Discussion on workplace hazards. Reflect on the final thought and return to this page. 

• Create your first blog by writing a short passage on WHS in the workplace. Include information on the workplace hazards you identified in the Discussion and write a reflection on the final thought. Scan the blogs of your fellow learners and identify similarities with your own experiences.

Task 2 - Identifying Hazards

In this next activity you will look at some hazards in different work environments. Your task is to identify how these hazards could have been avoided.

• Go to Safety First and complete the short quiz.
• Add to your blog your thoughts on the impact hazards can have on your work environment. 
• Search in YouTube for short clips on workplace hazards and add the link to your blog with a short explanation of why you chose this clip.  (Clip to be no more than 10 minutes in length.) 

Task 3 - Duty of Care

Every employer and employee has a duty of care to workers, co-workers, volunteers and visitors to the workplace.

• This activity provides you with a summary of duty of care and asks you to add your own thoughts.
• Add your comments from the VoiceThread to the blog and reflect further on the responsibilities of employers and employees in regards to Duty of Care.  Give at least two examples of incidences of neglect you are aware of and how these incidences could have been avoided.

Task 4 - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Some types of work require you to wear protective clothing while performing certain tasks. The following activity looks at a welding workplace and some of the issues surrounding PPE. 

• Personal Protective Equipment. You are required to read the comments at each image and provide your thoughts in the comment area.  
• The next step is to create your own album of approximately 3 to 4 images of PPE relevant to your workplace or a workplace you are familiar with.  Remember to attribute any image you use from the internet.
• Add your comments as to how the chosen PPE on each image is used in your workplace. 
• Return to your blog and provide a brief background of the chosen workplace and why you chose the particular images for your album. Provide a link so your peers can access the album and provide their insight into your selection.