Assessment
Task 1 of 3 – Report – Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Instructions:
You are required to write a report about the role of a health and safety professional within an organisation. You can use your own personal experience to formulate your answer.
Include in an executive summary or Introduction to the task to include;
- The name of the organisation
- The nature of the organisations operations
- An organisational structure or description of the organisations structure
The following must be included:
- An explanation of the role and purpose of a health and safety professional.
- An evaluation of the potential challenges and conflicts that a health and safety professional faces within an organisation.
- A description of responsibilities and obligations of a health and safety professionals in relation to promoting safe working environment within an organisation.
- Outline the role professional bodies play in supporting organisations to maintain an effective workforce of health and safety practitioners.
Delivery and Submission:
- Report in Word format
- Word count: 1000 words
- Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the question text
Task 2 of 3 – Assessment Criteria 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Part A: Skills Audit
Instructions:
Assess the organisation’s competence and skill requirements in terms of health and safety professionals. You can use your own personal experience to formulate your answer.
The following must be included:
- An identification of the skills required to manage health and safety within an organisation.
- An assessment of the different types of management and leadership styles used to deliver health and safety requirements with an organisation.
- An outline of the communication skills required by health and safety professional to deliver health and safety within an organisation.
- An assessment of the organisation skill and knowledge gabs in terms of health and safety.
Part B: Training Plan Instructions:
Produce a training plan to meet the health and safety requirements of an organisation with reference to legal, moral, and industry best practice aims and expectations.
The following must be included:
- A health and safety training plan for the organisation, to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry best practice.
- An outline of how the health and safety training plan supports the organisation in meeting their moral and legal obligations to health and safety.
Delivery and Submission:
- Skills Audit and Training Plan
- Word count: 1500 – 2500 words
- Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the question text.
Task 3 of 3 – Portfolio of Evidence Assessment Criteria 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 Instructions
Produce a portfolio of evidence to include:
- Up to date CV
- Learners reflective account on their development journey
- Development plan, to include goals, objectives, SWOT analysis and list CPD activities
- Essay – based on their personal application of professional ethics and their performance in relation to the values of equality, diversity and inclusivity in relation to health and safety in an organisation.
Indicative reading list
Budworth, T. and Al Hashemi, W. S. G. (2015) Reflective learning: an essential tool for the self-development of health and safety practitioners.
First edition. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Crowley, S. (2014) Challenging professional learning. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.