Assessment
Task 1 of 2 – Report and Plan – Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Instructions:
Assess the health and safety culture of the organisation and produce a plan to promote a positive health and safety culture within an organisation.
The following must be included:
- Assessment of the importance of health and safety having a positive health and safety culture within an organisation.
- Evaluation of the benefits of positive health and safety culture within the organisation and the potential barrier to achieving a positive health and safety culture within an organisation.
- Explanation of how-to communication positive health and safety information and behaviour to staff at all level within an organisation.
- A detailed plan to promote health and safety culture within an organisation and how you aim the implement the plan.
Delivery and Submission:
- Report and Plan in Word format
- Word count: 2000 words
- Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the question text.
Referencing:
- You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
- A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Task 2 of 2 – Health and Safety Policy Review and Plan
Assessment Criteria 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Instructions:
Carry out a critical review of the health and safety culture within an organisation and provide recommendations for improving health and safety culture, with associated strategy for implement of recommendations and supporting business case.
The following must be included:
- An outline of the human factors that contribute to individual behaviour within the organisation and the methods for improving individual human reliability.
- An explanation of human perception of risk and the classification of human failure.
- An evaluate the optimum conditions for behaviour change with an organisation and the need for programmes and training to support behaviour change.
- An assessment of the different type of leadership styles within the organisation and its impact on health and safety performance.
- Outline of the different organisational structures and functions and their benefits and limitations to health and safety within the organisations.
- An explanation of the challenges in relation managing and maintaining health and safety arrangements of third-party organisations (including contractors).
- An explanation of the nature and importance of formal and informal consultations with workers.
- An outline of techniques and assessment criteria for assessing an organisations health and safety culture.
- A critical evaluation of the organisation’s current health and safety culture, through the analysis and assessment of data.
- A detailed action plan to improve the organisations health and safety culture, including a detailed strategy for implementation of actions and recommendations and supporting business care for the improvement strategy.
Delivery and Submission:
- Health and Safety Policy Review and Plan in Word format
- Word count: 2000 words
- Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the question text.
Referencing:
- You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
- A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Indicative reading list
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2012) Leadership and occupational safety and health (OSH): an expert analysis. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Ferrett, E. (2016). Health and safety at work revision guide: for the NEBOSH National General Certificate in occupational health and safety.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/lwit/assets/downloads/good-health-safety-leadership.pdf
Kelloway, E. K., Francis, L. D., Gatien, B., Montgomery, J., & Montgomery, J. (2017). Management of occupational health and safety.
Wadsworth, E. and Smith, A. (2009) ‘Safety Culture, Advice and Performance’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 7(1), pp. 5–31. doi: 10.1080/14774003.2009.11667726
