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Quick questions on Work health and safety and risk management: HSC Design and Technology Designing and Producing
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What is hazard identification?Show answer
The first step is identifying hazards, anything with the potential to cause harm. In a workshop these include sharp tools, machinery, dust, fumes, noise, heat, chemicals, electricity, manual handling and the layout of the space itself. Hazards are identified by inspecting the workspace, reading equipment manuals and consulting safety data sheets for materials.
What is risk assessment?Show answer
Once hazards are identified, you assess the risk each poses by considering how likely harm is and how severe it would be. A risk matrix combining likelihood and consequence helps rank hazards so the most serious are controlled first. Documenting this assessment in the folio shows a professional, systematic approach to safety.
What is the hierarchy of control?Show answer
Risks are reduced using the hierarchy of control, from most to least effective:
What is wHS evidence in the folio?Show answer
WHS is documented across the folio, not in a single page. The proposal flags safety considerations, development records risk assessments for chosen processes, and realisation shows safe practice with dated evidence such as photographs of guarding, PPE and a tidy, controlled workspace. This continuous record is what markers reward.
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