Your Tasks:
Develop a report documenting your planned compliance program/management system. Your compliance program/management system should have the following elements: (10 marks each)
1. Compliance requirements relevant to the organisation (from Assessment 1, Part A)
2. Specification of compliance management functions, accountabilities and responsibilities within the organisation
3. Compliance related management information systems (from Assessment 1, Part B)
4. Record keeping systems required for compliance management (from Assessment 1, Part B)
5. Liaison procedures with relevant internal and external personnel on compliance related matters, for example, workplace safety consultation procedures
6. Breach management policies and processes including the identification, classification, investigation, rectification and reporting of breaches in compliance requirements
7. Compliance reporting procedures
8. Corporate induction and training processes related to compliance management
9. Processes for the internal and external promulgation and promotion of information on compliance requirements and a compliance program management system
10. Compliance complaints handling systems
11. Continuous improvement processes for compliance including monitoring, evaluation and review
12. Strategies for developing a positive compliance culture within the organisation
13. Techniques and performance indicators for monitoring the operation of a compliance program/management system
14. Reporting processes on compliance management including reports on breaches and rectification action
Your report should also include an action schedule for implementing, reviewing and maintaining the planned compliance program/management system and disseminate to relevant internal and external personnel.
Your action schedule should include:
1. budgets for implementation, review and maintenance
2. internal and external reporting requirements and dates for implementation, review and maintenance
3. key responsibilities and activities for implementation, review and maintenance
4. resource acquisition and maintenance schedules
5. staff assignments including recruitment and training schedules
6. target outcomes, time lines and milestones
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Assessment 2. Part B. Review OHS Policies & Procedures
(20 marks)
1. Review the OHS policies and procedures of any organisation. It can be;
a. The small business you started in assessment 1, or
b. any workplace in which you have been employed, or
c. APC (See the APC website)
2. You must review the existing OHS policies and procedures related specifically to employee consultation regarding workplace safety
3. The policies and procedures must be measured against:
o Sections 13, 16 and 18 of the OHS act 2000.
o See excerpt appendix B attached.
For more information on the OHS act 2000, visit the AUSTLII website on the link below:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ohasa2000273/
You need to develop a checklist (sample shown on the following page) which you may use to assess the existing policies and procedures against legislation. at the end of the checklist, you need to have a section where you will record the outcomes of the review including recommended action to improve and/or rectify (including assigned responsibilities and timeline).
See appendix a (Sample Review Checklist) on the following page.
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(Please ensure all aspects are covered, ensure your report is word processed using 12point font size and Times New Roman font and attach an APC Assignment Cover Sheet (see the APC Reception if you required a copy of the assignment cover sheet) before submitting to your Trainer.)
APPENDIX A
