Health and Safety Management Systems Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes 'benchmarking' in health and safety management?
Answer: Comparing an organisation's health and safety performance and practices against those of other organisations or established standards
Benchmarking involves comparing performance data, management systems, and practices against other organisations, industry standards, or published guidance to identify opportunities for improvement and learn from best practice.
What is the primary purpose of 'safety tours' as a monitoring technique?
Answer: To allow managers to walk through the workplace observing conditions, talking to workers, and demonstrating visible leadership
Safety tours are informal, unstructured walkabouts by managers to observe conditions, engage with workers about safety, identify hazards, and demonstrate visible commitment to health and safety — a key element of positive safety culture.
In health and safety management, what does 'competence' require beyond just training?
Answer: Appropriate knowledge, skills, experience, and sometimes specific qualifications relevant to the task
Competence is a combination of training, knowledge, experience, and skill appropriate to the nature of the work. It is task-specific — a person competent for one activity may not be competent for another more complex task.
What role do 'Key Performance Indicators' (KPIs) play in a health and safety management system?
Answer: They provide measurable data to evaluate whether health and safety objectives are being achieved
KPIs provide quantifiable measures of health and safety performance, including both leading indicators (training completion, inspection rates) and lagging indicators (accident rates, lost time), enabling objective evaluation of progress.
Which of the following influences on safety culture is most directly within management's control?
Answer: The leadership behaviour and commitment demonstrated by senior managers
Management leadership behaviour is the single most influential factor within direct management control. How leaders prioritise, resource, communicate about, and visibly demonstrate their commitment to safety shapes the entire culture.
The concept of 'continual improvement' in ISO 45001 means:
Answer: Recurring activities to enhance OH&S performance, which may be incremental and do not need to happen in all areas simultaneously
ISO 45001 defines continual improvement as recurring activity to enhance performance. It recognises improvement can be incremental, need not occur simultaneously across all areas, and should be proportionate to the organisation's context.