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Retail - Safety
This study stack includes terminology from the mandatory focus unit on Safety.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| WHS | Workplace Health and Safety |
| Workplace health | Awareness of the procedures required to ensure workplace is a clean and healthy place to work. Includes physical and mental health issues. |
| Workplace safety | Awareness of safe work practices and procedures e.g. WHS induction training, uses of PPE etc. |
| Risk | The possibility of meeting danger or suffering harm or loss. |
| Risk assessment | A determination of the degree of safety risk associated with work practices. |
| Risk management | Procedure whereby staff identify the hazard, assess associated risks, use appropriate control measures to eliminate or minimise risks, monitor and review the control measures |
| Hazard | Anything in the workplace that has the potential to cause harm to employees, customers |
| PPE | Personal protective equipment – supplied by employers for employees use e.g. rubber boots, safety eye glasses, rubber gloves. |
| MSDS sheet | Document outlining safe preparation and use of dangerous goods and hazardous substances. |
| Work cover | WorkCover NSW administers and enforces compliance with the WHS Act within NSW. It is a statutory authority. |
| Safety procedures | Ways that safety and safety concerns are addressed within a retail business. |
| Store policy and procedures | Usually written instructions on how a store deals with varies issues. |
| Relevant personnel | List of people with particular responsibilities within an organisation |
| Manual handling | Any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any animate or inanimate object |
| Workplace consultation | A process where information or advise is sought through conferring with others. |
| Emergency procedure | Usually, written instructions on how staff are to deal with emergency situations – steps to be followed and who to notify, paperwork to be completed. |
| Code of practice | The practical guidelines developed by consultation with industry representatives, workers and employers, special interest groups and government agencies to describe how to implement WHS requirements. |
| Designated personnel | Personnel with specific jobs within an organisation. Maybe safety officer, first aid person, evacuation warden. |
| Legislation | Acts or statutes passed by a State, Territory or Federal Parliament and enacted with the ascent (signature) of the sovereign or representative. |
| Workplace Health and Safety Act | Act of Parliament relevant to workplace health and safety. |
| Assembly point | A known and designated point outside a store where staff are to meet and be accounted for in the event of an evacuation. Must have signage – e.g. evacuation meeting point. |
| Safety audit | A detailed, documented checklist designed to assess all areas, procedures, equipment and people in order to identify any deficiencies regarding safety |
| PCBU | Person Conducting Business or Undertaking |
| Scope of responsibility | Acting within your own role / carry out the duties are are trained and paid to do. |
| Risk control | Measures, processes and strategies in place to control the level of risk to personnel. |
| SDS | Safety Data Sheet |
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