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PRACTITIONER |
Someone who has recieved education and training and acts in a oh&s position |
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Professional oh&s |
Someone who has recieved education and training and acts in a oh&s position who also holds a designation in the field |
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Specialist oh&s |
Specialises in something, usually sub branch such as a certain industry or area of ohs Ie development of training programs or fire safety |
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Generalist |
Someone who knows a little of all fields. Broad knowledge |
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Reactive ohs |
First aid, security, fire crew coordination, claims management |
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Proactive ohs |
Procedures to stop incidents before they happen ie. Site checks, daily equipment checks, fire plans etc. |
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17 duties of a oh&s |
Regulatory compliance, health hazard control, ergonomics, hazardious material management, environmental protection, training, accident incident investigation, record keeping,evaluating,emerge response, managing safety programs, product safety, safety, hazard recognition, inspections/audits,fire protection |
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Three major defenses of assumption of liablity |
Assumption of risk- they knew the risk Fellow servant rule - other employee did it Contributory negligence - workers own negligence |
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5 factors of Domino therory |
Ancestry-society Fault of person Unsafe act/mech or physical hazard Accident itself Resulting injury
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3 differences of management in Loss causation model |
Lack of control -missing or inadequate systems -missing or inadequate compliance -missing or inadequate standards standards
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Heinrich |
Father of modern safety |
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Taylor |
Father of management science |
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Mayo |
Hawthorne effect |
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Herzberg |
Motivation-hygiene theory |
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Mcgregor |
Theory X and theory Y |
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Why do we say theres no clear line between h&s of workers,clients, customers,public and environment |
Because hazards and hazard controls that affect one domain can easily affect others as well. Ie asbestos, lead, gases, chemical run off etc |
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Which jurisdictions require a workplace to have a os&h practitioner |
None |
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Minimum education to be a oh&s practitioner |
None |
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What type of certification is needed to be a oh&s consultant |
None. Its up to the employer of consultant to choose properly |
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What responsibilities does a manager of a large oh&s dept? And what qualifications do they usually have? |
Managers of larger oh&s will not be involved with the day to day. They are more geared towards budgets, goals, etc, qualifications are usually just a vast experience In the field, managerial exp and professional cert. |
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How did apprentices get training prior to industrial revolution? |
Master craftsmen instructed apprentices to safe working habits and understood the value of high-quality work, effective production. Skilled workers were valued |
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How did work change during industrial revolution ? |
Work process changed drastically, machines were designed with little consideration for safety or convenience of operator. Power source changed from man power or horse to steam and electric increasing speed |
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First law to protect workers was introduced in 1833 name it? |
The British factory act |
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True or false British passed first compensation act on 1897 |
True |
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Fredrick Taylor formed first principles of scientific management why is this important |
He developed a concept of work design, work measure, production control and others that completely changed the nature of industry |
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Hawthorne effect |
Changing light levels led to increase productivity, the lights weren't important. the attention given to the workers and the workers involvement were important. The need for Workers input |
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Heinrich father of modern safety because |
First organised set of safety principles |
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Heinrich attributed cause of most accidents to |
Unsafe acts people causing accidents not conditions |
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What is the entry level of Maslows hierarchy of need(unskilled worker) |
Unskilled workers whom will do more dangerous/ hard jobs because they are fulfilling their base need for money for food and shelter. |
