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What is the primary responsibility of a worker in terms of ensuring safety in the workplace?
What is the primary responsibility of a worker in terms of ensuring safety in the workplace?
To ensure safety of self, other workers, and other people in the workplace
What is the hierarchy of risk control in the workplace?
What is the hierarchy of risk control in the workplace?
Eliminating hazards, isolating hazards, using administrative controls, using engineering controls, and personal protective equipment
What is the purpose of infection control procedures in a salon environment?
What is the purpose of infection control procedures in a salon environment?
To prevent the transmission of infectious diseases and maintain a clean and hygienic environment
What is cross infection, and how can it be prevented in a salon environment?
What is cross infection, and how can it be prevented in a salon environment?
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What is the purpose of immunisation protection for workers in the personal services industry?
What is the purpose of immunisation protection for workers in the personal services industry?
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What are the benefits of physical, thermal, and chemical disinfection in a salon environment?
What are the benefits of physical, thermal, and chemical disinfection in a salon environment?
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What is the purpose of electrical safety devices in a salon environment?
What is the purpose of electrical safety devices in a salon environment?
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What are the causes of static electricity in a salon environment, and how can it be minimised?
What are the causes of static electricity in a salon environment, and how can it be minimised?
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What is the purpose of reporting hazards, injuries, emergencies, and dangerous incidents in the workplace?
What is the purpose of reporting hazards, injuries, emergencies, and dangerous incidents in the workplace?
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What is the role of a PCBU or employer in terms of OHS/WHS responsibilities?
What is the role of a PCBU or employer in terms of OHS/WHS responsibilities?
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Study Notes
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) / Work Health and Safety (WHS) Legislation
- PCBU (Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking) or employer responsibilities
- Worker responsibilities:
- Participate in work health and safety practices
- Ensure safety of self, other workers, and other people in the workplace
- Ramifications of failure to observe OHS/WHS law and organisational policies and procedures
Industry and Organisational Procedures
- Workplace hazards and associated health, safety, and security risks
- Health, safety, and security policies and procedures for:
- Consultation
- Managing emergencies
- Hazard identification, reporting, and risk assessment
- Dangerous incident and injury reporting
- Working safely with tools, equipment, and hazardous substances
Reporting and Risk Assessment
- Format and use of template for reports on:
- Hazards
- Injuries
- Emergencies
- Dangerous incidents
- Risk assessments
- Hierarchy of risk control:
- Eliminating hazards
- Isolating hazards
- Using administrative controls
- Using engineering controls
- Personal protective equipment
Safe Work Practices
- Safe use of tools and equipment
- Safe use and storage of hazardous substances and cleaning products
- Safe manual handling techniques for bending, lifting, and shifting heavy items
- Potential injury and illness impacts of unsafe beauty work practices including bullying and harassment
Infection Control Procedures
- Equipment and work surface design, cleaning, and disinfecting
- Handling and disposal of sharps
- Laundry procedures
- Personal hygiene practices
- Personal protective equipment
- Organisational infection control procedures:
- Cleaning sequence and rosters
- Preparation and use of cleaning chemicals
- Treatment procedures
- Process for managing exposure to infectious clients
- Infectious agents and their relationship to salon treatments and service:
- Viruses
- Bacteria
- Fungi
- Parasites
- Transmission routes of infectious diseases and their relationship to personal services and treatments:
- Direct contact
- Non-intact skin
- Work surfaces
- Equipment
- Cross infection:
- Client to operator
- Operator to client
- Operator to operator
- Blood to blood infections:
- HIV/AIDS
- Hepatitis
- Contingency procedures for occupational exposure to blood and body fluid
- Infectious contraindications and required action steps:
- Erysipelas
- Herpes
- Impetigo
- Paronychia
- Pediculosis
- Scabies
- Tinea pedis
- Tinea unguium
- Verruca vulgaris
Personal Protective Equipment and Electrical Safety
- Appropriate selection and use of personal protective equipment relevant to own job role
- Immunisation protection for workers in the personal services industry
- Safe use of electrical equipment and according to manufacturer's instructions relevant to own job role:
- Safety considerations
- Contingency plans and emergency procedures
- Effects of electrocution
- Factors affecting severity of electrical shock
- How short circuits occur:
- Faulty equipment or insulation
- Current that bypasses the load
- How overloaded circuits occur:
- Faulty equipment
- Excessive current through circuit
- Types of electrical safety devices:
- Earth leakage circuit breakers
- Overload cut out devices:
- Circuit breakers
- Fuses
- Surge protectors
- Causes of static electricity and minimisation in a salon environment
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Test your knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) or Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation, including responsibilities of employers and workers. Ensure you understand how to maintain a safe work environment.
