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Safe Work Practices and Procedures - Capt. Muhammad Irwansyah

Employers are responsible for developing safe work practices and procedures to protect workers. Safe work practices are guidelines for performing tasks safely, while procedures provide step-by-step instructions. Developing and implementing safe work practices and procedures provides standards for training workers, prevents injuries, and fulfills legal requirements. Employers should assess worker skills to determine who develops the practices and procedures, and should involve workers, identify hazards, and establish controls at each step. Effective implementation includes communication, training, and ensuring compliance.

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Safe Work Practices and Procedures - Capt. Muhammad Irwansyah

Employers are responsible for developing safe work practices and procedures to protect workers. Safe work practices are guidelines for performing tasks safely, while procedures provide step-by-step instructions. Developing and implementing safe work practices and procedures provides standards for training workers, prevents injuries, and fulfills legal requirements. Employers should assess worker skills to determine who develops the practices and procedures, and should involve workers, identify hazards, and establish controls at each step. Effective implementation includes communication, training, and ensuring compliance.

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SAFE WORK

PRACTICES AND
PROCEDURES
Capt.Muhammad Irwansyah SST, M.Mar, M.KKK

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Who responsible for devolopoing safe work
practices and procedures ?

Employers are required to ensure the health, safety


and welfare of their workers. This includes plan of
orienting and training workers and supervisors in
general workplace and job-specific safe work
practices and procedures. (Please reffer to section 4
of the Occupational Health and Safety [OH&S] Act
and paragraph 4(1) (d) of the OH&S Regulations.)
What are safe work practices and
procedures ?
Safe work practices and procedures are written documents used to
train and guide workers in the safety way to perform their jobs.

A Practices is set of guidelines established to help workers


perform a task which my not require a step-by-step procedure.

A Procedure is step-by-step process for performing a task safely


from beginning to end.
What are the benefits of having safe work
practices and procedures in workplace ?

Safe work practices and procedures:

 Provide standards for how work is carried out

 Positively affect quality, efficiency and productivity

 Prevent injury and illness by controlling potential hazards

 Fulfill legislative requirements are a means by which


employers and workers practice due diligence
 Provide a standard for:
 training and orienting workers
 reviewing work processes with all workers
 Completing work activities safely
 Evaluating work performance
Who should develop safe work
practices and procedures ?

Employers need to assess the knowledge,


skill and experience of their workers as a
means of deciding who should be responsible
for developing safe work practices and
procedures
What are some steps included in
implementing safe work practices and
procedures ?

Implementing safe work practices and procedures would include:

 a communication plan to inform workers

 a training plan who needs training, how much training is needed, how must time
is required for training

 an orientation plan for new workers, for workers who change jobs, and for
workers returning to the workplace after an extended absence

 a process for ensuring compliance

 a procedures for reviewing all safe work practices and procedures


Tips for developing safe work
practices and procedures
 Involve the workers who regularly perform the job

 Put the steps in the correct sequence

 Number the steps

 Identify the hazards associated with each step

 Evaluate the hazard based on severity and frequency

 Establish controls for the hazards recognized and evaluated

 Use vocabulary appreciate to the workers

 Write short clear sentences


 Ensure instruction are accurate

 Use consistent terminology

 Use “active” verbs for instructions

 Use consistent formatting (e.g. heading and front size)

 Ask workers to review prior to implementation


Before implementing a safe work practice and procedure, the most
important question to ask is:

“Is this document easy for


workers to use?”
THANK YOU

SAFE WORK PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES 2016

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