Assignment:
Assessment 1
Manage Risk
Instructions:
• Read the questions carefully before you start answering.
• Choose your workplace for this assessment
• Use the SAME workplace for Assessment 1, Assessment 2, Assessment 3 and Assessment 4.
• If you do not understand any of the questions, ask your trainer/assessor for help.
• You will need to use the LEARN platform
• You will need to access the Risk Management Tools on LEARN
• You will need to complete the questions and attach the Risk Management Tools with your assignment.
Time Allowed
• Due dates will be set by your lecturer
Assessment conditions Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in the regulation, licensing and risk - risk management field of work and include access to:
• relevant legislation, regulations, standards and codes
• relevant workplace documentation and resources
• case studies and, where possible, real situations
• interaction with others.
Assessors must satisfy NVR/AQTF assessor requirements.
Essential Materials/ Equipment
• Computer
• Internet
• Access to LEARN
Complaints Policy and Procedures If you believe the assessment process has disadvantaged you, or the assessment outcome or process was unfair please discuss this with the assessor. If you are still unhappy with the assessment process or outcome you can access the TAFE SA Assessment & Academic Grievances Policy.
I have read and understood the information above
Assessment 2: Establish Risk Context (Approximately 1500 words)
You must choose a workplace for this assessment. You have the following options to help you choose a workplace.
a) You can choose your workplace for this assessment or if you are not working,
b) You can choose TAFE SA Link https://in.tafesa.edu.au/office_of_ce/strategic_plan.php OR
c) A local council https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/councils which has a range of plans and policies to support you with this unit.
You will need to use the LEARN platform to access the Risk Management resources for this assessment. The online Risk Management Tools are located on LEARN under the file "Risk Management Tools Use for the assessment "and this document includes the following;
- Consequence table
- Likelihood table
- Matrix
- Risk register
- Treatment schedule
- Treatment action plan
Complete the questions and attach the Risk Management Tools with your assignment.
Use the same workplace you have selected for all assessments.
1. Research your selected workplace and describe the following;
• Prepare a brief overview of your organisation
• Write down your organisation's Vision and Mission statement
• Identify the organisational strategic objectives
• Outline the legislative and regulatory context of the organisation in relation to risk management
(250 words)
2. Use the ISO31000:2018 standard definitions on the LEARN platform and write down the definition for;
• Risk
• Risk Management, and read and briefly explain how undertaking risk management using the ISO31000:2018 throughout your organisation would add value to achieving your organisational objectives. (100 words)
3. Read, review, analyse and summarise your risk management framework, including if there is a Risk Management policy, explain the processes used (tools), procedures and training that have been undertaken in risk management. If the organisation does not have a risk management framework, use the Risk Management tools on the LEARN platform and explain how these could be adopted and applied to your selected workplace.
4. Using the risk management policy, explain the scope of the risk management process in your organisation in accordance with the ISO31000:2018 and document your organisation's critical success factors. If the organisation does not have a risk management policy, use the Risk Management Policy on the LEARN platform, tailor to your organisation by inserting your organisation name and explain how these could be adopted and applied to your selected workplace.
5. If there is risk management framework, review the risk registers, likelihood and consequence tables and other tools that are used to process this framework. When you are looking at these, be analytical and look at opportunities to improve these tools, including layout, categories, consequence and likelihood descriptors etc. (If you do not have a risk management framework, use the tools on the TAFE SA LEARN platform to review and customise for your workplace).
6. List your internal and external stakeholders and explain why they are important to identify, when implementing a risk management framework.
7. Organisations are impacted by many external forces including, political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental and competitive forces. Identify 2 forces in each of these categories that need to be considered in the business's operating environment.
8. Draw up a SWOT and list the critical success factors of your organisation.
9. Narrow your scope for risk management now and apply risk management to a department. Choose a department and write up 3 goals using the SMART goal criteria and explain the critical success factors for the department.
10. Who in the organisation would support risk management activities and explain how the risk management framework is communicated to staff.
11. Communicate and consultation is a part of the risk management framework. For students in class your lecturer will observe your communication with other students to discuss risk management process for your organisation. The process used the feedback from this session will also be used in Assessment 4. For those online you will need to record your communication and consultation process used with relevant parties to discuss the risk management process and record this information and add to Assessment 4. (Remember to use this information and add this to your oral presentation in Assessment 4)
12. Using your own words, describe in "What is risk management and explain why understanding the context is important?" In your workplace. 100 words
Agreement for the completion/re-assessment of theory assessment
Latest date for submission
If not satisfactorily completed by the due date, you will be required to repeat the unit.