White Card (Construction Induction) Practice Test — All Questions
4 questions
Under model Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws, what is the primary duty of a PCBU (person conducting a business or undertaking)?
- a.To provide free lunches
- b.To ensure the health and safety of workers and others, so far as is reasonably practicable✓
- c.To pay workers extra for dangerous jobs
- d.To eliminate all paperwork
A PCBU has the primary duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers and anyone else who could be affected by the work. This includes safe systems of work, plant, training and facilities.
As a worker on a construction site, what are your main WHS duties?
- a.To ignore instructions you disagree with
- b.To supervise everyone else
- c.To take reasonable care for your own and others' safety, follow reasonable instructions and co-operate with WHS policies✓
- d.To carry out audits of the company
Workers must take reasonable care for their own safety and that of others, comply with reasonable safety instructions, and co-operate with the PCBU's health and safety procedures. Everyone shares responsibility for a safe site.
If you believe carrying out a task would expose you to a serious, imminent risk to your health or safety, WHS law generally allows you to:
- a.Do it anyway and hope for the best
- b.Leave the site permanently without telling anyone
- c.Refuse and never speak to your supervisor
- d.Cease or refuse the work and tell your supervisor so the risk can be addressed✓
Workers have the right to cease or refuse work that exposes them to a serious and imminent risk. You must notify your supervisor or PCBU so the hazard can be assessed and controlled before work continues.
Health and safety representatives (HSRs) and consultation on a site exist mainly to:
- a.Give workers a say in health and safety matters that affect them✓
- b.Slow down the work
- c.Replace the site manager
- d.Set workers' pay rates
WHS law requires the PCBU to consult with workers on matters that affect their health and safety. HSRs represent workers in that consultation, helping to identify hazards and improve safety.