Activity 55

A supply chain auditor representing an important international customer has pointed out that worker welfare and first aid facilities (in the harvest environment and those working in permanent locations) are not meeting international requirements. Senior management have asked for urgent action and you must draft a new organisational standard for worker welfare and first aid facilities.

Use the following headings as a guide:

• Suitable lighting levels
• The provision of toilet, washing and changing facilities
• The storage of clothing
• Facilities for eating, rest rooms
• Facilities for pregnant women and nursing mothers, together with the practical arrangements
• The basis of provision of first aid facilities (numbers of employees, workplace risks and their assessment, proximity of emergency services etc)
• Typical arrangements for first aid including people, equipment and training.
• Facilities for eating, rest rooms
• Facilities for pregnant women and nursing mothers, together with the practical arrangements
• The basis of provision of first aid facilities (numbers of employees, workplace risks and their assessment, proximity of emergency services etc)
• Typical arrangements for first aid including people, equipment and training.

(1200 - 1400 words approx.)