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What is the major legislation for H&S?

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Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)

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Who are the HSE?

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Health and Safety Executive
- Responsible for maintaining, regulation and enforcing H&S in the UK

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Is it a criminal offence to breach the 1974 Act?

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Yes - policed by the HSE

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What are the key requirements under the 1974 Act?
How do I comply with the Act?

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Must report all injuries and dangerous occurrences
Must undertake, record and regularly review risk assessments
Detailed H&S info must be kept on site - O&M manuals

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What are the current penalties under the Act?

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Fines and imprisonments - policed by the HSE
- Magistrates court - up to £20k fine
- Crown Court - unlimited fine
- Community order
- Compensation order
- Remedial order

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What is a hazard?

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Anything with the potential to cause harm

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What is a risk?

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The probability/likelihood that someone will be harmed

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What are my H&S duties as a surveyor?

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Ensure H&S of myself and others around me
Undertake and review risk assessments
Ensure H&S compliance of LL property
Identify and control hazards and risks

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What guidance does the RICS provide on H&S?

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RICS Guidance Note - Surveying Safely - Health and Safety for Property Professionals (2nd Edition) 2018

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What is the main aim of the guidance note?

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Set out the basic, best practice principles of the management of Health and Safety for RICS regulated firms and members

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When was surveying safely last updated/

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2nd Edition 2018
- Effective Feb 2019

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What do you understand from Surveying Safely

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The basic, best practice principles for the management of H&S by property professionals
- Personal and corporate responsibilities
- Assessing and managing risk
- Fire safety
- H&S when visiting site
- Legal considerations - asbestos
- Advice on Health, Wellbeing and mental health

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What were the key changes made to surveying safely?

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Introduced the safe person concept
Provided requirement on what RICS firms must provide
Greater emphasis on competence

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What must RICS firms provide under the guidance note?

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Safe working environment
Safe working practices
Safe systems of work
Competent staff

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What is the safe person concept?

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Each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others H&S while at work

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What is PPE?

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Personal Preventive Equipment
- Protective, clothing, equipment, helmet etc designed to protect from injury or infection

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What does the guidance note require for visiting site?

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Undertake relevant H&S risk assessment
Diarise and tell people when are going, have left site etc
Take relevant equipment - PPE, Phone, files etc
Sign in and out of the building
Consider whether it is safe to inspect alone

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What is a risk assessment?

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Systematic process of evaluating the projected risks involved in a project or undertaking

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When is it a legal requirement for a firm to produce a risk assessment?

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All organisations with 5 or more staff

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What is included in a risk assessment?

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Identification of hazards present
Identify individuals at risk
Identify risk and likelihood of accident - review control measures in place
Record findings in a suitable format
Review assessment regularly
Inform those affected of outcome and methods in place to reduce risk

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What is a risk assessment?

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Document detailing how work or task is to be completed - prior approved
- Identify risks and how the job will be done safely
- Details control measures to ensure safety

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What is a risk assessment?

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Document detailing how work or task is to be completed - prior approved
- Identify risks and how the job will be done safely
- Details control measures to ensure safety

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What is public liability insurance?

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Required from contractors prior to work commencing - protects against claim from 3rd party following an acciden

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What is a written health and safety policy document and when is it required?

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Required for firms with more than 5 employees
Must contain
- Policy setting out firms H&S commitment
- Details of H&S structure
- Workplace risk assessment
- Details of planning implementation of H&S policy

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What are the 6 pack of H&S regulations?

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6 regulations introduced in 1993
1) Management of H&S at work
2) Display screen monitoring
3) Manual handling operations
4) PPE at work
5) Provision and use of work equipment
6) Workplace health and safety welfare

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What is RIDDOR?

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (1995)

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What is required under RIDDOR?

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Employers and those in charge of workplaces must report certain accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences

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When do you need to report under RIDDOR?

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Death
Hospitalisation
Where someone in incapacitated for 7+ days
Over 3 day incapacitation must be recorded
Certain occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences - held on HSE website

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27
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What key fire safety legislation is there?

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Fire Safety Regulations (2022)

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What is my understanding of fire safety legislation?
What is required under the Fire Safety Order 2005?

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Fire Risk Assessment carried out annually
Fire policies and procedures must be put in place - e.g. training
Fire precautions in place - alarms, doors, emergency lighting
Responsible person - employer, occupier, or owner if vacant

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Who is the responsible person?

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Employee, occupier or owner of property

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What is occupational health?

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Maintaining the well being of employees - preventing and removing ill health
- Having systems in place which keep staff with health issues at work

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Why is occupational health important?

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Ensure health of those at work
- Maintain productivity and staff morale

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What is COSHH?

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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (2002)
- Eg regulation - not to use prohibited substances unless required for certain circumstances

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33
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What hazardous materials have I come across?

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Asbestos
Pigeons nesting in roof - feathers and excrement

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34
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Talk me through your use of Quooda and Meridian?

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Allows me to track compliance of all H&S docs for each property and track risk compliance following a risk assessment
- Linked to my email - get alerts in run up to a document becoming uncompliant

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What are RAMS?

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Risk Assessment Method Statement
- Completed after a risk assessment
- Contain details of hazard and guide to working around it

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What issues have you come across on identification of RAMS?

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Not site specific and didn’t properly address risks - requested updated RAMS

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What is the difference between RAMS and Risk Assessment?

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RA - assess risks and likelihood of occurrence
RAMS - details of how to manage risks and work around them

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Why are RAMS important?

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Protect workers from hazards - reduce risk of injury and harm

39
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What is the hierarchy of risk control?

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Eliminate hazard
Substitute hazard
Engineering controls
Administrative
PPE

40
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What should you do if someone is injured at work and taken to hospital?

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Report to responsible person and HSE

41
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What is a prohibition notice?

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Issued by the HSE to formally stop and certain activity right away

41
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What is an alternative to IOSH?

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NEBOSH
National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

42
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What should you do if you find an inured person on site?

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Make sure area is clear from risk, don’t put yourself in danger
Raise the alarm and call for help

43
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What is IOSH?

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Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- Global Organisation of H&S

44
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What are the H&S responsibilities for Landlord and PM?

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Landlord
- Statutory compliance - GRA, FRA, Electric/Gas Safety, Asbestos Management etc
PM
- Ensuring the H&S of themselves, colleagues and others
- Visitors and non-visitors to site

45
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What is the shelf life of a hard hat?

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around three years
says on the inside

46
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What is LOLER?

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Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations
- Places duty of people and companies who own operate and have control over lifting equipment

47
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What is Workman’s policy for permit to work?

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Have to be suitably qualified to sign
Permits required for all high risk works identified in RA or RAMS e.g. hot work, working at height

48
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Where are requirements for RAMS set out?

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Managing H&S at Work Regulations (1995)

49
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How/when is asbestos dangerous?

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When it is damaged or disturbed
Releases small particles which are harmful when inhaled

50
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What is asbestos?

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Hazardous material, popular in the 20th Century due to its insulation and fire resistance qualities

51
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How many properties contain asbestos?

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4 million

52
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How many deaths are caused by asbestos?

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5k annually

53
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How many types of asbestos are there?

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  • Brown and Blue (outlawed in 1985)
  • White (outlawed in 1999)
54
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When was asbestos banned?

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November 1999
- Made illegal to buy, sell, import or export any material containing asbestos

55
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What is the key legislation surrounding asbestos

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Control of Asbestos Regulation (2012)

56
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What do you understand from the control of asbestos regulation?

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Minimum standards for protecting employees from health effects of asbestos
Applies to non-domestic properties and places obligation on duty holder and employer
Requirements:
- Duty holder must complete risk assessment - obligation to manage risks and prepare plan
- All works must be completed by a licenced contractor
- Asbestos register must be completed and regularly updated
- All new buildings require a certificate that no asbestos present in the building

57
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Who is the duty holder?

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Owner of premises if vacant, or tenant under a repairing lease

58
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What should you do if you find asbestos on site?

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Stop work immediately and put warning signs up - ensure no one enters the area
Apply appropriate controls using a licenced contractor
Update asbestos management plan

59
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Where is asbestos commonly found?

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Floor and ceiling tiles
Corrugated roofs
Insulation
-Guttering and downpipes

60
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What are the health hazards with asbestos?

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Asbestosis
Mesothelioma
Lung cancer

61
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What are the two types of asbestos survey?

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Management
Refurbishment / Demolition

62
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What is a refurb / demolition survey?

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required where a premises or part is being upgraded, refurbed or demolished
samples of materials suspected of having asbestos are analysed
recommendations made for their management

63
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What is an asbestos management survey?

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Survey to locate and assess asbestos and advise on its management during normal occupation and use of the premises

64
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What are the 5 steps to controlling asbestos?

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1) Duty holder must assess where there is asbestos and condition
2) Assess risks and produce a management plan
3) Produce asbestos register
4) Make register available to those how may disturb it
5) Review regularly- HSE say every 6 months

65
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What is an asbestos management plan?

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Document outlining how asbestos will be managed in a property to prevent harm

66
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What does an asbestos management plan include?

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Responsible party
Types and location
Plans for work
Plans for removal

67
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How can asbestos be managed on site?

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Encapsulation
Removal
Management

68
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What are the consequences of a breach of asbestos regulations?

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£20k fine or up to 12 years imprisonment

69
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What is RICS guidance on asbestos?

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Asbestos: legal Requirements and Best Practice for Property Professionals 4th Edition 2021
- Set out best practice for property professionals
- Details of common asbestos containing materials
- How to commission an asbestos survey
- Contents of a management plan

70
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What are Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015?

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CDM regulations
Guides Health and Safety for Construction process of commercial property
Aim to improve the overall H&S process by defining duty holder with varying levels of responsibility
CDM file must be maintained - breach is a criminal offence

71
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When were the CDM regulations last updated?

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2015 (6th April)

72
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What were the changes made in the latest CDM updates?

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Simplification of the regulations
CDM coordinator replaced by principle designer role
Replacement of Approved Code of Practice with more targeted practice

73
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What precautions would you make when inspecting a dilapidated building?

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Undertake risk assessment
Ensure PPE
Understand who to call in the event of an accident
Consider whether it is safe to visit, or visit alone
What areas are unsafe
Any site rules to follow

73
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When must the HSE be notified of a project under CDM regulations?

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Where construction project lasts:
- More than 30 days
- Has more than 20 people working at the same time
- Exceeds 500 person days

74
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What is a CSCS Card?

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Construction Skills Certification Scheme
- reflecting the different occupations and qualifications within construction

75
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What precautions do I undertake to have regard for H&S regs?

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Before inspection - carry out risk assessment and check the need for PPE
In office:
adhere to H&S at Work Act 1974
e.g. fire evacuation procedures and how to lift heavy items

76
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What is the employers duty?

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Duty of employer to ensure health and safety and well being of employees

77
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Why is H&S important?

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Ensures H&S & wellbeing of yourself and others around you

78
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If inspecting a warehouse in the late afternoon, what would I do before leaving the offcie?

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In accordance with Surveying safely, i would:
- Carry out a RA
- Update my diary
- Notify colleagues and take a phone
- Tell colleagues what time I will be returning

78
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What is Workman’s policy for attending site?

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Must carry out risk assessment before attending
Carry PPE
Diarise and inform others
Sign in and out

79
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How do I do my job safely?

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Carry out regular risk assessments in accordance with surveying safely

80
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What H&S procedures are undertaken in my office?

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Fire exits
Fire drills
Training days

81
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What are the LL and PM responsible for in H&S?

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Depend on lease and who has responsibility
Employers have responsibility to provide safe area of work
Landlord/PM - common parts
If works being done - CDM/Asbestos
Defective Premises Act (1972)

82
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How do you mitigate hazards?

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Carry out RA and ensuring measures in place to reduce risk

83
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What are the 5 colours of fire extinguishers?

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Red - water
Cream - foam
Blue - dry powder
Black - CO2
Yellow - wet chemical

84
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What is legionairres disease?

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Potential fatal pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria
- Legionella - found in water - survive in temps between 20dc and 45dc

85
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How can you catch legionairres disease?

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Breathing in droplets of water contaminated by the bacteria

86
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At what temperature does legionella thrive?

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20dc-45dc - if condictions are right
nutrients e.g. rust, algae help

87
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What must LL do to combat legionella?

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Identify and assess risk
Prepare action plan to control risk
Implement management
Keep records

88
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what systems pose greatest risk to legionella?

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Cooling towers
Evaporative condensers
Hot and cold water systems

89
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How can you prevent the presence of legionella?

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Avoid temps that favour legionella
Ensure water cant stagnate
Avoid using materials which encourage growth
Keen system and water clean

90
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In accordance with the Equalities Act (2010), what precautions must be in place to prevent disability discrimination?

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LL must make every effort to be compliant
Lifts should be wide enough for wheelchair access
Ramps
Reasonable regarding costs , extent and disruption

91
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Tell me about key Fire Safety Regulations?

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Regulatory Reform - Fire Safety Order 2005
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022

92
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When were the Fire Safety regulations updated?

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Fire safety regs 2022 - effective from 23 Jan 2023

93
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What changes were made to Fire Safety Regulations?

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High Risk Building regs - subject to more stringent safety checks

94
Q

What are the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010

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Age
○ Disability
○ Gender reassignment
○ Marriage and civil partnership
○ Pregnancy and maternity
○ Race
○ Religion or belief
○ Sex
○ Sexual orientation

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