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NEBOSH NG1 > Element 2 - How Health and Safety Management Systems Work and What They Look Like > Flashcards

Element 2 - How Health and Safety Management Systems Work and What They Look Like Flashcards

1
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What is a Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)?

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A systematic approach to management of an organisations H&S

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There are 2 types of OHSMS, name then

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HGG65 and ISO45001

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They are both based on the…

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PDCA cycle (Plan Do Check Act)

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Put simply, PLAN is?

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Aims and objectives and planning

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Put simply, DO is?

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Putting plans into effect

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Put simply, CHECK is?

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Monitoring performance

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Put simply, ACT is?

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Routinely reviewing progress and changes if targets are missed

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In HSG65, Plan involves what?

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Policy and Planning

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In HSG65, Do involves what?

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Risk Profiling, Organising and Implementing

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In HSG65, Check involves what?

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Monitoring performance and investigating causes of accidents/incidents/near misses

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In HSG65, Act involves what?

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Reviewing performance and learning lessons

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What is ISO45001 compatible with?

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ISO9001 (quality management standard) and ISO14001 (environmental management standard)

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2 parts of the ISO45001 is forms part of the management framework. Name them

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Context of organisation and Leader/Worker participation

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Which parts of ISO45001 forms the Plan section?

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Planning

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Which parts of ISO45001 forms the Do section?

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Support and Operation

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Which parts of ISO45001 forms the Check section?

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Performance evaluation

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Which parts of ISO45001 forms the Act section?

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Improvement

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HSG65 Plan - Policy

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Organisation to say what it wants to achieve, who will be responsible for what, how it will achieve its aims and how it will measure success. Forms part of H&S policy.

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HSG65 Plan - Planning

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Plans to deliver aims and objectives, how to measure performance, emergency planning

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HSG65 Do - Risk profiling

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ID and assess health and safety risks to see what could cause harm, who and how. Can then set priorities and risk management approach

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HSG65 Do - Organising

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Allocation of roles/responsibilities and adequate resources provided

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HSG65 Do - Implementing

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Decide preventative and protecting measures, provide toold and equipment for job, train and instruct for competency to carry out work, and supervise so arrangements are followed

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HSG65 Check - Measuring performance

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Make sure plan has been implementing, assess how wekk risks are controlled and if aims are being achieved

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HSG65 Check - Investigating causes of accidents/incidents/near misses

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Conduct investigations to ensure causes are ID’d and preventative measures put in place

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HSG65 Act - Reviewing performance

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Examine info from accident, errors and relevant experience, and revisit plans, risk assessments and policy docs if they need to be updated

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HSG65 Act - Learning lessons

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Learn from experience though review process to avoid repeating mistakes

27
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The drawback of HSG65 is…

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It is not a management standard

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ISO45001 Management framework - Context of organisation

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It is designed and operated so as to be appropriate to the organisation and its operational environment. It sets teh scene

29
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What does the context of the organisation involve?

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Environment where the management system operates, boundaries of system and system itself

30
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ISO45001 Management framework - Leadership and worker participation

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Requires that the system is driven by those at the top of organisation with active engagement and participation by workers on all levels

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ISO45001 Plan - Planning

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Ongoing planning process so hazards, risks and opportunities are ID’d and action is ID’d and planned

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ISO45001 Do - Support

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Support so that it can be established, implements, maintained and improved

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ISO45001 Do - Operation

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Hazard and risk are operationally managed

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ISO45001 Check - Performance evaluation

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Systemic internal monitoring and reviewing of OHS performance to drive improvement

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ISO45001 Act - Improvement

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Learining lessons and implement learning from lessons into management standard

36
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Benefits of ISO45001 Certification

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Useful for internal purposes to show system exists and functioning
Useful for external to show clients, customers and authorities that management system is integrated into organisation which is useful when competing against others

37
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What is the foundation stone of a H&S management system?

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Health and Safety Policy

38
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What can the policy provide?

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Allows senior management to decide H&S standards and allocate resources effectively
Allows other managers to make sure decision making is in line with policy

39
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What is the legal duty for the H&S policy

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HAWASA Section 2(3) and MoHASAWR Regulation 5

40
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A H&S Policy has 3 parts, name them

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General statement of intent, organisation and arrangements

41
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Describe what should be in a general statement of intent

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Signed by CEO
Dated
General aims and objectives

42
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Talk about examples of general aims and objectives

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Aims - legal oblications, providing safe workplace, equipment etc, performance monitoring and risk assessment
Objectives/targets - accident rates and active monitoring

43
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What are SMART objectives?

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Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Reasonable, Time-bound

44
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Describe what competent persons and specialist H&S practitioners roles are

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Competent persons - competent to carry out specialist health and safety duties ie 1st aid
Specialist H&S practicioners - providing advice to support management and employees

45
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Describe what should be in the arrangements section of a H&S policy

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Procedures and arrangements to manage H&S in organisation

46
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Describe what competent persons and specialist H&S practitioners roles are

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Competent persons - competent to carry out specialist health and safety duties ie 1st aid
Specialist H&S practitioners - providing advice to support management and employees

47
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Examples of general H&S arangements

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Carrying out risk assessments
Accident and near miss reporting
Details on specific hazards to organisation
Fire safety and prevention
Emergency procedures
48
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When should a policy be reviewed

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Regular basis or technological/organisational/legal changes

49
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Describe what should be in the organisation section

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Sets out roles, responsibilities and accountability

50
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What triggers a change in H&S Policy

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Change in key personnel
Change in management structure
Management takeover
Change to type of work being done by organisation

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