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Health and Safety Flashcards

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What is a hazard?

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Something that can cause harm

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What is a risk?

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A probability of a hazard occurring

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3
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Outline RLB’s Health and Safety policy

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Work to the healthiest and safest manner, all employees have a responsibility to keep themselves and all others safe. The overall duties are those detailed in Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

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Outline the Building Safety Act 2022

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This was updated in October 2023
This applies to all buildings ensuring there are clearer standards and guidance. It assures the safety of higher-risk buildings, both in construction and occupation. The legislation looks to improve the competence of the people responsible for overseeing, managing and delivering works to higher-risk buildings.
This is a Legal Act.

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What is a high risk building?

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At least 2 residential units and 28m in high/ at least 7 storeys

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What are Building Regulations?

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Approved documents under the safety act providing guidance, these are constantly updated.

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Examples of Building Regs

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What is RIDDOR?

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

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What does CSCS stand for?

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Construction Skills Certification Scheme

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What card do you require as a QS and how often does it have to be renewed?

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Managers and Professionals, every 5 years

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What is the purpose of CSCS and why is it important for us to have one?

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This is proof that someone has relevant training and qualifications to be on a construction site, which makes you aware of health and safety issues.

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When is their a need for a firm to have a H&S policy?

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When they have 5 or more employees

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What are the CDM regulations and what is their purpose?

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Construction Design and Management 2015
- These regulations help to plan works to manage risks and communicates information efficiently to those that need to know.
Overall: improves safety on construction sites by setting regulations and putting more onus on the client.

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Who are duty holders?

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Client
Designer
Principal Designer
Principal Contractor
Contractor
Worker

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What is the responsibility of the client?

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Sign off F10, ensure competent appointments, ensure PCI is produced

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What is the responsibility of the designer?

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Prepares design, spec or design calcs and has a duty to eliminate risks in their design

18
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What is the responsibility of the Principal Designer?

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To advise the client, prepare a PCI, collate a H&S file, Health and Safety pre-construction

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What is the responsibility of a principal contractor?

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Production of a construction phase plan, display a F10 (more than 1 contractor)

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What is the responsibility of a contractor?

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Production of a construction phase plan, display a F10, mitigate risk in construction, supply PPE to all workers

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What is the responsibility of the worker?

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Individuals actually carrying out work must cooperate and not endanger others or themselves

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What is the F10 and when is it needed?

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A form submitted to the Health and Safety Executive on notifiable projects containing site information, health and safety plans, key dates, contact details and number of people on site.

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When is a project notifiable?

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When there are 500 person days on a project or where the project is more than 30 days with 20+ people on site at any one time.

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As a QS, are you responsible in any way under the CDM’s?

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If it is part of our scope to produce any working methods or specs, the QS will be deemed as a designer and therefore will be responsible to comply with CDM obligations

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What do you do when you attend site?

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Wear the required PPE, sign in, have a health and safety briefing, look up prior to attending site access/ where to safely park and how to get into the site, make sure someone is aware you are going and meet them before entering onto the site, be diligent and safe at all times, sign out when exiting

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What is RICS publication on executing your professional role safely?

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Surveying Safely 2024

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What does surveying safely set out?

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Contains good practice principles for the management of health and safety. It sets out principles for those engaged in the built environment as property professionals and includes health and safety responsibilities.

28
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What are the 3 methods of managing asbestos?

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  1. Asbestos Management Plan
  2. Remove
  3. Encapsulate
29
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What types of asbestos survey are there?

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  1. Presumptive: visually inspect
  2. Sampling: determine the extent
  3. Intrusive: Access to all areas.
30
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What do you include in RAMS?

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  1. Risk assessment and method statement
  2. What risks and hazards are present on and off site and how these will be mitigated.
  3. How works will be undertaken and managed on site in relation to health and safety and logistics.
31
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What projects are covered by the Scope of the Building Safety Act?

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ALL

32
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You have stated that you have a CSCS Card? What is a CSCS Card? What does CSCS Stand-For?

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A CSCS Card - construction skills certification scheme, I hold a managers and professionals card that I have an obligation to renew every 5 years.
It indicates that I have adequate understanding and skills of health and safety on a construction site, and I am therefore able to safely be on that site, following the correct health and safety requirements.

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Who is responsible for the Safety of everyone on a Construction Site?

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Themselves, each individual should take responsibility for the safety of themselves and others.

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What information would you expect to see on a Site Health & Safety Board? Where would you expect to find it

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A site health and safety board should include information on site rules, risk assessments, and health and safety signage
You would find it in the site office

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