Health and Safety

Question 1

What are the key principals of Surveying safety?

Answer 1

Risk assessment
competence
health and safety
PPE
Safe access
workplace hazards
communication and reporting
ethics

Question 2

What is a risk assessment?

Answer 2

Identifying hazards
evaluate risk
who is at risk
what control measures are there

Question 3

what is the hierarchy of risk control?

Answer 3

Eliminate
substitute
Engineering controls
Administrative controls
PPE

Question 4

Who are the duty holders of the Asbestos regulations?

Answer 4

The person/company who is in control of the building.

Employers
Employees

Question 5

What challenges has Brexit and covid brought to health and safety?

Answer 5

Regulation changes

PPE shortages, increased stress, work place adaptions

Question 6

What are the legal requirements of health and safety?

Answer 6

Ensure you are competently trained

Ensure that you above the correct protective equipment to carry out the tasks at hand

Asbestos Awareness

Question 7

As an RICS commercial surveyor what examples of duties I am responsible for under the heath and safety at work act?

Answer 7

Your and other peoples safety on inspection.

Use of safe work systems and procedures

reporting incidents

ensure you are appropriately trained.

Question 8

What is UK GAAP

Answer 8

Generally accepted accounting procedures

Accounting standards and principles uk companies must follow when preparing financial statement?

FRS 102 - (main standard)