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Health and Safety (Level 2) Flashcards

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What health and safety legislation are you aware of?

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  • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
  • Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
  • Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
  • Fire Risk Management Regulatory Reform Order 2005
  • Fire Safety Act 2021
  • Building Safety Act 2022
  • Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
  • Smoke-free (Premises & Enforcement) Regulations 2007
  • Defective Premises Act 1972
  • Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
  • Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations 2015
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How do you ensure that you comply with H&S legislation?

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Duty to every employer to ensure reasonable practical health, safety and welfare for all employees
Report injuries
Carry out Risk assessments
Healthy and safety information must be available on site

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What are the penalties under current health and safety legislation ?

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Criminal offence - Fine and/or Imprisonment

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Is it a criminal offence to breach the H&S at Work Act 1974?

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Yes it is a criminal offence

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What is FGs health and safety policy?

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FG will meet its responsibility as an employer to prevent accidents, injuries, and damage to health.

Promote ownership of Health and Safety.

Provide safe working environments.

Ensuring employees play an active part in health and safety.

To provide regular training.

To ensure all colleagues report adverse events immediately.

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What are your health and safety duties as an individual surveyor?

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  • responsibility for self and anyone under my supervision.
  • to co-operate with employer’s policies and procedures

I should:
- Report H&S breaches
- Carry out risk assessments
- Wear PPE
- Undertake staff training

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What guidance does the RICS produce about H&S?

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RICS Guidance Note, Surveying safely: health and safety principles for property professionals (2nd Edition, November 2018)

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What do you understand about the Surveying Safely document?

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  • Provides an overview of best practice for surveyors (corporate and personal responsibilities)
  • Introduced Safe Person concept - each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others health and safety while at work.
  • Greater emphasis on ensuring the competence of individuals
  • Provides guidance on what RICS Regulated Firms should provide.
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When was Surveying Safely last updated?

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2018

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What are the most recent changes to surveying safely?

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Introduced Safe Person Concept
Greater emphasis on ensuring the competence of individuals.

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What is the safe person concept?

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This is when ‘each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work’.

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What must regulated firms provide?

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  • A safe working environment
  • Safe work equipment
  • Safe systems of work
  • Competent staff
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What happened in the case of Suzy Lamplugh? Why is this important for surveyors?

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  • Estate Agent disappeared in 1986 (Diary Note: 12.45 Mr. Kipper – 37 Shorrolds).
  • Lone working should always be avoided if possible; if not, a lone working device can be an excellent way to track staff and allow them to seek help in the event of an emergency.
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What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

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Equipment to protect against healthy and safety risks.

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What is a risk assessment?

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Carefully examining what in your work could cause harm to people, so that you can judge whether or not you have taken enough precautions to prevent harm.

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What is a risk?

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Likelihood of harm being realised

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What is a hazard?

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Something with potential to cause harm

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How would you undertake a risk assessment before attending site?

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  • Identify hazards
  • Decide who may be harmed and how
  • Evaluate risks and decide on precautions
  • Record findings and implement
  • Review and update
  • Advise all those affected of the outcome of the assessment and methods of work, or other control measures necessary, to minimise or eliminate risk
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What is asbestos?

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  • Hazardous material that is harmful to health. Specifically, it is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral silicate which has historically been used in building materials.
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What legislation are you aware of in relation to asbestos?

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Control of Asbestos Regulations in 2012.

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What do you understand by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012?

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  • imposes legal duty to manage asbestos if it is present or presumed to be present.
  • breach of regulations include unlimited fine and up to 2 years imprisonment.
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Who is the duty holder? (Asbestos)

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The owner (Vacant premises), or occupier (FRI leases)

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How does asbestos cause lung damage?

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  • if inhaled, the fibres it can cause Asbestostosis (cancer).
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What are the two types of asbestos survey?

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  • Management
  • Demolition
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When was asbestos banned?

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1985 - Blue and Brown (crocidolite and amosite)
1999 - White (chrysotile)

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What is an asbestos survey/management plan?

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  • Legal required document
  • Identifies and records the location of Asbestos Containing Materials
  • Management plan must state how the risk of ACMs will be managed
  • Appropriate action taken to manage, repair or remove asbestos in line with the survey and report.
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What are the key principles of the new RICS guidance relating to asbestos?

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Asbestos: legal requirements and best practice for property
professionals and clients GUIDANCE NOTE UK 4th edition, May 2021

  • to ensure that surveyors and their clients comply with UK legislation relating to asbestos. It also aims to ensure that no one is put at risk of exposure to asbestos.
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What is occupational health? Why is it important?

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  • physical and mental wellbeing of employees in the workplace.
  • ensures workers aren’t adversely impacted by their work and are medically fit to carry it out safely.
29
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The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. What are they, last updated and changes?

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30
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What do you understand about fire safety?

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31
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What is the key fire safety legislation?

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The Fire Safety Act 2021
Fire Risk Management Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

32
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Equality Act 2010?

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  • provides protection against a wide range of discrimination and inequality
  • Identifies Nine Protected Characteristics
33
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What is RIDDOR?

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

The law that requires employers, and other people in charge of work premises to report and keep records of all:

  • work-related fatalities
  • work-related injuries
  • diagnosed cases of reportable occupational diseases
  • certain dangerous occurrences (incidents with the potential to cause harm)
34
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What is a CSCS?

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CSCS cards provide proof that individuals working on construction sites have the appropriate training and qualifications for the job they do, thereby helping to improve standards and safety in UK construction.

35
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What is COSHH?

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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

36
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Fire Safety Act 2021?

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  • Requires all responsible persons to assess, manage, and reduce the fire risk posed by the structure, external walls and any common areas.
    Covers:
  • Regular inspection of lifts
  • Evacuation plans
  • Residents have fire safety instructions
  • Doors comply with regulations
37
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Role of Building Safety regulator?

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Introduced in Building Safety Act 2022
- a) Securing the safety of people in or about buildings in relation to risks arising from buildings
- b) improving the standards of the building

38
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Understanding of the Building Safety Act 2022?

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  • intended to enhance regulations for building safety and ensure residents have a stronger voice in ensuring safety in buildings.
  • Defines High Risk buildings - over 18 metres tall or 7 storeys with 2 or more residential units
39
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Common types of Asbestos?

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crocidolite (blue), amosite (brown) and chrysotile (white)

40
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Requirements of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998?

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  • Lifting operations must be properly planned and managed
  • Lifting equipment must be used in a safe manner
  • Lifting equipment must be thoroughly inspected at suitable intervals by a competent person
41
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Lift inspections (LOLER) , how often?

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Inspection prior to being put into operation

If lifting persons then further inspection every 6 months.
In other cases then every 12 months at least.

42
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Do you have a duty of care to keep a property secure, even if there is no express provision in your contract? Case Law?

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43
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What changes were brought in by the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022?

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Employers must now:
– Provide free-of-charge PPE to limb (b) workers where a risk assessment has identified a need for their work activities.
– Provide these workers with sufficient information, instruction and training on PPE use and care.
– Ensure the PPE is properly maintained, stored and replaced.

44
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Why might tagging be used on scaffolding?

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To inform workers on a site of when scaffolding is safe to use and, more importantly, when it is not.

45
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What are the 8 principles of surveying safely?

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1 Personal responsibility for members
2. assessing hazards
3. Workplace H&S
4. Hygiene and health
5. Visiting sites
6. Fire safety
7. residential property surveying
8. Management of contractors

46
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What a ‘hazard’ mean?

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Anything that has the potential to cause harm or damage.

47
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In the context of risk assessment, what does the word ‘risk’ mean?

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Likelihood or chance that a hazard is to cause damage.

48
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Who is the national regulator for workplace health and safety in Great Britain?

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Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

49
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When does an employer have to prepare a written health and safety policy and record the significant findings of risk assessments?

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When they employ 5 or more people.

50
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What does a risk assessment tell you?

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What risks may exist and how they can be controlled.

51
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When should PPE be considered?

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When the risks cannot be eliminated by other means.

52
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What are the 5 steps needed to manage risk?

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  1. Identify hazards.
  2. Assess the risks.
  3. Control the risks.
  4. record findings
  5. Review the controls.
53
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Primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety?

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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

54
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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, which 2 groups do employers have a general duty to?

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Employees and members of the public

55
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What is the main piece of legislation for managing risks and risk assessments at work?

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Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

56
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At what height does a worker need to be considered to be working at height?

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Any place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury.

57
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What 3 things do fires need to start?

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  • Source of ignition
  • Source of fuel
  • Oxygen
58
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When must you keep a written record of your fire risk assessment?

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  • If your business has 5 or more people.
59
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In domestic properties and workplaces what is the name of the qualification an engineer must have to work on gas fittings, including appliances?

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Gas safe registered engineer.

60
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If someone has died of a work-related accident, who does this have to be reported to as a RIDDOR?

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HSE.

61
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When is a construction project ‘notifiable’?

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If the construction work is expected to last more than longer than 30 days.
Have more than 20 workers.
Exceed 500 person days.

62
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What is the name of the online form you notify the HSE of a notifiable construction project?

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F10 Form.

63
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Give an example of risks that particularly affect lone workers?

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  • Violence
  • Stress, Mental Health
  • Workplace itself.
64
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The person who has a legal duty to manage asbestos in a building is called the ‘dutyholder’. Give an example of one?

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Building owner
Landlord
Person or organisation responsible for repair.

65
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When should you review controls put in place via a risk assessment?

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Review when the controls are no longer affective.
Changes to the workplace that could lead to new risks.

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