Health and Safety Level 3 Flashcards
Who are the duty holders under CDM?
- Commercial Clients
- Organisations or individuals for whom a construction project is carried out that is done as part of a business.
- Domestic clients - People who have construction work carried out on their own home (or the home of a family member) that is not done as part of a business.**
- Desginers -Organisations or individuals who as part of a business, prepare or modify designs for a building, product or system relating to construction work.
- Principle Desginers
- Designers appointed by the client in projects involving more than one contractor. They can be an organisation or an individual with sufficient knowledge, experience and ability to carry out the role.
- Contractors
- Those who carry out the actual construction work, contractors can be an individual or a company.
- Principle Contractors
- Contractors appointed by the client to coordinate the construction phase of a project where it involves more than one contractor.
- Workers
- Those working for or under the control of contractors on a construction site
What are the duties on a commercial client under CDM 2015
- Regulation 3
- Make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including making sure:
- other dutyholders are appointed as appropriate
- sufficient time and resources are allocated
- Make sure:
- relevant information is prepared and provided to other dutyholders
- the principal designer and principal contractor carry out their duties
- welfare facilities are provided
What are the duties on a domestic client?
Though in scope of CDM 2015, their client duties are normally transferred to:
- the contractor for single contractor projects
- the principal contractor for projects with more than one contractor
However, the domestic client can instead choose to have a written agreement with the principal designer to carry out the client duties
What are the duties on designers under CDM 2015
- When preparing or modifying designs, eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks that may arise during:
- construction
- the maintenance and use of a building once it is built
- Provide information to other members of the project team to help them fulfil their duties.
What are the duties CDM2015 places on the Principle Desginer
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase of a project.
This includes:
- identifying, eliminating or controlling foreseeable risks
- ensuring designers carry out their duties
- Prepare and provide relevant information to other dutyholders.
- ensure that everyone involved in the pre-construction phase communicates and cooperates, coordinating their work wherever required
- Liaise with the principal contractor to help in the planning, management, monitoring and coordination of the construction phase.
What is the duty CDM 2015 places on Principle Contractors?
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the construction phase of a project.
This includes:
- liaising with the client and principal designer
- preparing the construction phase plan (PDF)- Portable Document Format
- organising cooperation between contractors and coordinating their work
Make sure:
- suitable site inductions are provided
- reasonable steps are taken to prevent unauthorised access
- workers are consulted and engaged in securing their health and safety
- welfare facilities are provided
What duty does CDM place on contractors?
- Plan, manage and monitor construction work under their control so it is carried out without risks to health and safety.
- For projects involving more than one contractor, coordinate their activities with others in the project team – in particular, comply with directions given to them by the principal designer or principal contractor
What duty does CDM 2015 place on workers?
Workers must:
- be told about matters which affect their health, safety and welfare
- take care of their own health and safety, and of others who might be affected by their actions
- report anything they see which is likely to endanger either their own or others’ health and safety
- cooperate with their employer, fellow workers, contractors and other dutyholders
When does a project become notifiable?
- Lasts longer than 30 working days
- More than 20 workers working at the same time at any point on the project or
- exceeds 500 person days
3 plus 2 = 5
Every day on which construction work is likely to be carried out should be counted, even if the work on that day is of a short duration. This includes holidays and weekends
Who has the duty to notify the HSE when a project is notifiable?
The client if commercial, if domestic the main contractor
The duty can be discharged to another comptent person.
What does it mean when a project becomes notifiable?
- Regulation 6
- The client must notifiy the HSE in writing via the F10 form
- A copy must be clearly displayed in the construction site office in a comprehensible form where it can be read by any worker engaged in the construction work; and (c) if necessary, be periodically updated
- If a construction project is not notifiable at first, but there are subsequent changes to its scope so that it fits the criteria for notification, the client must notify the work to the relevant enforcing authority as soon as possible.
What legislation deals with Health and Safety
The main 3:
- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
- The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Some Specific:
- Control of Asbestos Act 2012
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
- Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
What are the general principles of prevention under CDM2015 with regard to controlling risk?
- The general principles of prevention are to:
- avoid risks where possible;
- evaluate those risks that cannot be avoided; and (c) put in place proportionate measures that control them at source.
- CDM 2015 requires designers, principal designers, principal contractors and contractors to take account of the principles in carrying out their duties.
What should the contractor take into account when appointing designers or contractors?
- ensure those appointed have the skills, knowledge and experience to carry out the work in a way that secures health and safety.
- must also have the appropriate organisational capability.
- Similarly, any designers or contractors seeking appointment as individuals must ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience.
- Dutyholders should be appointed at the right time.
- For example, clients must appoint principal designers and principal contractors as soon as practicable and before the start of the construction phase, so they have enough time to carry out their duties to plan and manage the pre-construction and construction phases respectively.
How would you check that a principle desginer or contractor had the necessary skills
A person who is responsible for appointing a designer or contractor to carry out work on a project must take reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that the designer or contractor fulfills the conditions in paragraph
- Ask to see training records continued professional development
- Look at level of qualification and experience
- Acreditations members of any professional body/scheme e.g. CITB CSCS cards
- References
- pre-qualification assessment services from third party assessors, such as those who are members of Safety Schemes in Procurement Forum (SSIP)]
- The Publicly Available Specification, or PAS 91 as it’s more commonly known, is a standardised pre-qualification questionnaire that aims to reduce the need for suppliers to complete a multitude of questionnaires for different commissioning authorities when bidding for contracts. It is closely aligned with CDM.
