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Health & Safety Flashcards

1
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What health and safety legislation are you aware of?

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Health and safety at work act 1974

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How do you ensure that you comply with this legislation?

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  • follow my firms H&S policy
  • carry out risk assessments
  • lone working policy
  • location
  • online calendar
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What are the penalties under current H&S legislation?

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  • a fine of up to £20k
  • imprisonment of up to 2 yrs
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Is it a criminal offence to breach the H&S at work at 1974?

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Yes

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Tell me about your firms health and saftey policy?

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  • incs lone working policy
  • display and equipment
  • manual handling - lift from knees
    PPE
  • first aid
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What are your health and safety duties as an individual surveyor?

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  • wear appropriate gear
  • conduct risk assessments
  • be responsible for own H&S
  • Follow firm policy
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What guidance does the RICS produce about health and safety?

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RICS Surveying Safely 2019

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Tell me about something you understand from reading surveying safely

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hierarchy of risk control

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9
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what is the hierarchy or risk control?

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Elimination
Substitution
Engineering Controls
Administrattive control
PPE

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10
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When was surveying safely last updated?

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2019

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what are they key changes to the surveying safely update?

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  • emphasis on fire safety
  • safe person concept- emphasis on individual responsble for H&S
  • Risk control hierachy
  • relevance to professional groups
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What is the safe person concept?

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Emphasis on the individual being responsible for their own H&S

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13
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What must regulated firms provide?

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H&S poliicy

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14
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What happened in the case of Suzy Lamplugh?

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  • estate agent went missing
  • assumed murdered never found her body - didnt know who she was meeting/where
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Why is this important for surveyors?

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  • highlights importance of lone working policy
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16
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What is PPE?

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Clothing or equipment that protects someone from hazards
- steel toe caps
- hard hat
- high vis

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17
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What is a risk assessment?

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a process that identifies potential risks/hazards and the consequenes//severity of them

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What is a risk?

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the liklihood that someone will be harmed or encounter adverse health affects

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what is a hazard?

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a potential source of harm or adverse affecty

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How would you undertsake a risk assessment before attending site?

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  • identify hazards
  • identify risk
  • identify who may be harmed
  • establish precautions
  • look at site specs
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21
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What is asbestos?

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a material made of hazardous fibres if broken or damaged

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22
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What legislation are you aware of in relation to asbestos?

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The control of asbestos 2012

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What do you understand by the control of asbestos regulations 2012?

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has requirements for employers including
- risk assessmetnts
- approproiate training/information
- exposure to asbestos kept to minimum
- a written plan of work for dealing with asbestos
- a license required for some works
- notification of works

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Who is the duty holder?

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a person/organization responsible for the management of asbestos in a non domestic property

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25
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How does asbestos cause lung damage?

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  • lung scarring
  • lung cancer
  • lung stiffness
    fibers hook to the inner linings of the lung wall
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26
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What are the two types of asbestos survey?

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  • management survey
  • demolition/refurbishment survey
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27
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When was asbestos banned?

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1985

28
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what is an asbestos survey/management plan?

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sets our procesdures or measures to control the risk or asbestos containing materials on a premises

29
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Explain the key principles of the new RICS guidance relating to asbestos

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30
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What is occupational health?

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medical speciality that focuses on the health and well being of an elmpoyee in the workplace

31
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why is occupational health important?

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helps prevent work related injury and illness

32
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What is a notifiable project?

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when construction is intended to last longer than 30 days and more than 20 workers

33
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Tell me about your understanding of fire safety?

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precautions, procedures or measures taken to prevent fire, minimise the risk of fire related accidents and ensure safety of individuals

34
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What is the key fire safety legislation?

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the fire safety regulations 2022
the regulatory reform (fire safety) order 2005

35
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Tell me about your understanding of the Equality Act 2010

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protects people from discrimination and promotes diveristy equality and inclusion

36
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Explain what RIDDOR is.

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reporting of injuries disease and dangerous occurence regulations

37
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What is a CSCS card?

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construction skills certification scheme

38
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What is COSHH?

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control of substances hazardous to health

39
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What changes have recently been made to COSHH?

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  • instrouced work exposure limits to replace maximum exposure limtis
  • prior informed consent required to HSE for certain chemicals
  • introduction of principles of good practice
40
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Explain your understaning of the fire safety act 2021?

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claifies the scope of the fire safety order, defines responsible persons and their responsibilities inc fire risk assessments

41
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Explain any recent changes under part b of the fire safety act 2021.

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change to materials used on flats

42
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What is the role of the building safety regulator?

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sets out rules to protect the design and safety of higher risk projects

43
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Explain your understanding of the building safety act 2022?

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a law that aims to improve safety or buildings in the UK following the grenfell tower accident

44
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What key health and safety issues relate to rural surveying?

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  • lone working
  • moving heavy machinery
  • livestock
  • hazardous materials
45
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How do you stay safe in remote locations?

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follow companies lone working policy
ensure my online diary is filled out with location, name, ETA ETR
carry personal protection alarm
don’t go unaccompanied for first meeting

46
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What are your duties under the Gas Safety installation and use regulations 1998 / electrical safety standards in the private rent section regulation 2020

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  • ensure that gas equipment is ensured by a gas safe engineer
  • ensure safety checks are carried out annually for gas and 5 yearly for electrical
47
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What is the most common type of asbestos?

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white asbestos ‘chrysotile’

48
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On an electricty site would you wear steel toed boots - if not why?

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no i’d wear rubber souled boots as steel toe caps may conduct electricity

49
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What are the requirements of the lifting operations and listing equipment regulations 1998? LOLER

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  • all lifting opersations must be properly planned by a competent person, appropriatel supervised and carried out
    in a safer manner
50
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How often should a lift be inspected under LOLER?

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6 months

51
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Do you think that you may have a duty of care to keep a property secure, even if there is no express provision in your contract?

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yes

52
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What case law relates to duty of care of keeping a property secure?

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53
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What responsibilities does a landlord have in relation to carbon monoxide and smoke alarms in private and social rented accomodation?

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  • legal responsibility to ensure they are in good working order
  • smoke alarm on each floor
  • carbon monoxide alarm wherever there is something combustible
54
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What changes were brought by the personal protective equipment at work regulations 2022?

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  • extends duties to casual workers
  • defines a worker
55
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Why might tagging be used on scaffolding?

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  • to assist in inspections and ensure they are safe to use
56
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Explain how you ensure personal safety on site?

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  • PPE
  • avoid risk zones on farm
  • follow H&S and lone working poliocu
57
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Explain how you ensure the security of your personal possessions on site

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  • limit possessions
  • keep note of what you have
  • lock away in car if possible/keep on your person
58
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Tell me about how you ensure good health and safety practices whilst on site

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ensure risk assessments have been carried out
ensure people have access to/are aware of H&S policy

59
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Tell me about when you have used PPE on an inspection

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  • carried out an inspection of the agricultural units on an estate, i wore steel toe cap boots, and a personal proetection alarm
60
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What would you do if you suspected asbestos existed on a site inspection?

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  • Make note of its presence and location
  • Dependent on the purpose of the inspection I would suggest an asbestos survey
  • inform anyone with access to the site
  • avoid if broken/damaged
61
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Tell me about any specific precaitons you would take when inspecting a dilapidated property.

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  • evidence of damp/mould = mask
  • if unsure of structual safety = either not enter the property or wear hard hat and boots check with stuctural surveyor
  • if empty ensure no squatters and not go unaccompanied
62
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What hazardous material have you come across in your work?

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  • asbestos
  • unidentified chemicals - we instructed a team firm to safely remove
  • pesticides
63
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Machinery sale - what are the key risks?

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  • Moving large machinery
  • sharp/heavy objects
  • large crowds
64
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Machinery sale - how do you mitigate key risks?

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  • PPE
  • training
  • banning of children and dogs
  • operating zones/times
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