Health & Safety Flashcards
What health and safety legislation are you aware of?
Health and safety at work act 1974
How do you ensure that you comply with this legislation?
- follow my firms H&S policy
- carry out risk assessments
- lone working policy
- location
- online calendar
What are the penalties under current H&S legislation?
- a fine of up to £20k
- imprisonment of up to 2 yrs
Is it a criminal offence to breach the H&S at work at 1974?
Yes
Tell me about your firms health and saftey policy?
- incs lone working policy
- display and equipment
- manual handling - lift from knees
PPE - first aid
What are your health and safety duties as an individual surveyor?
- wear appropriate gear
- conduct risk assessments
- be responsible for own H&S
- Follow firm policy
What guidance does the RICS produce about health and safety?
RICS Surveying Safely 2019
Tell me about something you understand from reading surveying safely
hierarchy of risk control
what is the hierarchy or risk control?
Elimination
Substitution
Engineering Controls
Administrattive control
PPE
When was surveying safely last updated?
2019
what are they key changes to the surveying safely update?
- emphasis on fire safety
- safe person concept- emphasis on individual responsble for H&S
- Risk control hierachy
- relevance to professional groups
What is the safe person concept?
Emphasis on the individual being responsible for their own H&S
What must regulated firms provide?
H&S poliicy
What happened in the case of Suzy Lamplugh?
- estate agent went missing
- assumed murdered never found her body - didnt know who she was meeting/where
Why is this important for surveyors?
- highlights importance of lone working policy
What is PPE?
Clothing or equipment that protects someone from hazards
- steel toe caps
- hard hat
- high vis
What is a risk assessment?
a process that identifies potential risks/hazards and the consequenes//severity of them
What is a risk?
the liklihood that someone will be harmed or encounter adverse health affects