Health & Safety Flashcards
RICS Professional Standard on Surveying Safely 2nd Edition (November 2018) - what does this include?
1) Personal responsibilities (SUK)
2) Assessing hazards and risks
3) Workplace health and safety
4) Occupational hygiene and health
5) Visiting premises and sites
6) Fire Safety
7) Residential property surveying
8) Procurement and management of contractors
What must RICS Regulated Firms provide?
1) Safe working environment
2) Safe work equipment
3) Safe systems of work
4) Competent Staff
5) Safe Person Concept
What is the Safe Person Concept?
Each individual assumes responsibility for your own actions and your colleagues safety.
Are you aware of any other legislation/regulations relating to health and safety?
PPE at Work Regulations 2022 - employers’ duty to ensure provision of appropriate PPE for employees and contractors.
What is Health and Safety at Work (1974)?
Duty to every employer to ensure the health and safety and welfare at work of all employees.
What else would you do before conducting an inspection?
Undertake a risk assessment
How do you undertake a risk assessment?
1) Identify the hazards present
2) Identify the people at risk from the hazard
3) Evaluate the risk
4) Record the findings on a suitable form
5) Review the risk assessment regularly
6) Advise people affected the outcome of the risk assessment
What is a risk assessment?
It is a legal requirement, for organisations employing more than 5 staff, to carry out health and safety risk assessments of all their significant hazards
What is detailed in the Colliers lone working procedure?
1) Carry a mobile phone
2) Never attempt to clear syringes unless they have access to a sharps kit
3) Avoid any potential violent confrontations
What would you do if you felt unsafe under your company’s lone working policy?
Notify my line manager and arrange to be accompanied.
How do you know if a hard hat is out of date?
Date is embossed
Typically 2 dials to the month and year
Average life span of a hard hat 2 years with regular use
If in date but has a crack, can’t use
Can you provide any examples of ‘risks’ which you might have come across?
Tripping over an uneven surface
What is a method statement?
Document detailing how a task should be completed and prior approved.
Outline hazards involved and include step-by-step guide on how to do the job safely.
What is a written health and safety document? What is included?
Required for employers with more than 5 employees.
1) A policy setting out a company’s commitment to H&S
2) Details of the organisations H&S structure, roles and responsibilities
3) Risk assessment setting the risks within the workplace and the preventative measures
4) Details of the planning and implementation of H&S policy
What is the ‘Six Pack’ of H&S regulations?
1) Management of H&S at Work
2) Display Screen Equipment
3) Manual Handling Operations
4) PPE at work
5) Provision and use of work equipment
6) Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare
