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What is a Principle Designer?

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PD role – needed if a project has more than one contractor.

Manage and co-ordinate health and safety during the pre construction phase.

Produce health and safety file,
PCIP
risk assess method statements,
liaise with the duty holders to design out risk.

Inspect works on site to ensure they are compliant.

Submit F10 if notifiable. 30 days with 20 workers or 500 person days.

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What is a Principle Contractor?

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PC role - Manage and co-ordinate health and safety during the construction phase.

Construction phase plan.

Update health and safety file. Hand over file at the end to client.

Inductions

Site rules

Securing the site

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What is a Clients role in CDM?

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Client role – Responsible for appointing PC and PD.

Welfare facilities.

Sufficient resources allocated, time/cost.

PCIP and F10 (submitted by PD usually)

People have the relevant and suitable training/experience.

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What are the types of Asbestos?

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Asbestos types – Chrysotile – white (most common used in cement) / Amosite – Brown (heat resistant used in plumbing) / Crocidolite – Blue (thin fibres stick in the lungs, brittle in nature)

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What is Pre-Construction Information Pack?

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PCIP – health and safety hazards, project, site management and restrictions, location. Should be prepared early so it can be factored into tender documents.

Building information
Project information
Known hazards
Restrictions

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What is a Construction Phase Plan?

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Construction phase plan – to be drawn up by the contractor.
Records arrangements for dealing with significant health and safety risks.
Outlines H&S arrangements and site rules.
Take into account info from the PD and take steps to design out risk.

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What is a Health and Safety file and what’s in its contents?

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Health and safety file – Needed if project has more than one contractor.

PD prepares the file. Needs constant review and updating by PC.

Hand over to the client at the end of the project for future works and use of the building.

Contents:

  1. Works carried out.
  2. Hazards still in place.
  3. Key structural principles
  4. Hazardous materials
  5. Information about plant, access etc
  6. Services locations
  7. Drawings
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What is a method statement?

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Method statement – works that have specific health and safety risks such as lifting or working at height. Manages the health and safety of these activities info on who is doing it and how and if there are any measures that can be put in place to make the activity safer. Control the risk when doing the work.

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What is a Risk Assessment?

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Risk assessments – identify, reduce, manage or eliminate risk. Probability x severity. CDM requirement.

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What is an F10 and when does it apply?

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Form which notifies the HSE and should be issued If there on 20+ workers on site for 30+ days OR 500 person days

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RICS Firms are obliged to provide, maintain and monitor what under ‘Safe Person’ concept?

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A safe working environment
Safe work equipment
Safe systems of work
Competent staff

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What is the objective of ‘Safe Person’ Concept?

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To remain healthy at all times

Accept prime responsibility for own well-being

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What are an organisations responsibilities of Health and Safety in relation to the ‘Safe Person’ Concept in Surveying Safely?

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Training
Information
Equipment
Safe systems of work
Supervision
PPE
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What are RICS Firms expected to provide the RICS when asked with regards to Health and Safety documents?

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Information
Instructions
Policies
Procedures
Training
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Can RICS members repeat the same Health and Safety processes on site?

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No - Things change, circumstances, risk perception, age, experience, mobility etc.

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How can a RICS member manage health and safety?

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Take responsibility / Accept obligations

Be diligent and aware.

Co-operation - Share matters, risks and issues with others

Report any breaches or misconduct in good time

Assess the management of Health and safety

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When you have taken on an instruction with a client of have employed sub-contractors must your RICS Firms Health and Safety policy be complied with?

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Yes this can be achieved by a sub-consultancy agreement which extends my firms:

Communication/accountability
Training and Information
Processes in place to manage sub-contractors or clients, 
Appropriate insurances
Risk Management

Where appropriate I always recommend the client and sub-contractor enter into their own engagement.

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What would you do if something ‘All Goes Wrong’ i.e. Someone drilling into an Asbestos board and what steps would you take?

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Investigate incident or accident.
Determine root cause
Prevent Re-occurrence
Establish learning points

If serious..
Seek legal advice at the earliest opportunity, may notify PI.

Authorities may conduct their own investigation in some circumstances (i.e. HSE)

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What risks may you be exposed too?

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Sitting in front of a PC for too long without breaks
Hazardous materials
Lone working
Working in varied environments

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What is a dynamic risk assessment?

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An on site assessment which compromises of the following questions

Is the activity safe to continue
Is the working environment safe for the activity to continue?
Are people working within their limit of competence still?
Are there appropriate control measures?
Can everyone still get to a place of safety still?

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What is the fundamental parts of a Risk Assessment?

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Likelihood x Severity (6x6 or 9x9 matrix)

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What is Asbestos?

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Natural rock mineral

has good heat and thermal properties.

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Why is Asbestos Harmful?

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When fibres are inhaled issues such as lung related disorders, cancer or death may occur usually many years after inhaling.

Usually Asbestos is harmful when disturbed or in poor condition.

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How can a RICS member identify Asbestos?

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Have an Asbestos Survey carried out (Management or R&D)

Prepare a management or removal plan.

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Where might you find Asbestos?

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Roof sheets and tiles
Rainwater goods
Wall cladding
Soffits and fascias
Roofing felts
Coatings to metals

Lagging
Boiler flues
Gaskets

Spray coated ceilings, walls and beams
Tile, canopies, fire breaks
Textured coatings and paints

Partition walls
Bath panels
Panels below windows
Panel to fire door

Floor tiles
Lining to suspended floor

Fire blankets
Water tank

26
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What are the types of Asbestos?

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Corcidolite - Blue
Amosite - Brown
Chrysotile - White

27
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Why do Asbestos Awareness Training?

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Broadens knowledge

Keeps you up to date

Mandatory under CAR Regulation 10 for any person dealing with asbestos to have up to date training
(annually minimum under ACOP)

28
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What are the principle Asbestos documents?

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CAR 2012- key legislation regarding with involving or surround asbestos.

HSG 264 Asbestos - The Survey Guide

29
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What is Regulation 4 under CAR 2012?

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Regulation 4 of CAR requires the dutyholder to produce, use and maintain the plan to manage ACMs that are known or might reasonably be suspected to be in their demise.

30
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What are the losses arising from Asbestos?

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Health loss

Economic loss

31
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Why would you have an Asbestos R+D Survey carried out?

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It my responsibility as an RICS professional to protect my client, contractors and any person from the dangers of Asbestos. I took a pragmatic view on the circumstances and the materials on site and I commissioned a survey to ensure there were no ACM’s or if any were found were dealt with in a suitable manner.

32
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What is Section 7 of HASAWA 1974`?

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Requires everyone at work (including surveyors) to do that which is reasonably within their control to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.

(This embraces passive as well as active responses –
including the failure to warn or act.)

33
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If asbestos is found during an inspection should you warn someone?

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Yes inform the person in charge of the premises - if, during the course of an inspection, a surveyor identifies or reasonably suspects the presence of materials that may contain asbestos, and the risk to health is considered to be serious and immediate, this should be reported irrespective of the scope and conditions of engagement.

34
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What happens if you fail to report the presence of asbestos?

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Depending on the circumstances, failure to carry out this duty could result in the criminal prosecution of the surveyor or the latter’s client, as appropriate.

35
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Is there a requirement to carry out a Asbestos Management Survey?

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Yes under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

and

specifically under CAR 2012, REGULATION 4.

36
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What are the ‘Employer’s duties under CAR 2012?

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Provide Information and Manage…..

Asbestos Report
Prevent Exposure
Reduce Exposure
Remove

37
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Is an asbestos licence required for the removal of asbestos?

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No not in all cases refer to the HSE guidance online regarding this.

38
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Tell me about the duty holder under CAR 2012?

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The ‘dutyholder’ responsible for the management
of asbestos in non-domestic premises, as set out in
Regulation 4(1) of CAR 2012, is ‘every person who,
by virtue of a contract or tenancy, has an obligation
for the repair or maintenance of those premises,
or, in the absence of such, the control of those
premises or access thereto or egress there from.

Duty holders incl landlords, managing agents, tenants, occupants.

39
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Does regulation 4(1) apply to domestic (private) property?

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No.

But HASWA Regulation 7 applies to people carrying out work in domestic properties.

40
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What are the duties under Regulation 4 of CAR 2012?

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Management - Provide, Use and Maintain information.

Co-operate
Locate ACMs
Risk Assessment
Prepare Management Plan
Review and monitor
Provide information to others
41
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What is Regulation 11 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999?

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It requires employers who share a workplace to co-operate in order to comply with the relevant statutory provisions

42
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Can responsibility be delegated?

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As a general point of health and safety law, legal
responsibility cannot be delegated. Therefore,
if a dutyholder – for example, a landlord with
full repairing obligations – employs a managing
agent or a contractor to take over this contractual
responsibility, both parties will be deemed to
be the dutyholders, and either or both can
be prosecuted for contravention of any of the
provisions of CAR

43
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When was asbestos banned?

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Crocidolite (blue) 1985
Amosite (Brown) 1992
Chrysotile (white) 1999

44
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What should you be aware of when carrying out a reinstatement cost assessment with ACM’s present.

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If it is necessary to replace damaged components
that contain asbestos, for example, corrugated
asbestos cement sheeting to the walls and roofs
of industrial buildings, surveyors should note that
since 1999 it has been illegal to purchase and use
material containing any form of asbestos. (There
are a few exceptions, such as specialist filters
used in laboratories and scientific institutions, but
generally these are outside of the scope of the
majority of buildings that surveyors regularly cover.)

Asbestos materials have numerous qualities and
the original components may have been providing
a number of different and separate functions, such
as fire protection and thermal and sound insulation.
It may be difficult to find a suitable replacement
material with all of the required qualities, and a
combination of various materials or components
may therefore be necessary.

However, substitute materials may lack the
strength and qualities of the original components.
For example, some mineral fibre (asbestos-free)
roof cladding is up to 15 per cent weaker than
the original asbestos. The supporting structure
may therefore need to be adapted or redesigned
to account for this. There may also be difficulty in
finding compatible replacement materials, such
as matching profiles of corrugated cladding or
sheeting, although manufacturers have developed
replacements for the more common types.

45
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When did Asbestos start being used in construction?

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It is highly unlikely that buildings constructed prior to 1800 will have had asbestos materials incorporated as part of their original design. However, ACMs may have been added during their lifetime, as part of structural alterations, general refurbishment or the replacement of services installations, in the form of fire protection or thermal or sound insulation. Consequently, unless it can be guaranteed that the historic building is entirely original, it cannot be assumed that it is free of asbestos, and care should be taken when inspecting, repairing, altering or demolishing it.

46
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What should you do if ACM’s have previously been removed from a building?

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Where it is known that ACMs have previously
been removed, it should not be assumed that all
materials have been addressed, or that the work
was undertaken properly. Surveyors should be
aware of the potential of some concealed debris
remaining, particularly where sprayed insulation
coatings are involved.

47
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When should asbestos be removed in a project?

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Except in exceptional circumstances, asbestos
removal or treatment works should be carried out in
advance of other building operations. Where this is
not feasible, great care should be taken to manage
the risks arising from the concurrent operations.

48
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Why are Tax and Asbestos related?

A

RICS members should be aware that tax relief is
currently available under certain circumstances in
respect of works that are carried out in relation to
asbestos.

49
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When can you avoid talking about the presence of asbestos or not?

A

Legal advisers to RICS suggest that the only way
in which a surveyor can avoid the need for any
mention of asbestos during an inspection of a
property is if this is a specific requirement of, or
has been agreed with, the client. This would always
be on the understanding that the client has either
already appointed or will appoint another party,
perhaps a specialist (asbestos surveyor) to conduct
an asbestos inspection and provide the necessary
specialist advice. Such an agreement should be
confirmed in writing with the client in the terms of
engagement so that both parties are fully aware of
the fact that asbestos will not be mentioned in the
final report.

Irrespective of this, however, the surveyor has
overriding obligations imposed by the Health
and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated
general health and safety Regulations, and is
under a general duty to warn of potential danger
(see section 3, Surveyors’ responsibilities).
Consequently, where a surveyor identifies
suspected or actual asbestos or associated
contamination during the course of an inspection,
which in his or her opinion presents an immediate
significant actual or potential health risk, the
surveyor should report it on a duty to warn
basis. This should be done no matter terms of
engagement that apply and the assumptions that
have been agreed.

50
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Building constructed in 2000 or after?

A

As the use of any form of asbestos was effectively
prohibited in 1999, any building whose construction
commenced after 2000 can reasonably be
presumed not to contain asbestos, and a written
record of such is sufficient. Similarly, unless there is
evidence to the contrary, any building constructed
prior to this date should be suspected of containing
at least some form of ACM until proven otherwise

51
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What are the presumptions under Regulation 5 of CAR 2006?

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Unless there is reasonable evidence to the contrary, there is a requirement to presume that a material contains asbestos and to manage it accordingly.

Another requirement is to presume that the asbestos present is not chrysotile (white asbestos) alone, i.e. that it is of a type, or a mixture of types, that is considered to present a greater risk to health than white asbestos alone.

52
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Why was CAR 2012 practices implemented in a residential project?

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The majority of the legislation concerning asbestos arises from the parent enabling act, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and is thus confined to workplaces (i.e. non-domestic premises).

The Act and the Regulations that flow from it do not apply to the fabric, structure and services of domestic premises, namely ‘a private dwelling in which a person lives’. They do, however, apply to any work activity that takes place there, for example, work undertaken by a builder, plumber or electrician or SURVEYOR!!.

53
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If asbestos is identified what actions can you undertake to the material?

A

Remove
Encapsulate
Leave in place (if safe)
Environmental clean

54
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What are the important Parts of the CAR 2012?

A

Part 2 - Requirements:
Regulation 4 - Duty to manage in non-domestic premises
Regulation 5 - Identification
Regulation 10 - Information, Instruction and Training
Regulation 15 - Arrangements to deal with accidents, incidents or emergencies

55
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What are the penalties of non-compliance with CAR 2012?

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Magistrates and lower courts are up to £20,000 and broadens the range of offences for which an individual can be imprisoned.

Crown court is an unlimited fine and/or imprisonment for up to two years.

In addition, employees may be liable for substantial
damages claims under civil law, and managers may
be permanently disqualified from being directors of
any company.

56
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What is the aim of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?

A

To secure the Health, safety and wellbeing of all people at work.

To protect people against risks from work activities.

57
Q

What does the Management of Health and Safety at Work act 1999 do?

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Placed a duty on employers to assess and manage risks to their employees and others, arising from work activities.

58
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How do employers manage the health and safety of their employees, as per the Management of health and Safety at Work Act 1999?

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Through the Risk Assessments and Method Statements.

Ensuring that employees understand THEIR obligations relating to their health and safety.

59
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What is a Method Statement?

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A document detailing how a particular task or activity will be carried out. It should detail the possible risks/dangers, and the methods of control established to show how the work will be managed safely.

60
Q

Who manages complaints at the RICS?

A

Head of regulation

61
Q

What section is the Visiting Premises or Sites in the Surveying Safely guidance note?

A

Section 6.

62
Q

What’s included in the check list to consider in surveying safely?

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Travel
Lone working
Property condition
Occupation
Activity
Roofs 
High structures
etc...

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