Inspection Flashcards
What are personal responsibilities?
Ensuring to stick to corporate policies/ up to date training, responding appropriately.
What is the ‘safe person’ concept?
Each individual assumes individual behavioural
responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work.
What are corporate responsibilities?
Training is in place, providing a safe work place and equipment, competent staff, safe systems of work, staff responsible for policies and procedures in place, firm has a health and safety policy statement setting down objectives and arrangements.
Describe the desk-based / pre inspection risk assessment you would undertake prior to embarking on an inspection?
Pre-assessment of the likely hazards to be encountered, this can follow a generic inspection checklist guide for the firm whereby as much information as possible is collected from the client or management of the site.
Have a checklist in place: Checklist in place Travel Lone working Condition of property Occupation of site Activity on site Site rules Roofs Heights Dangerous substances Diseases Equipment
Other than pre-assessment checks, what else does Surveying Safely suggest you should do to keep safe on site?
Be aware of what to look for regarding structural instabilities
look out for glass, timbers and sharp objects
avoid going on roofs unless safe to do so
vigilant of unsecured services such as cables, gas, water
falls from height
slip and trip
condoms, needles and crack
contamination – asbestos, leads, chemicals leaking
weather
vermin
What guidance covers surveying safely? and what is its document status?
Surveying safely: health and safety for property professionals 2nd Edition November 2019
GUIDANCE NOTE
What steps does a risk assessment follow?
- identify the hazards
- decide who might be harmed and how
- evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
- record the findings and implement them
- review the assessment and update if necessary and
- advise all those affected of the outcome of the
assessment and methods of work, or other control
measures necessary, to minimise or eliminate risk.
Give some examples of what could
- exposed to excess noise or vibration
- exposed to toxic/hazardous materials
- required to drive for extended periods
- lone working
- working close to vehicles
- working close to fast-flowing/deep water or
- working in any number of other environments where the likelihood of risk and consequences of harm could increase substantially.
What is the Hierarchy of risk control?
Elimination - redesign the activity
Substitution - replace the planned work process
Engineering controls - install additional machinery to prevent dust etc
Admin controls - reduce the need for lone working
PPE - Only after all the previous measures have been tried and found ineffective in
controlling risks to a reasonably practicable level must personal protective equipment
(PPE) be used.
What is dynamic risk assessment?
The situation on the day may change.
Is the activity still safe to continue?
Is the working environment still safe for the activity to continue?
Are all those working still within their limit of competence (skills, knowledge and experience)?
If not, they should assume the authority to remove themselves and their colleagues from danger.
Are there appropriate control measures in place?
Can everyone still get to a place of safety in an emergency?
Other than PPE, what else do you take on inspection?
o Mobile o Camera o Laser o Pen, paper o Supporting documents or plans
What scale is a Registered Title Plan?
1:1250
