Into STC SA Flashcards
What are the Function of a Management system?
• Planning: You cannot achieve what you do not plan. That is why the ability to plan is at the forefront of the management function.
• Organizing: Management needs to ensure that there are sound structures in place.
• Leading: Leadership is a key requisite in any management function.
• Controlling: Management needs to be in control
(POLC)
Who is needed in a Management system?
In short, everyone – to varying degrees, perhaps, yes, but still – everyone is needed to make an HSE management system successful
What are the responsibility of Management (Employer)?
Management must ensure that:
• a meaningful HSE policy is developed
• a framework is established, in the form of a formal structured HSE system covering all the basic areas of compliance, with the appropriate standards to be adopted, together with legislative requirements, other requirements and relevant areas of risk assessment and control
• risk assessments are conducted and standards developed
• HSE appointments are made according to legal requirements, for example, HSE representatives and committee members, as well as non-legal appointments, for example, HSE management system requirements
• the system is established and maintained on a basis of continuous improvement
• the necessary training and education schedules are implemented
• employees are consulted and made aware of the HSE system requirements and the role they play in its effective implementation and success
• reporting and investigation procedures are established
•fund ing (the budget) is available to ensure that HSE targets and requirements are attained and maintained.
What are the Employee’s responsibly in a management system?
- All employees should take responsibility for occupational health, safety and the environment.
- Employees should ensure that they are aware of, and understand, theprinciples, philosophy and importance of a comprehensive HSE system.
- Employees should participate in identifying and reporting hazards and risks in the workplace.
- Employees must co-operate and adhere to all HSE policies, procedures, directives and other aspects of the HSE system to ensure everyone’s adherence to HSE requirements.
Define Ambit?
A sphere of operation or influence, range, scope: the ambit of such an action. One speaks of a particular issue being within the ambit of the law.
Define Liability?
The state of being legally responsible for a certain act (what you did) or omission (what you did not do).
Define Vicarious liability?
This legal principle applies where the law holds one person liable for the actions or omissions of another, when they are engaged in some form of joint or collective activity; for example, the chief executive officer (CEO) is held responsible for the actions of an employee.
Define Delict?
Misdemeanour; an offence. In South Africa, it derives from Roman and civil law. It is a civil wrong (i.e. not a crime and one that occurs between two or more people or two or more ‘parties’), which may require compensation or some other form of redress in order for the wrong to be addressed and corrected.
What is the difference between an Act and a Regulation?
- An act is usually passed by Parliament. Acts set out the broad legal/policy principles.
- Regulations, rules, and codes are commonly known as subsidiary legislation. They fill in detailed procedures left out of the act and are known to be ‘pursuant’ (applicable) to that act. Regulations are the guidelines that dictate how specific provisions of the act (to which they are pursuant) should be applied. They may also contain pro forma official forms that are required under the act. Regulations and schedules to Acts can only be amended by a notice published in the Government Gazette.
What is the correct way of referring to a section of an act?
s24(1)(c)(i), is as follows:
• Refer to the number of the section – 24
• This is followed by the subsection – (1)
• Next comes the paragraph – (c)
• Finally, provide the subparagraph – (i)
How many Sections are there in the OSH Act 85 of 1993?
50
Define Employer?
Someone who provides work to a person (employs) and remunerates that person for the work done
Define Employee?
Any person who is employed and receives remuneration for any work they have performed
Define Hazard?
A source of exposure to a potential danger
Define Danger?
Anything that may cause injury or damage to persons or property
Define Incident?
An undesirable event that takes place because the necessary HSE controls were not in place or failed. An incident causes an injury, illness or disease, or damage to plant
Define Reasonably practicable?
Appropriate steps must be taken, but they must also take the following into account:
- The size and type of hazard or risk
- The knowledge that is available to find a solution
- Suitable means and availability to remove the risk or hazard
- The costs involved in relation to the benefits (budget)
What are the employers duties in accordance to Section 8 of the OSH Act?
- maintain a safe and risk free work environment
- ensure that all machinery operated is maintained and kept safe and risk free
- reduce any hazard to the best of their ability before resorting to PPE
- ensure that the production, handling, processing, use, storage or transport of substances is safe and risk-free
- understand all hazards and the measures that should be taken to protect all on a site from such hazards
- provide all the information, instruction, training and supervision relating to the health and safety of employees at work
- prevent any work from being done unless all precautionary measures have been taken
- ensure that all persons comply with the Act while on the premises
- enforce any procedures or other measures required to ensure the health and safety of all in the workplace
- inform all employees of the scope of their authority.
What is the 16.1 appointment?
A MANDATORY APPOINTMENT: THE OHSA 16(1) APPOINTEE (THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO))
In terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, section 16(1) designates the CEO with the responsibility and liability to ensure that the duties imposed on the employer are properly discharged. The CEO is to implement an occupational health and safety management system, which will give effect to the provisions within the Act.
What is the 16.2 appointment?
A MANDATORY APPOINTMENT: OHSA16(2) DESIGNATE/ASSIGNEE
The CEO may assign some or all of his/her s16(1) duties and functions to another person, namely an assignee or assignees who must:
• still be subject to the CEO’s direction and control
• manage that which the CEO is not physically/logistically able to do (that is why many organisations have more than one s16(2), with one or more people for a given site, process or division, all at the discretion of the CEO and according to the practical needs of the organisation)
• provide feedback to the CEO on occupational health and safety matters.
Although the designate/assignee in terms of section 16(2) plays a very important function as per the OHS Act, and assumes the specific CEO’s OHS duties and responsibilities as assigned by the CEO, the CEO still remains ultimately accountable for compliance.
What is the GMR2 Appointment?
The employer shall appoint a competent supervisor of machinery GMR 2(1):
• For all machinery on a site
• Seen as possibly the ‘third-most important OHS Act appointment’ after the 16(1) and 16(2)
What is the CR8(1) appointment?
Construction Manager
What is the CR8(2) appointment?
Construction Manager Assistant
What is the CR16(1) appointment?
Scaffold Supervisor