Level 2 Health & Safety

Question 1

Asbestos

Answer 1

Legal requirements and best practice for property professionals and clients.

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

Banned in 1999

Question 2

3 Types of Asbestos

Answer 2

Crocidolite: straight blue fibres, most lethal
Amosite: Brown, second most common and second deadliest
Chrysotile: Long, curly, white & most common.

Question 3

Different types of asbestos survey available

Answer 3

Asbestos management survey: to manage ACMS during the normal occupation of the premises.
Refurbishment/ Demolition Survey: Required where the premises or part of it need upgrading, refurbishment or demolition

Question 4

Where is asbestos found in older buildings?

Answer 4

Cement gutters and downpipes
Corrugated roofs
Insulated boards
Laggings
Textiles

Question 5

Asbestos management plan

Answer 5

Crucial document designed to register and detail how asbestos will be managed in a propert and what activities will be engaged to ensure people remain safe.
- States responsibilities
- Identifies type and location
- Plans for work on asbestos material
- The schedule for monitoring the materials conditions.

Remove: Encapsulate: Manage

Question 6

Main health hazards from asbestos?

Answer 6

Asbestosis: A chronic lung disease that can cause shortness of breath, coughing and permanent lung damage
Lung Cancer:
Mesothiloma: A cancer of thin membranes lining the chest and abdomen.

Question 7

What is an F10?

Answer 7

Used to notify the HSE of the Project.

Question 8

What’s included in the F10?

Answer 8

• Address
• Name of local authority, where the site is located
• Brief description of the project
• Contact detail for client, principle designer and principle conrtactor
• Programme

Question 9

What measures did you take to ensure good standards of H&S are included when delivering the project?

Answer 9

• Preparing works risk assessments
• Wearing PPE
• Adhering to contractor’s site rules
• Attending site inductions
• Discussing H&S at meetings
• Cooperating with the Pricniple Designer.

Question 10

RICS Guidance

Answer 10

Surveying Safely 2nd Edition
Sets out basic and good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS regulations. It sets out principles for those engaged in the build evironment.

Question 11

When is a project notifiable?

Answer 11

• Lasts longer than 30 days or more than 20 workers on site
• Exceed 500 person days

Question 12

How is Asbestos Removed?

Answer 12

1. Notify the HSE online
2. Obtain a licence for removal from HSE
3. Appoint an UKAS accredited contractor
4. Commence removal works
5. Enclosure / decontamination

Question 13

What if you saw unsafe practice on site?

Answer 13

Report to the site manager

Question 14

What are your and your client’s responsibilities

Answer 14

My responsiblity is to inform the client of their responsibilities
1. Provide pre-construction info
2. Appoint PD and PC with suitable skills, knowledge and experience and ensure they comply with their duties
3. Ensure consruction phase H&S plan is in place
4. Retain Health & Safety File

Question 15

What is the HSE? Health and Safety Executive?

Answer 15

A national independent watchdog for work, related health, safety and illness
It acts in the public interest to reduce work related death and serious injury across great britain