Surveying Safely Flashcards
What is the guidance note which sets out basic, good practice principles for the management of health and safety.
Surveying safely: health and safety principles for property professionals, 2nd edition
What is the purpose of the surveying safely guidance note?
- Sets out basic, good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS members and firms.
- Principles for those involved with the property professionals and includes H&S responsibilities at:
- A corporate level; and
- An individual level
What is the publication status of surveying safely?
Guidance note
What are the 9 sub-headings of the surveying safely guidance note?
- Responsibilities for RICS members and firms
- Relevance to RICS professional groups
- Assessing hazards and risks
- Places of work
- Occupational hygiene and health
- Visiting premises or sites
- Fire safety
- Residential property surveying
- General procurement and management of contractors
What is the safe person concept?
That each individual assumes individual behavioral responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others’ health and safety while at work.
According to the surveying safely guidance note, what must firms provide to ensure health, safety and welfare?
- A safe working environment
- Safe work equipment
- Safe systems of work
- Competent staff
What is the hierarchy of risk control?
- Elimination
- Substitution
- Engineering controls
- Administrative controls
- PPE
What is a dynamic risk assessment?
Requires a worker to continually re-evaluate the work/environment/themselves/others to continue with work activity.
According to the surveying safely guidance note, what is a place of work?
A ‘place of work’ is a physical location where general workrelated activity is undertaken, as opposed to a ‘workplace’ which, for the purposes of this guidance note, is defined as
the actual point where the work is executed (e.g. a desk)
What is occupational hygiene?
Uses science and engineering to identify and control exposure to harmful agents in the workplace that cause ill health.
What is occupational health?
Considers the physical and mental effects of work on health and assists an RICS-regulated firm in ensuring its employees are fit for their work through health assessment, promotion, maintenance and surveillance.
What sshould a health and safety management system include?
- work-related stress
- health, well-being and mental health
- violence, bullying and harassment
- alcohol and drug misuse
- musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
- repetitive strain injuries (RSIs)
- noise-induced hearing damage
- asbestos
- hazardous substances
- cancer and other potentially relevant diseases
- biosecurity
- new and expectant mothers
- sun protection
- environmental factors
- health monitoring and health surveillance and
- hand–arm vibration syndrome.
