Surveying Safely Guidance Note Flashcards
What is the purpose of the Surveying Safely Guidance note?
Set out:
Basic, good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS-regulated firms and RICS Members.
Health and safety responsibilities at an individual and corporate level.
What are the key contents of the surveying safely guidance note?
The concept of a safe person
Lone working
Risk assessments
PPE
What are the responsibilities of the individual?
VATPAC
Vigilance: remaining vigilant, at all times, for their own safety and that of colleagues and others
Awareness: being able to recognise their own abilities and limitations and
Teamwork: being an effective member of a team
Performance: being competent to perform their work safely (including understanding the limits of their competence (skills, knowledge and experience)
Adaptability: being able to recognise and adapt to changing circumstances at all times
Control: being able and prepared to work within accepted or designated systems of work
Explain the concept of a safe person?
A person assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work.
It seeks to ensure that individuals accept responsibility for their own actions and they have the tools they need to do their job safely.
What the organisations responsibilities?
STEPSIS
Selection: capable and competent
Training: knowledge of hazards
Equipment: suitable equipment
Personal Protective Equipment
Safe Systems of Work
Information: providing information on risks and control measures
Instruction: clear instruction
Supervision: supporting staff with clear lines of communication.
What is hazard?
A hazard is something with the potential to cause harm to someone. The harm could be an injury or ill health.
What is a risk?
The likelihood of that harm ocurring.
How would you undertake a risk assessment?
Identify the hazards
Identify who might be harmed and how
Evaluate the risk and decide on precautions
Record findings and implement them
Review the assessment and update
Could you outline the hierarchy of risk control?
Elimination
Substitution - changing materials or methods
Engineering Controls - equipment such as safety controls
Administrative Controls - safe systems of work e.g reducing need for lone working
PPE
How do you calculate risk?
Risk = severity of outcome x likelihood of occurrence
What is a dynamic risk assessment?
It effectively requires the worker to continually re-evaluate the work, the working environment, and the competence of themselves and others to continue with the work activity.
What is occupational hygiene?
The discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment.
Occupational health considers the physical and mental effects of work on health (including health issues that develop over time, referred to as ‘chronic’)
When is hearing protection required?
over 80db
What should you consider when evaluating the risk of fire in a building?
The construction and composition of materials
Any passive fire protection measures and their integrity
The occupants and who is at risk
The fire loading - combustible materials
Any active fire precautions, such as fire and smoke detection and suppression.
Provision of emergency escape
Risk of fire spread from adjacent buildings
What is included in a fire safety management plan?
Maintenance regime for fire related plant and equipment
Emergency evacuation plan
Adequate information provided to emergency services
Training of people
What are the three types of Asbestos?
Crocidilite - High risk
Amosite - High risk
Chrysolite - Medium risk
When is an asbestos management survey required?
This is required on any non-domestic buildings or shared parts of domestic buildings built pre 2000.
What options are there for dealing with asbestos?
Mark and Manage (annual inspections)
Encapsulate (over-paint)
Remove
What should you do if you discover asbestos?
- Stop working immediately, put up a warning sign and ensure the areas is isolated.
- Undertake sample or presume it contains the worst type of asbestos and remove/isolate using a licenced contractor
- Update the asbestos management plan
What are the four requirements that an RICS member needs to follow to ensure that the have effective control?
- Ensure Contractors are Competent
- Membership of a professional body
- Insurance: Employers Liability, Public Liability, Professional Indemnity
- References from current or recent employers
What are RAMS?
Risk Assessment and Method Statement.
What should be included in a method statement?
Site set-up requirements and security arrangements
Site safety, fire and emergency arrangements
Reference to controls that need to be put in place
Reference to the risk assessment
The equipment required and how it should be transported, delivered, unloaded and stored
Any specific sequence that has to be followed to complete the works
Arrangements for disposal or waste
Checks to be carried out before leaving the site
What should an RICS member be aware of when monitoring site?
Evidence that:
Site rules are being adhered to
RAMS are being followed
Permits to work are being adhered to
Individuals working on site are competent to do so
There is management supervision
Waste is being managed and equipment stored appropriately
Before visiting site, what should you consider?
Should carry out pre-assessment of the hazards and risks likely to be encountered.
Travel
Condition - what’s the condition of the property
Occupation - is it derelict, what is it being used for? Squatters?
Activity – what is the nature of the property and what takes place there?
High structures - are there high structures and how can these be accessed safely? Check date tag if going on scaffolding.
Tell someone where you are going and when you leave the building/site.
PPE - wear appropriate protective clothing
Lone working - consider whether safe to work alone or consider special lone working arrangements
What might you consider before lone working?
Know your firm specific requirements / procedures
Is lone working a safe option? What provisions are made for an emergency?
Is the site likely to have mobile signal?
Who has recorded where the lone worker is an when to expect them back in the office or at home?
Have arrangements been made for regular ‘check-in’ calls?
How would a rescue be achieved?
What sort of things might you consider when undertaking a dynamic risk assessment?
Structural stability
Sharp objects
Roofs – fragile? Unprotected openings? Low parapets? Rotten deck?
Unsafe atmospheres – confined spaces with insufficient oxygen such as man holes
Live and unsecured services
Slip and trip hazards
Falls from height – using ladders, unprotected edges?
Hidden openings – missing covers to manholes, surfaces concealed by debris, badly lit areas
Contamination – asbestos, chemical leak
