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Health and safety Flashcards

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Can you tell me about the RICS guidance note on safety including it’s name, what is on the front cover and structure?

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  1. This is the Surveying safely 2018 RICS guidance note effective from 2019 (last year).
  2. There is a giants causeway on the cover.
  3. Provides basic principles of GOOD PRACTICE for the management of health and safety for RICS regulated firms
  4. It is structured as follows:
    1. Personal responsibilities (firms and members)
    2. Assessing hazards and risks
    3. Workplace Health and safety
    4. Occupational Hygiene and Health
    5. Visiting premises and sites
    6. Fire Safety
    7. Residential Property surveying
    8. Procurement and management of contractors
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What must RICS regulated firms provide in terms of health and safety?

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  1. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONEMNT
  2. SAFE WORK EQUIPMENT
  3. SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK
  4. COMPETENT STAFF
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What health and safety legilslation are you aware of?

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The two main ones are

  1. The Health and safety at Work Act 1974
    1. the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain
    2. It sets out the general duties which:
      1. employers have towards employees and members of the public
      2. employees have to themselves and to each other
      3. certain self-employed have towards themselves and others
  2. Construction Design Management Regulations CDM 2015

Other’s Include:

  1. Fire Risk Managment Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005
    1. This is legislation to provide a minimum fire safety standard in all non-domestic premises (with a few exceptions) in England and Wales.
  2. This is legislation to provide a minimum fire safety standard in all non-domestic premises (with a few exceptions)
  3. Control of Asbestos Act CAR 2012
    1. requires the dutyholder to manage the risk of asbestos
  4. Reporting of injuries, diseases and dagenrous occurances Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
    1. Requires the correct reporting of near misses and certain injuries and incidents occuring at work
  5. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
    1. The Act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have to themselves and to each other. RISK ASSESSMENTS
    2. made to enforce
  6. Health and safety offences at 2008
  7. Occupiers Liability 1957
  8. Corporate Liability Act 1957
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What is the hierachy of risk controls aka the General Principles of Prevention?

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Hierachy of risk controls aka the General Principles of Prevention?

  1. ELIMINATE
    1. Redesign the job or substitute a substance so that the hazard is removed or eliminated.
    2. For example, dutyholders must avoid working at height where they can.
  2. SUBSITUTION
    1. Replace the material or process with a less hazardous one.
    2. For example, use a small MEWP to access work at height instead of step ladders.
    3. Care should be taken to ensure the alternative is safer than the original.
  3. ENGINEERING CONTROLS
    1. Use work equipment or other measures to prevent falls where you cannot avoid working at height.
    2. Install or use additional machinery such as local exhaust ventilation to control risks from dust or fume.
    3. Separate the hazard from operators by methods such as enclosing or guarding dangerous items of machinery/equipment.
    4. Give priority to measures which protect collectively over individual measures.
  4. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
    1. These are all about identifying and implementing the procedures you need to work safely.
    2. For example: reducing the time workers are exposed to hazards (eg by job rotation);
    3. prohibiting use of mobile phones in hazardous areas;
    4. increasing safety signage, and performing risk assessments.
  5. PPE
    1. clothes and equipment 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.
    2. For example, where you cannot eliminate the risk of a fall, use work equipment or other measures to minimise the distance and consequences of a fall (should one occur).
    3. If chosen, PPE should be selected and fitted by the person who uses it. Workers must be trained in the function and limitation of each item of PPE.
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What are the main duties imposed on employers under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999?

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  1. The need to carry out Risk Assessments to ensure the safety of their employees or anyone else who may be affected by their work.
  2. If they employ 5 or more people, then any significant findings need to be written and recorded;
  3. To always apply and adhere to the General Principles of Prevention, sometimes known as the Hierarchy of Risk Control
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What does RICS consider a safe person

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  • An individual who assumes responsbility for their own behaviour and their colleagues and others health and safety whilst at work.
  • Individuaks must accept responsbility for their actions and have the correct tools to do their job
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What are the main risks in your job?

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In the office

  1. Stress
  2. dislay screen equipement
  3. Slips and trips
  4. Illness

Onsite

  1. Lone working (Suzy lamperugh)
  2. Working at height
  3. Asbestos
  4. Slips and trips
  5. Exposed services
  6. Falling objects.
  7. Fragile surfaces/collapse
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How would you carry out an inspection safely?

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  1. Assess low medium or high risk
  2. Consider how to mititage any risks
  3. consider if any PPE required.
  4. diarise the appointment
  5. Provide as much detail as possible full addresses, who meeting, when should be bacl
  6. inform colleague - secretary , if high risk - director.
  7. Take a charged mobile phone
  8. Lone working app
  9. Do a background research if meeting and may be high risk
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What things can you or your firm do as a surveyor to keep safe?

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  1. Assess the hazards and risks
  2. occupational health
  3. lone working - check safe,tell someone where you going
  4. ensure appropriate PPE
  5. Site induction
  6. CDM 2015 for construction work
  7. Non slip shoes - appropriate clothes
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Tell me about the health and safety at work act?

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It sets out the general duties which:

  • the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain
  • Sets out the duties on health safety and welfare that:
  1. employers have towards employees and members of the public
  2. employees have to themselves and to each other
  3. certain self-employed have towards themselves and others
  4. ALL AS FAR AS REASONABLE PRACTIBLE
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What are the penalties for non compliance with the health and safety at work act 1974

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IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE!

ENFORCED BY HSE

Improvement or Prohibition notice

PROSECUTION:

  1. fine
  2. imprisonment

YOU ALSO MIGHT RECIEVE A CIVIL ACTION IF AN EMPLOYEE IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE

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What is a hazard?

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Anything with the potential to cause harm such as a wet floor.

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What is a risk?

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The probability that someone will be harmed by a hazard for example slipping on a wet floor - quite likley unless you warn them with signage.

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Where would you find detailed h and s information on site?

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Operations and maintenance manual, asbestos register, health and safety folders, site office.

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What is a risk assessment and why do you need it?

How would you produce a risk assesment?

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A risk assessment is a document which identifies the hazards and the risk of them causing harm. It determines appropriate ways to eliminate the hazard, or control the risk when the hazard cannot be eliminated

IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR AN EMPLOYER WITH 5+ EMPLOYEES TO CARRY OUT RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR ALL DOCUMENTED ACTIVITIES AND IDENTIFIED HAZARDS.

5 step approach:

  1. identify hazards
  2. identify people at risk
  3. evaluate the risk (likelihood of accidents and exisiting controls)
  4. Record findings (HSE example forms)
  5. Review it regularly.
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What is a method statement

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This is a document I would typically receive from a contract which states how a work task is to be completed and which needs approval before the works can begin.

I would usually see it together with a risk assessment for the works together they are called RAMs.

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What insurance do you require from your contractor before they start work?

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  • Contractors all risks
  • public liability insurance
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  1. What is a health and safety policy?
  2. Why do you need it?
  3. What does it need to include?
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WHAT?

  1. A health and safety policy is a writte document which sets out a companies comittement to health and safety

WHY?

  1. It is legally required if an employer has more than 5 employees
  2. HOW?
  3. Details of H and S structure (roles and responsbilities)
  4. Risk assessment
  5. Planning and implementation of the H and S policy
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What is the six pack regulations for employers?

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  1. management of health and safety at work
  2. display screen equipment
  3. manual handling
  4. PPE at work
  5. Provision and use of work equipment
  6. workplace health safety and welfare 1992
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Can you tell me about the fire risk maanagemnt regulatory reform (fire safety) order 2005?

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WHAT

This is legislation to provide a minimum fire safety standard in all non-domestic premises (with a few exceptions) in England and Wales.

  1. Requires to risk assess to prevent fire
  2. Responsble person is the employer or person who controls the property or owner if vacant
  3. Good Record Keeping
  4. Regular reviews of risk assessments recorded
  5. Reasonable fire prevention methods
    1. Detection
    2. warning alarm
    3. fire fighting equipment
    4. safe exit routes
    5. PEEPs personal evacuation plan
    6. Emergency lighting
    7. Signage
    8. Fire doors
  6. PART B building regulations also includes some of the above.
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What are the exmpetions to the Regulatory reform fire safety order

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  1. There are 7; 3 examples are:
    1. Domestic premises
    2. Mines
    3. A ship
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Do you know about the Hackitt Review?

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The Hackitt Review:

  1. Led by dame judith hackitt
  2. May 2018
  3. Grenfell diaster
  4. independent review of building regulations and dire safety
  5. called ‘building a better future’
  6. Made over 50 regulations for a robust regulatory system including
    1. Ban on combustible cladding in buildigns over 18m.
    2. Upgrade building standards and guidance
    3. New legislation expected
    4. new regulatory body (single joint authority) to regulate fire ans structural safety)
    5. more enforcement powers
  7. Some of those who construct buildings treat the minimum standards in the Approved Documents as a high bar to be negotiated down, rather than genuinely owning the principles of a safe building and meeting the outcomes set out in the regulations “
  8. Criticisms -
    1. Didnt ban combustible cladding
    2. Didnt ban desktop surveys
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Who are the IFSS?

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  • The International fire safety standards
  • Supported by RICS
  • Global standards for fire safety in design construction and management of buildings
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What is the RICS doing following Grenfell?

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  1. Working with other bodies to advise the government
  2. Advice to members that owners, landlords and mangers must have RAs
  3. RICS issued Existing high rise building fire safety guidance October 2017 shortly after the fire in June 2017.
  4. Website is always beign updated with new info
  5. RICS responded to the governemnts call for feedback on effectiveness of the RRO 2005.
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What is RIDDOR?

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Reporting of injuries, diseases and dagenrous occurances Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)

  • Requires the correct reporting of near misses and certain injuries and incidents occuring at work
  • TRIGGER 7 DAYS INCAPACITATION
  • Injury reported HSE 15 days of date of the accident.
  • 3 day + injuries employer must keep a record.
  • encourages companies to monitor their own accident rates more effectively - effects reputation
  • Keep accident log 3 years after the accident
  • EXAMPLE - Regent’s place slip resistance pendulum testing (BS) and coatings, metal mesh wrap, basement car park ventilation.
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What is the corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide act 2007?

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  • Gross breach of duty of care by a corporrate body leading to death
  • Fine, imprisonment, disqualification of company directors
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What is the Occupiers liability Act 1957

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  • Regulates liability of occupiers for injuries o lawful visitor, under the act they owe them a duty of care
  • Landlords may also be liable
  • trespassers are covered by the Occupiers liability act 1984 e.g. danger fragile roof
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What is asbestos and what are the types?

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  • A mined mineral which has good insulating properties but is hazardous to health as it is carinogenic and affects the lungs.
  • In its friable state it releases fibres
  • Causes mesophilioma
  • 3 types
    • blue crocidolite banned 1985
    • brown amostie banned 1985
    • White chrysotile banned 1999
  • Statutotry duty to mangae asbestos under CAR 2012.
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How many obligations under the CAR 2012?

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  1. duty holder (owner if vacant, tenant if repairing lease)
  2. employer
  3. Non compliance is a criminal offence
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Explain about licensend and non lincensed and notifiable and non notifable works

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There is a very good flow chart on the HSE A0 task sheet which helps to determine if it is licensed or not.

Non licensed Notifiable

Asbestos cement sheets which are fragmented damaged e.g. from a fire.

Non licnesned and non notifiable:

  1. Asbestos cement sheets (unless damanged then notifiable)

Licensed work

  1. Asbestos lagging
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What are the two types of asbestos survey?

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  1. Management
    1. locate asbestos and assess it
    2. ADvise on its management during normal occupation and use
    3. No sampling of materials or analysis undertaken???
  2. R and D
    1. where part or all the premises require upgrade refurbishment or demolition
    2. Recommendations are made regarding their management
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What must the duty holder do under CAR 2012 and what happens if they fail in their duty?

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  1. Locate take reasonable steps to find out if there are materials containing asbestos: its amount, where it is and what condition it is in
  2. Presume materials contain asbestos unless there is strong evidence that they do not
  3. Asbestos Register make, and keep up-to-date, a record of the location and condition of the asbestos- containing materials - or materials which are presumed to contain asbestos
  4. Risk assessment assess the risk of anyone being exposed to fibres from the materials identified
  5. Management Plan prepare a plan that sets out in detail how the risks from these materials will be managed
  6. Action take the necessary steps to put the plan into action
  7. Review and monitor periodically (6months) the plan and the arrangements to act on it so that the plan remains relevant and up-to-date
  8. Inform others - provide information on the location and condition of the materials to anyone who is liable to work on or disturb them

Health and safety offences Act 2008

Defence to prove tool all reasonable precautions and excericed due diligenece, if not can be fined up to £20K and could have a 1 year prison sentance.

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What are the choices the equality act provides when faced with an obstacle to access for disabled persons?

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  1. REMOVE
  2. ALTER
  3. AVOID ( provide a reasonable means to avoid)
  4. ALTERNATIVE

Test for reasonableness

  1. Effectiveness
  2. ppracticality
  3. cost and disruption
  4. Financial/resources available to the service provider.
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How would you ensure that your PPE was ok to use.

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  1. Follow the PPE regulations 2018
  2. Ensure appropriate to task and the level of risk posed by the activities.
  3. Checked for safety standards eg kite mark, british standard.
  4. Look for a sticker on when it was last checked/maintained.
  5. Carryout visual check for dents and a stiker when last checked.
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You are about to enter/enter a commercial building and see signs of squatters what should you do.

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I would not enter/leave immediately as this is evidence of criminal activity and poses additional hazards as there could be hostile people and drug Paraphernalia such as needles present.

I would notify the client immediately as it is their responsbility to notify the police but if the client wanted me to do, or I couldnt get hold of them, or I was concerned there was an immediate risk to the public I would inform the police myself.

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What would you do if you discovered asbestos onsite?

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There is good guidance on this with a flow chart in EM1 from the HSE so I keep a copy in my phone to refer to just in case i forget any of the steps.

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What is the definition of working at height?

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‘Working at height’ means working in a place where a person could be injured by falling from it, even if it is at or below ground level. Working at Height Regulations applies to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury

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What can you tell me about the working at height regulations 2005?

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Who are the duty holders under CDM?

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  • Commercial Clients
  • Organisations or individuals for whom a construction project is carried out that is done as part of a business.
  • Domestic clients - People who have construction work carried out on their own home (or the home of a family member) that is not done as part of a business.**
  • Desginers -Organisations or individuals who as part of a business, prepare or modify designs for a building, product or system relating to construction work.
  • Principle Desginers
    • Designers appointed by the client in projects involving more than one contractor. They can be an organisation or an individual with sufficient knowledge, experience and ability to carry out the role.
  • Contractors
    • Those who carry out the actual construction work, contractors can be an individual or a company.
  • Principle Contractors
    • Contractors appointed by the client to coordinate the construction phase of a project where it involves more than one contractor.
  • Workers
    • Those working for or under the control of contractors on a construction site
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What are the duties on a commercial client under CDM 2015

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  • Regulation 3
  • Make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including making sure:
    • other dutyholders are appointed as appropriate
    • sufficient time and resources are allocated
  • Make sure:
    • relevant information is prepared and provided to other dutyholders
    • the principal designer and principal contractor carry out their duties
    • welfare facilities are provided
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What are the duties on a domestic client?

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Though in scope of CDM 2015, their client duties are normally transferred to:

  • the contractor for single contractor projects
  • the principal contractor for projects with more than one contractor

However, the domestic client can instead choose to have a written agreement with the principal designer to carry out the client duties

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What are the duties on designers under CDM 2015

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  • When preparing or modifying designs, eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks that may arise during:
    • construction
    • the maintenance and use of a building once it is built
    • Provide information to other members of the project team to help them fulfil their duties.
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What are the duties CDM2015 places on the Principle Desginer

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Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase of a project.

This includes:

  • identifying, eliminating or controlling foreseeable risks
  • ensuring designers carry out their duties
  • Prepare and provide relevant information to other dutyholders.
  • Liaise with the principal contractor to help in the planning, management, monitoring and coordination of the construction phase.
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What is the duty CDM 2015 places on Principle Contractors?

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Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the construction phase of a project.

This includes:

  1. liaising with the client and principal designer
  2. preparing the construction phase plan (PDF)- Portable Document Format
  3. organising cooperation between contractors and coordinating their work

Make sure:

  1. suitable site inductions are provided
  2. reasonable steps are taken to prevent unauthorised access
  3. workers are consulted and engaged in securing their health and safety
  4. welfare facilities are provided
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What duty does CDM place on contractors?

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  • Plan, manage and monitor construction work under their control so it is carried out without risks to health and safety.
  • For projects involving more than one contractor, coordinate their activities with others in the project team – in particular, comply with directions given to them by the principal designer or principal contractor
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What duty does CDM 2015 place on workers?

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Workers must:

  1. be told about matters which affect their health, safety and welfare
  2. take care of their own health and safety, and of others who might be affected by their actions
  3. report anything they see which is likely to endanger either their own or others’ health and safety
  4. cooperate with their employer, fellow workers, contractors and other dutyholders
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When does a project become notifiable?

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  1. Lasts longer than 30 working days and more than 20 workers working at the same time at any point on the project
  2. exceeds 500 person days

3 plus 2 = 5

Every day on which construction work is likely to be carried out should be counted, even if the work on that day is of a short duration. This includes holidays and weekends

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Who has the duty to notify the HSE when a project is notifiable?

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The client if commercial, if domestic the main contractor

The duty can be discharged to another comptent person.

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What does it mean when a project becomes notifiable?

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  1. Regulation 6
  2. The client must notifiy the HSE in writing via the F10 form
  3. A copy must be clearly displayed in the construction site office in a comprehensible form where it can be read by any worker engaged in the construction work; and (c) if necessary, be periodically updated
  4. If a construction project is not notifiable at first, but there are subsequent changes to its scope so that it fits the criteria for notification, the client must notify the work to the relevant enforcing authority as soon as possible.
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What legislation deals with Health and Safety

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The main 3:

  1. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
  2. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
  3. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Some Specific:

  1. Control of Asbestos Act 2012
  2. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
  3. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
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What are the general principles of prevention under CDM2015 with regard to controlling risk?

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  • The general principles of prevention are to:
  1. avoid risks where possible;
  2. evaluate those risks that cannot be avoided; and (c) put in place proportionate measures that control them at source.
  3. CDM 2015 requires designers, principal designers, principal contractors and contractors to take account of the principles in carrying out their duties.
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What should the contractor take into account when appointing designers or contractors?

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  1. ensure those appointed have the skills, knowledge and experience to carry out the work in a way that secures health and safety.
    • must also have the appropriate organisational capability.
    • Similarly, any designers or contractors seeking appointment as individuals must ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience.
  2. Dutyholders should be appointed at the right time.
    • For example, clients must appoint principal designers and principal contractors as soon as practicable and before the start of the construction phase, so they have enough time to carry out their duties to plan and manage the pre-construction and construction phases respectively.
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How would you check that a principle desginer or contractor had the necessary skills

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  1. Ask to see training records
  2. Look at level of qualification and experience
  3. members of any professional body/scheme e.g. CITB CSCS cards
  4. References
  5. Ask to see
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What is in the F10 document and what does it contain?

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  1. Details of the site
  2. Description of the works
  3. Names and details of the main duty holders
    1. Principle contractor
    2. principle desginer
    3. Client
  4. Duration of ocnstruction phase
  5. Start date of construction phase
  6. Number of contracting firms on site and how many operatives.
  7. Max number on site at any one time
  8. Declaration sign to say aware of your duties.
  9. Receive and email with project serial number and a copy of the F10
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What is in the preconstruction information pack (PCIP) and what does it contain?

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  • ‘information in the client’s possession or which is reasonably obtainable by or on behalf of the client, which is relevant to the construction work and is of an appropriate level of detail and proportionate to the risks”
  • Inform the contractor of the existing hazards and risks on site such as asbestos
    1. Description of the project and location
    2. Key dates
    3. Details of the project team and contacts
    4. Planning and management of the project.
    5. Site rules
    6. Plan of the site
    7. Nearest hospital
    8. Health and safety hazards, and how they will be addressed.
      1. asbestos
      2. contaminated ground
      3. hazardous stored products
    9. Site rules and permit to work systems
    10.
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What does the Construction Phase Plan (CPP) Contain?

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  • The construction phase plan (CPP) records arrangements for managing significant health and safety risks associated with the construction of the project and is the basis for communicating those arrangements to those involved in the construction phase.
  • It outlines the health and safety arrangements and site rules taking into account any industrial activities taking place on site, and, where applicable, must include specific measures concerning any work involving the particular risks listed in Schedule 3:
  • Pre-construction information provided by the client forms the basis of the construction phase plan.
  • The client must ensure the plan adequately addresses arrangements for managing risks and that the principal contractor (or contractor) regularly reviews and revises the plan.
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What is the health and safety folder and what does it contain?

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  • Where projects involve more than one contractor, the CDM Regulations require the client ensures the principal designer prepares a health and safety file
  • to provide the client with information anyone carrying out subsequent work on the building will need to know to plan and carry out that work safely.
  • The health and safety file must be appropriate to the characteristics of the project and include a level of detail proportionate to the risks. It should only include relevant information that will be of help when planning future construction work and must be in a convenient form, clear, concise and easily understandable.
  • It is prepared by the principle desginer during hre preconstruction phase.
  • Review and update as construction proceeds
  • Pass to the client on completion
  • At the end of the project, the principal designer, or where there is no principal designer, the principal contractor, must pass the health and safety file to the client.
  1. A brief description of the work carried out;
  2. Any hazards that have not been eliminated through the design and construction processes, and how they have been addressed (e.g. surveys/other information concerning asbestos or contaminated land);
  3. Key structural principles (e.g. bracing, sources of substantial stored energy – including pre- or post-tensioned members) and safe working loads for floors and roofs;
  4. Hazardous materials used (e.g, lead paints and special coatings);
  5. Information regarding the removal or dismantling of installed plant and equipment (e.g. any special arrangements for lifting such equipment);
  6. Health and safety information about equipment provided for cleaning or maintaining the structure;
  7. The nature, location and markings of significant services, including underground cables; gas supply equipment; fire-fighting services, etc;
  8. Information and as-built drawings of the building, its plant and equipment (e.g. the means of safe access to and from service voids and fire doors).
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What is the purpose of the CDM 2015 regulations?

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  • The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations) are intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of harm to those who have to build, use and maintain structures is reduced.
  • They were introduced in 1994 and revised in 2007 and 2015.
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What does RIDDOR stand for and what does it do?

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RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 puts duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses).

HSE website has a list of riddor reportable occurances e.g. loss of sight whilst working.

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What is a delterious material and can you give me some examples?

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Degrade with age causing structural problems (and may also be harmful to health)

  1. Asbestos
  2. Lead
  3. Woodwool slab
  4. Bungaroosh/mundic
  5. high alumina cement
  6. calcium chloride
  7. Compact fluorescent lamps mecury
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What is included within the PD PCIP?

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Typical information to be included within the PCIP will be the following: 1 - A description of the project. 2 - Any key dates 3 - Contact details of the project team. 4 - The extent and location of existing information. e.g. plans, H&S files, asbestos surveys etc. 5 - All project arrangements; e.g. planning info, site security, permit-to-works system etc.

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What is included within the H&S File?

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Typical information to be included within the H&S File will be the following: 1 - A brief description of the work carried out; 2 - Any hazards that have not been eliminated through the design and construction processes. 3 - Key structural principles (eg safe working loads for floors and roofs) 4 - info on Hazardous materials used (eg lead paints and special coatings); 5 - Info for dismantling of installed plant and equipment. 6 - H&S guide for cleaning or maintaining the structure. 7 - Location of services. 8 - info on as-built drawings.

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What is included within the Construction phase plan?

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Typical information to be included within the Construction phase plan will be the following: 1 - A description of the project such as key dates and details of key members of the project team. 2 - The management of the work including: 3 - The health and safety aims for the project. 4 - The site rules. 5 - Arrangements for cooperation between project team members 6 - Site induction. 7 - Welfare facilities. 8 - Fire and emergency procedures.

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APC MANDATORY (13 decks)

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