Health and Safety

Question 1

AY H&S training

Answer 1

Office protocols
Lone working procedures
Health and safety practices on site

Question 2

H&S legislation

Answer 2

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Question 3

Purpose of H&S Act

Answer 3

Places liability on employer in protecting the health and safety of employees in the workplace

Focus on mental and physical health and well-being

Importance in reporting injuries and regularly reviewing risk assessment

Question 4

Who is H&S Act policed by?

Answer 4

Health and Safety Executive

Criminal offence if employers don’t abide by

Question 5

Risk assessment

Answer 5

Legal requirement

Identification and mitigation of potential hazards

Question 6

Approach to risk assessment

Answer 6

Identify hazard
Identify people at risk
Evaluate risk
Record findings
Regularly review

Question 7

RICS doc

Answer 7

Surveying Safely Guidance Note 2018

Question 8

Purpose of Surveying Safely

Answer 8

Best practice principle for the management of h&s for RICS members and firms

Question 9

Safe Person concept

Answer 9

Each individual assumed individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others’ health and safety at work

Question 10

Corporate responsibilities under Surveying Safely

Answer 10

Must have active management plan in place

ensure risks are understood managed and minimised

RICS regulated firms responsible for H&S of all those relating to their business

Question 11

Covid 19 protocols

Answer 11

Covid checklist

PPE
Check if had symptoms
Forward AY protocols to client
Understand protocols at place visiting
Contact details for track and trace

Question 12

Fire safety

Answer 12

Regulatory reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Question 13

AY Lone Working Procedures

Answer 13

Buddy system
Charged phone
Consider hazards on site
Must be competent

Question 14

PPE

Answer 14

Hard hat
Hi-vis
Steel toe cap boots
Goggles 
Covid 19