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Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 (a) Give the meaning of the following terms: () health; @ (i) safety; (2) welfare. 2) (b) Outline workers’ health and safety responsibilities. 6) (c) Outline an employer's health and safety responsibilities. (8) (2) Identify the three key sections of a health and safety policy, 8) (b) Outline ways in which line managers can implement their organisation’ health and safety policy. (6) (a) Explain the objectives of carrying out a workplace risk assessment. (4) (b) Identify why a risk assessment may need to be reviewed. (4) ‘Aworker has been injured by slipping on a wet floor after cleaning Outline possible root causes of the accident (management system failure). 8) (@) Identify types of emergency in the workplace for which people may need to be evacuated. 4) (b) Outline why itis important that workers receive training on emergency procedures. 4) Outline what an organisation should consider when assessing the competence of a contractor af the pre-selection stage. 8) Identify possible costs to an organisation of work-related il-health. (8) ‘Outline what needs to be considered when organising first aid in a workplace. @) Outline reasons why accidents in a workplace should be reported and recorded, (8) Identify information that could be considered when reviewing an organisation's health and safety performance. (8) Posters are commonly used to communicate health and safety information in the workplace. (2) Outline benefits of using posters to communicate to workers. @) (b) Outline limitations of using posters to communicate to workers. (8) Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 (a) Give the meaning of the term ‘permit-to-work system’ (2) (b) Identity types of activity that typically require a permit-to-work. (4) (c) Outline the function of a permit-to-work system. (10) (4) Outline responsibilities of a permit-to-work user. (4) (a) Outline the main features of a health and safety inspection of a workplace, (4) (b) Outline why a health and safety inspection of a workplace might fail to identify a hazard. (4) Outline why organisations may need to carry out refresher training on health and safety issues. (8) (a) Outline advantages of an external auditor carrying out a health and safety audit (4) (b) Outline disadvantages of an external auditor carrying out a health and safety audit. (4) Outline circumstances that may require a health and safety policy to be reviewed. (8) (a) Outline how international standards, such as ISO, can contribute towards good standards of health and safety. (4) (b) Outline how enforcement agencies can contribute towards good standards of health and safety. (4) Outline the roles and responsibilities of supervisors for health and safety. (8) Outline why an organisation should investigate occurrences of work- related ill health (8) (a) Identity types of emergency in the workplace for which people may need to be evacuated. 4) (b) Outline why itis important to have emergency procedures to evacuate people from the workplace. (4) Identify possible costs to an organisation of a work-related fatality. (8) Identify methods that can be used to communicate health and safety information to workers. (8) Question 1 Question 2 (a) Identify types of emergency in the workplace for which people may need to be evacuated. (b) Outline why it is important to have emergency procedures for the evacuation of people from the workplace. (c) Outline the possible content of a workplace emergency procedure. 4) (4) (12) Outline possible lessons that might be leamt following an accident investigation. (8) Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 (2) Evaluating risk and adequacy of existing controls is part of a risk assessment. Outline what could be considered when evaluating risk and adequacy of existing controls. (b) Outline why itis important to record significant findings from a risk assessment. (6) (2) (2) Identify the three key sections of a health and safety policy. (b) Identify sources of information that could help an organisation prepare a health and safety policy. (3) (5) Outline what an organisation should consider when managing the work of contractors. ® (2) Outline economic reasons for promoting good standards of health and safety at work. (b) Other than economic reasons, outline barriers to achieving good standards of health and safety at work. (4) (4) (a) Give the meaning of the term ‘health and safety audit. (b) Outline the preparations required before carrying out a health. and safety audit. (2) (6) (2) Outline the main features of a health and safety inspection of a workplace. (b) Outline what could be considered in order to determine the Priority of improvement actions required following an inspection. Identify types of health and safety information that might be displayed on ‘a noticeboard in a workplace. ‘An enforcement agency finds that an organisation's health and safety standards are poor. Outline actions that an enforcement agency may take. a (4) (8) Question 11 Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 (2) Outline requirements for first-aid boxes in a workplace, «@) (b) Outline why itis important that first aiders receive refresher training. 4) (2) Outline the purpose of the following sections of a health and safety policy: () statement of intent; 2) (ii) organisation. C3) (b) Identify possible content of the ‘arrangements’ section of a health and safety policy. (8) (©) Outline circumstances that may require a health and safety policy to be reviewed. @) Identify internal documents that could be examined when investigating a workplace accident. (3) Outline responsibilities of a permit-to-work issuer. (8) Explain why an organisation should review its health and safety performance. @) (a) Give the meaning of the following terms: () health; @ (i) safety. @ (b) Explain moral reasons for promoting good standards of health and safety in the workplace. 4) Outline what an organisation should consider when deciding the frequency of health and safety inspections. @) ‘Outline topics that could be covered on a health and safety induction training course for new workers. @) (2) Outline the purpose of employers’ liability insurance. (2) (b) Identify possible uninsured costs of a workplace accident. ©) Outline why a worker may fail to clearly understand a verbal instruction. 8) Outline a procedure for the investigation of an accident at work. ‘Outline ways in which senior management can demonstrate commitment to health and safety in the workplace. (8) 1 Afire has occurred at a workplace and a worker has been badly injured (a) (b) (c) Outline the process for investigating the accident. (10) Outline why the investigation report needs to be submitted to senior management. (5) In addition to senior managers, identify who may need to know the outcome of the investigation. 6) Outline the key elements of a health and safety management system. (8) (a) (b) (ay (by Give the meaning of the term ‘hazard’. (2) ive the meaning of the term ‘isk’ (2) Identify means of hazard identification that may be used in the workplace. 4) Outline the main health and safely responsibilities of an employer. (8) Identify actions that an enforcement agency could take if it finds that an employer is not meeting his/her responsibilities. (2) Identify precautions that could be taken to help ensure the health and safely of visitors to a workplace. (8) Auniversity has a security worker who works alone when all staff and students have left Outline what needs to be considered in order to reduce the health and safety risks to this lone worker. (8) Outline potential barriers to achieving good standards of health and safety. (a) (b) (8) Give the meaning of the term ‘permit-to-work. (2) Identify THREE types of activity that may require a permit-to-work AND give the reason why in EACH case. (6) 10 1 (8) Explain the difference between consulting and informing workers of health and safety issues. 2) (b) Gutline factors that may determine the effectiveness of a health and safety committee (6) Identify documentation that is likely to be inspected in a health and safety audit (8) (a) Outline why it is important for an organisation to set health and safety targets. (2) (b) Identify health and safety targets that an organisation could set (6)

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