ELEMENT - 1

 Outline suitable control measures for safe storage of materials in the workplace.

(Page 1- 5) (8-Marks)

 Outline precautions that should be taken in order to minimize the risk to workers who work at
sub-zero temperature in cold stores

(8 marks)

 Outdoor workers may be required to work in variable weather conditions. Outline control
measures that can be taken to be provide protection for workers who:

a) Are exposed to ultraviolet radiations from sunlight (4 marks)

b) Are exposed to cold temperatures when required to work outdoors (4 marks)

 Identify prevention strategies an organization could consider to reduce the risk of violence
towards workers?

(Page 1-7) (4-Marks)

 Workers who deal with the public may be subject to violent behaviour

a) Give the meaning of the term work related violence (2 marks)

a) Give reasons why a member of the public may behave violently towards the worker

(6 marks)

 The influence of drugs on workers in the workplace can have a significant effect on health and
safety

a) Identify possible reasons why a worker may be in possession of drugs in the work place

(2 marks)

a) Outline control measures that an employer could take in order to help reduce the
misuse of drugs in the workplace

(6 marks)

 Identify measures that would be taken to prevent slip and trip hazards in an engineering
workshop

(8 marks)

 Identify the issues to be considered when planning maintenance of a safe workplace .

(Page 1- 15) (8-Marks) (Topic Focus)

  Security workers are patrolling a disused factory site on foot.

Outline hazards to which these workers may be exposed when walking through the factory site

(8 marks)

 Identify measures that would be taken to prevent slip and trip hazards in an engineering
workshop

(8 marks)

 Identify factors to consider in order to assess work at height risks.

(Page 1- 18) (8-Marks) (Topic Focus)

 Emergency rescue procedures should be considered when planning to work at height

i. Give reasons why a person may need to be rescued when working at height
(4marks)

ii. Identify methods that could be used to rescue a person when working at height
(4marks)

 A ladder has been identified as the most appropriate item of work.

a) Outline features of a ladder that should be considered during work at height. (4 marks)

b) Outline reasons why a worker would fall from the ladder. (4 marks)

 Identify issues that would need to be addressed if work is to be carried out safely from ladder
(8marks)

 An independent tied scaffold is to be erected on a building on a busy town center location.

Outline the precautions that should be taken in order to reduce the risk of injury to members of
the public during erection and use of the scaffold

(4 marks)

 Identify the factors that might contribute to the collapse of an independent tied scaffold

(Page 1-25) (8 marks) (Topic Focus)

 Explain why a working platform on an independent tied scaffold could be unsafe.

(8 marks)

 Identify the safety precautions for use of mobile tower scaffold

(Page 1-26) (8 marks) (Topic Focus)

 Outline how a person could be injured when using a MEWP. (4 marks)

Identify the precautions risk of injury when using a MEWP (6 marks

  Light bulbs in the roof space of a busy ware house are to be replaced by maintenance workers
using a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP).

i. Outline possible hazards associated with the task

(4 marks).

ii. Outline control measures that should be taken to help ensure the safety of the maintenance
workers and others who may be affected by the work (8 marks).

(You may focus only on the MEWP in this case)

 Contractors are to carry out maintenance work on a roof of a building and working at height
cannot be avoided.

Outline control measures that should be considered in order to help reduced the risk of injury
and ill-health to contractors and others

(8 marks)

 Deep excavations are required on a construction site for the foundations of a new building.

i. Outline control measures that should be considered to help reduce the risk to persons
working around the excavations at ground level.

(4 marks)

ii. Outline when the excavations should be inspected. (4 marks)

 Outline the typical control measures to be taken during demolition.

(Page 1- 33) (8-Marks)

 A Mobile Elevated work platform (MEWP) will be used when working at height during the
demolition of a multi-storey building.

i. Outline safe working practices when using the MEWP (6 marks)

ii. Other than working at height, identify possible hazards associated with the demolition work

(9 marks)

iii. Outline how waste materials from the demolition should be stored prior to collection in order to
help reduce risk to the environment (5 marks)

ELEMENT – 2
 Outline the factors that can cause a forklift truck to overturn

(Page 2-4) (8 Marks) (Topic Focus)

 Outline the factors that can increase the risk of vehicle collisions.
(Page 2-4) (8 marks) (Topic Focus)

 Outline why a person may be unaware of an approaching vehicle when walking through a
workplace. (4-6 Marks)

 Outline protective measures that would help reduced the risk of vehicle colliding with people
or structures in a workplace (3 marks)

 Outline site rules that would help reduced the risk of vehicle colliding with people or
structures in a workplace (5 marks)

 Identify hazards associated with Non-Movement of vehicles

(Page 2-5) (4-6 Marks)

 Outline the precautions that could be taken during the design / construction phase of
workplace environment to eliminate risk associated with vehicle operations

(Page 2-5) (8 Marks)

 A new vehicle route is to be provided to the goods delivery area of a workplace.

Outline features of the vehicle route that are required in order to help reduce the risk of pedestrian
being injured by vehicles. (8 marks)

 Several collisions have occurred following the introduction of forklift trucks into a workplace.

Give reasons why the physical layout of the workplace may have contributed to the collisions

(8 Marks)

 Outline the control measures through which we can reduce the risk of accidents from
reversing vehicles

(Page 2-6) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Outline the Pre-use checks that should be carried out on a forklift truck at the beginning of
each shift.

(Page 2-7) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

In order to improve the safety of pedestrians in vehicle maneuvering areas of a workplace, identify
rules that should be followed by:

(i) Drivers: (4 marks)

(ii) Pedestrians: (4 marks)

(iii) Identify the factors that could affect the risk of being involved in a road traffic incident

(Page 2-10) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Outline control measures that would allow a vehicle to reduce speed and stop safely.

(4 marks)
  Other than reducing speed, Outline control measures that would help to reduce the risk of
vehicles colliding with fixed objects

(4 marks)

 An organisation regularly requires its managers to drive their own vehicles between locations
in order to attend meetings.

a) Outline factors associated with the following that could affect the risk of a road traffic
accident :

(i) the driver (ii) the journey (6 marks)

b) Outline how the organisation could monitor the driving performance of the managers (2
marks)

ELEMENT – 3
 Water bottles weighting 20kg are currently being stored in a basement and workers are
required to carry them to a first floor office and locate them on to a water dispenser.

Outline control measures that could be taken in order to help reduced the risk of manual handling
injuries relating to:

The task (4 marks)

The load (2 marks)

The environment (2 marks)

 Outline factors that should be considered when carrying out an assessment of a display screen
equipment (DSE) workstation

(8 marks)

 A computer user has complained of neck and back pain. Outline features associated with the
workstation that might have contributed towards this condition

(8 marks)

 A manual handling assessment was carried out on workers carrying sacks of mail from the
delivery point to an upstairs sorting area, following the assessment, it was agreed to install a
machinery conveyer system to assist in the movement of the mail.

Outline factors that should have been considered in the manual handling assessment prior to the
installation of the conveyer system with respect to (i) the task (4 marks)

(ii) the load (4 marks)

 Outline the factors then needs to be considered when carrying out a manual handling risk
assessment.
(Page 3-9) (4 - 6 Marks)

 Outline factors that could contribute towards the development of work-related upper limb
disorders (WRULDs) among workers at a supermarket checkout.

(8 Marks)

 Outline factors that should be considered when carrying out a manual handling assessment of
an activity that involves lifting buckets of water out of a sink. (8 Marks)

 Several large boxes of leaflets have been delivered in to the reception building of a workplace.
Workers have been requested to move the boxes to the mailing department located in the
basement on the floor below.

Outline precautions that could be taken in order to minimize the risk of injury from this manual handling
activity. (8 Marks)

 Housekeeping staffs in a hotel are provided with trolleys in order to carry cleaning equipment,
materials and laundry between rooms.

Outline factors that should be considered when carrying out a manual handling assessment of the use of
the trolleys. (8 Marks)

 In order to minimize the risk of injury when carrying out a manual handling operation:

a) Identify types of mechanical aid that can be used to assist the manual handling
operation

(4 marks)

a) Other than using mechanical aids, outline ways to reduce the risk that could be
presented by the load

(4 marks)

 A manual handling assessment was carried out on workers carrying sacks of mail from the
delivery point to an upstairs sorting area, following the assessment, it was agreed to install a
machinery conveyer system to assist in the movement of the mail.

a) Outline factors that should have been considered in the manual handling assessment
prior to the installation of the conveyer system with respect to (i) the task, (ii) the load
(4 mark)

b) Outline hazards that could be introduced following the installation of the conveyer
system (4 mark)

 As a part of general refurbishment, air conditioning units are to be installed on the roof of a
two-storey office building. The units will be lifted on to the roof by a mobile crane situated at
ground level.

Outline precautions that will be necessary in order to carry out the lifting operation safely
(12 marks)

 An engineering workshop uses an overhead crane to transport materials.

a) Outline reasons why loads may fall from this crane

(2 marks)

b) Outline precautions that should take in order to prevent accidents to workers at ground
level when overhead cranes are in use (6 marks)

 ELEMENT – 4

 Outline the risk associated with people those who are involved with maintenance work of
equipment's

(Page 4-5) (8 Marks)

 Outline the control measures associated with people those who are involved with
maintenance work of machine

(Page 4-5) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Identify the general health and safety responsibilities of machine operators

(Page 4-6) (8 Marks)

 An employer has installed a new item of machinery. Outline factors that should be considered
before the machine is put into use

(8 Marks)

 Identify factors that should be considered to help ensure that a new item of work equipment
is suitable for use (5 Marks)

 Identify control measures that could be taken in order to help ensure that an item of work
equipment remains in a suitable condition (3 Marks)

 With reference to mechanical hazards of machinery, describe how harm may arise from:

 Entanglement (1 mark)

 Shearing (1 mark)

 Drawing in (1 mark)

 Crushing (1 mark)

 (b) Identify non-mechanical hazards associated with the use of machinery

 (Page 4-11) (Topic Focus) (4 marks)

  Outline mechanical hazards associated with the use of a bench top grander (4 marks)

 Outline precautions that should be taken in order to minimize the risk of injury to operators of
bench top grinders. (4 marks)

 Identify mechanical hazards presented by a pedestal drill and, in each case, outline how injury
may occur (8 marks)

 In relation to machine safety, outline the principles of operation of:

i) Interlocked guards (2 marks)

ii)Sensitive protective equipment (trip devices) (2 marks)

Other than contact with dangerous parts, identify types of hazard against which fixed guards on
machine may provide protection (4 marks)

 When operating machinery identify,

Merits: (2 marks)

Limitations: (2 marks)

Of a hold – to – run control device.

 Identify other devices that could be used to stop a machine in the event that a person comes
too close to a dangerous part (4 marks)

 Identify the basic requirements for any guarding systems

(Page 4-20) (Topic Focus) (8 marks)

 Other than guarding of dangerous parts, outline requirements for the safe use of work
equipment

(8 marks)

 An electrically powered chemical pump, operating at 90 C, has developed a leak. Outline

control measures that should be taken during the repair of this item of machinery (8 marks)

 Identify control measures that could help reduced the risk of contact with the moving parts of
machinery (8 marks)

 ELEMENT – 5
 Outline the factors that influence the severity of injury associates with an electric shock
(Page 5-5) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Outline how fire can cause due to electricity

(8 marks)

 Identify the control measures to be considered when selecting portable equipment for use on
construction sites
 (Page 5-7) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)
 Identify the causes of portable electrical equipment accident
(Page 5-8) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

Identifying ways of preventing contact with a live electrical conductor (4 marks)

 Identify workplace locations or environments that may be unsuitable for portable electrical
equipment
(5 marks)

 Outline precautions that may be required in order that portable electrical equipment is
suitable for the location or environment in which it is used
(3 marks)

 Identify the actions that should be taken when dealing with an electric shock causality
(Page 5-13) (8 Marks)

 Outline the checks to be done during visual inspection of a portable appliance

(Page 5-13) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Identify the factors that influence the frequency of inspection and testing of portable
appliance
(Page 5-15) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Outline precautions that could be included in a safe a system of work on a 230v electrical
circuit
(8 marks)

 Identify protective systems that would help reduced the risk from the electric shock should a
fault occur in an item of electrical equipment
(4 marks)
 ELEMENT – 6

 An electrical fault has caused a fire in a basement of a building that is used for the storage of
documents. The fire subsequently spread to other parts of the building, causing major
damage.
Identify three principles of heat transfer and outline how each could have caused the
fire to spread
(6 marks) (Refer Topic Focus) (Page 6-4)

 Identify FOUR different types of fire ignition source and given an example of how each might
occur
(8 marks)
 Identify the significance of the fire triangle (4marks)

 Identify two methods of heat transfer and outline how each can cause the spread of fire in
work premises (4 marks)

 An extension to provide additional rooms for accommodation has been added to the existing
of a nursing home.
Outline factors that should be considered when reviewing the fire risk assessment for
the nursing home (8 marks)

 Outline the arrangements that should be made for the storage of liquefied Petroleum gas
(LPG)
(Page 6-10) (8 Marks)

 Outline the arrangements that should be made for the different sources of ignition
(Page 6-11) (8 Marks)

 Identify four different types of fire ignition source and give an example of how each might
occur
(8 marks)

 Outline the precautions for control of hot work

(Page 6-11) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Outline the criteria's for Safe use and Safe storage of flammable liquids
(Page 6-12) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Describe the consequences of fire in a work place

(4 marks)

 Outline how ignition source can be controlled in a workplace

(4 marks)

 Outline structural measures that can help to prevent the spread of fire and smoke
(6 marks)

 Identify how does a fire extinguisher works in extinguishing a fire

(Page 6-17) (Topic Focus) (8 Marks)

 Give merits and limitations of fire extinguishers (6 marks)

 Outline issues that should be considered in the selection and siting of portable fire
extinguishers.
(8 marks)
• Identify methods of raising an alarm in the event of a fire. (2 marks)
(b) Outline issues that should be considered in the selection and siting of portable fire
extinguishers. (6marks)
• (a) Identify types of emergency warning system that can be installed in a building to help
ensure that all workers can be made aware of the need to evacuate the building (2marks)
(b) Outline structural measures that can help to prevent the spread of fire and smoke
(6 marks)

 Outline the minimum requirements for Means of Escape

(Page 6-20) (8 Marks)

 Outline factors that should be considered for the safe evacuation of persons from the building
in the event of fire (8 marks)

 Outline factors that should be considering when providing a means of escape in a workplace
so that all workers are able to reach a place of safety in the event of a fire (8 marks)

 Outline reasons that may delay the safe evacuation of workers from a workplace during a fire
(8 marks)

 ELEMENT – 7
 Outline the difference between acute and chronic health effects
(4 marks)
 Identify factors that could affect the level of harm experienced by a worker exposed to a
hazardous substance
(4 marks)
 A factory uses small quantities of various toxic chemicals which are obtained from & returned
to a central storeroom.
Identify FOUR possible routes of entry of toxic substances into the body & in EACH
case, Outline a circumstance in which the storeroom staff might be at risk of such exposure. (8
marks)

 A powdered raw material is to be mixed with water to make a paste that will then be applied
to internal walls of a building as a decorative coating.
Outline factors that should be considered when carrying out an assessment of the
health risks to workers exposed to these substances.
(8 marks)( Refer Page 7-9)
 Outline the information that could be included in a safety data sheet of a chemical
( Page 7-11) (Topic Focus) (6-8 Marks)
 Outline ways in which exposure to hazardous substances in the work place can be monitored
(4 marks)
 Other than the results of monitoring identify sources of information that could assist when
carrying out a assessment of the risks from exposure to substances hazardous to health
(4 marks)
 Identify the reasons that could reduce the effectiveness of a typical LEV System
(Page 7-19) (6 - 8 Marks)
 Outline factors that should be considered when selecting respiratory protective equipment
(RPE) to give suitable protection against exposure to airborne substances
(Page 7-22) (Topic Focus) (8 marks)
 Identify the type of checks that could be included in a health surveillance program
(Page 7-25) (6 - 8 Marks) (Topic Focus)
 Health surveillance has indicated that workers may have inhaled excessive quantities of wood
dust over a long period of time
a) Identify health risks that may have been identified by the health surveillance (2 marks)
b) Outline ways in which excessive exposure to the wood dust could have been identified to
prior to the health surveillance (6 marks)
 Asbestos is to be removed from a building that is used as a work place.
• Outline the difference between acute and chronic health effects (4 marks)
• Identify possible Chronic health risks from exposure to asbestos (2 marks)
• Outline where asbestos may be found within the building (4
marks)
• Outline control measures that should be considered before and during the removal of
asbestos (10 marks)
 Identify the precautions that can be taken to avoid the contact with Blood Borne Viruses (4
marks)
 Identify the type of Blood Borne Viruses (4 marks)
 Health care workers, paramedic’s and first aiders could be exposed to blood – borne viruses.
(a) Identify other possible work place circumstances where a worker could be exposed
to blood– borne viruses (2 marks)
(b) Outline precautions that will help reduce the risk from exposure to blood – borne
viruses
(6 marks)
 Identify the health risks associated with exposure to the leptospira bacteria. (4
marks)
 Identify the workplace circumstances where leptospira bacteria may be present. (4
marks)
 Identify precautions that will reduce the risks from exposure to leptospira bacteria. (4
marks)
 Outline precautions that will help reduce the risk from exposure to silica dust (5 marks)
 Identify the factors to consider when disposing of waste using a compactor
(Page 7-31) (6 - 8 Marks) (Topic Focus)
 Outline ways in which poor storage of waste in a workplace could harm the environment.
(4 marks)
 Outline the basic requirements for the safe storage of waste in a workplace.
(4 marks)
 Outline how waste materials from the demolition should be stored prior to collection in order
to help reduce risk to the environment
(5 marks)
 ELEMENT – 8
 Identify the possible health effects of noise (4 marks)
 Identify two types of noise measuring technique
 ( 2 marks)
 Outline four types of engineering control that may be used to reduce noise in the workplace
giving an example of each.
 (Page 8-6) (8 marks)
 Give reasons why personal hearing protection may not provide the level of protection stated
by the manufacturer. (8 marks)
 Outline the TWO main types of personal hearing protection (4 marks)
 Outline reasons why personal hearing protection may not provide adequate protection
against nose
 (4 marks)
 Outline the control measures that an employer can take to encourage workers to wear
hearing protection. (6 marks)
 Workers are using a noisy circular saw which is standing on wooden floorboards inside a
room.
 Outline transmission paths that the noise could take from the circular saw from the
workers (2 marks)
 Outline ways in which noise levels could be reduced
 (6 marks)
 Workers who are using hand-held power tools have reported both acute and chronic health
effects from exposure to high levels of vibration.
 Outline the difference between acute and chronic health effects (4 marks)
 Identify health effects associated with exposure to vibration from hand-held power tools (4
marks)
 Identify factors that may considered when assessing the risk of health effects from exposure
to vibration from hand-held power tools (8 marks)
 Outline control measures that should be considered in order to minimise the health effects
caused by exposure to vibration when using hand-held power tools
 (4 marks)
 Identify work place sources of ionising radiation
 (2 marks)
 Outline control measures that could be taken in order to reduce the risks to workers from
exposure to ionising radiation
 (6 marks)
 Other than those associated with the physical environment, outline possible work related
causes of increased stress levels among workers associated with:
 Demands (2 marks)
 Control (2 marks)
 Support (2 marks)
 Role (2 marks)
