BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment
Unit 1 – Health, Safety and Welfare in construction
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P1 outline the roles and
responsibilities of people
assigned specific health and
safety duties at work
[IE4] / M1 explain how members of
the site construction team
interact in terms of their
health, safety and welfare
roles and responsibilities
P2 outline the legal duties of
employees and employers
in relation to three pieces
of health, safety and welfare legislation relevant to the construction and built
environment sector [IE2] / M2 carry out a typical risk
assessment for a given
workplace situation using a
suitable format / D1 justify the contents of a risk
assessment, in terms of
available control measures
and what is ‘reasonably
practicable’
P3 describe how to identify
the hazards present in a
given workplace situation,
the people who may be
at risk, and the possible
consequences
[IE3, TW4] / M3 explain how accurate data
on accidents and incidents
contributes to improving
health, safety and welfare in
the workplace. / D2 evaluate a given accident
report and suggest
improvements to workplace
systems to avoid a
recurrence.
P4 describe the main principles and features of a typical risk assessment for a given workplace situation
[IE2]
P5 select control measures for a given work place situation to reduce risks and meet legal requirements, using workplace health and safety policies [EP2]
P6 describe the role of the
individual in accident
recording and reporting
procedures.
[IE2, EP3]
P1) You have just started work as an assistant site manager for a housing refurbishment company. You are not sure of anyone’s duties. Outline the health and safety responsibilities of the following roles:
Client
CDM Coordinator
Architect
P2) Identify three main pieces of health, safety and welfare legislation relevant to the construction and built environment sector and describe the legal duties of employees and employers in terms of such legislation.
M1) Explain how the members of the site construction team interact in terms of their health, safety and welfare roles and responsibilities.
Using the following site team members, identify their roles and responsibilities:
Health and safety officer
Site manager
Bricklayer
General Operative
P3) (using the photograph from pg 14 of the student handbook) list three hazards that you can see. Describe how you identified these hazards.
Hazard 1
Hazard 2
Hazard 3
Using the same photo decide who may be at risk from the hazards you see – don’t forget the people you cannot see. What would be the possible consequences for such individuals?
M3) The company you work for is very keen to keep accurate accident data records. Explain why accurate data on accidents and incidents or near misses can contribute to reducing accidents and improving health and safety on site.
D2) Obtain an accident report from a construction press article and evaluate it in terms of how the situation could have been improved in order to prevent a reoccurrence.
P4) Look back at the photo on page 14 and the series of hazards that you identified for it. Describe the main principles and features of a typical risk assessment that would be used to control these hazards. One of these principles is to list the existing control measures you would apply to hazards. Describe how you can identify hazards, the people who might be at risk, and the possible consequences. Put yourself in the working situation.
M2) It is your first job on a construction site as the trainee site manager. The site manager has asked you to undertake a risk assessment for excavating a house foundation 1m deep using a mechanical excavator. The soil will be placed in a dumper and moved to a tip on site. Carry out a risk assessment for this activity. What control measures will be required during this work? Undertake a risk assessment. Use the 5 steps of: Identifying a hazard, who might be harmed, evaluation of risks and precautions to be taken, record your findings, review your assessment and update the records.
D1) State the reasons you have chosen the control measures in your risk assessment. Are they reasonably practicable? You should obtain a definition of ‘reasonably practicable’ from a health and safety source; this will help you to justify the control measures selected.
P5) The company you work for has just introduced a set of workplace policies to reduce the amount of accidents to hands. For the following activities, list the control measures that should be used to reduce the risk of harm:
Replacing a broken window at first floor level
Replacing an inspection chamber cover in a driveway
Replacing roof tiles on a roof
P6) An accident has occurred while replacing the broken window; while removing it the joiner has severely cut his thumb on the glass. Explain the role of the individual supervisor in recording and reporting this accident.
P6, II) You are the assistant health and safety manager. The contracts manager has approached you to report an accident that occurred the previous day on one of the construction sites. The accident involved a collision between an employee and a rough terrain forklift: the rear wheel ran over the employee’s foot.
What recording and reporting procedure would you undertake?
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