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Element 1
1. Identify the possible cost to an organization following an accident in the workplace.
2. Outline the reasons for maintaining and promoting good standards of health and safety in the
workplace.
3. Give the meaning of the following term:
(a) Health
(b) Safety
(c) Welfare
(d) Environmental protection
4. (a) Identify the action could be taken against organisations breaking health and safety law
(b) Other than the ILO identify the International Organisation for Standardisation
5. Outline: a.) Workers responsibility b.) Workers Rights
6. Identify the barriers that might there be to good health and safety practice
7. Most countries have laws that require organizations to manage health and safety risks.
(a) Outline reasons why national / state governments have health and safety laws.
(b) Outline ways in which national / state governments try to help ensure organisations comply
with health and safety laws.
8. Serious accident has occurred to a worker and there will be costs to the organization as a result.
(a) Identify four costs which are likely to be insured
(b) Identify four costs which are likely to be uninsured
Element 2
1. Outline the purpose of an organizations having an health and safety policy
2. Outline the issues that are typically included in the health and safety arrangements section of a
policy
3. Outline the circumstances that would require a health and safety policy to be reviewed
4. Explain the key elements of a health and safety management system.
5. (a) Outline why it is important for an organizations health and safety policy to include targets.
(b) Identify a range of health and safety targets that may be included in the statement of intent
section of a health and safety policy.
(c) Give the meaning of the term benchmarking
(d) Give two examples of health and safety performance information that can be used for
benchmarking.
6. (a) Identify the three main sections of an organizations health and safety policy AND Outline the
purpose of EACH.
(b) Give reason why the health and safety policy should be signed by the most senior person in
an organization such as a Managing Director or Chief Executive Officer
Element 3
1. a. Give two reasons why visitors to a workplace might be greater risk of injury than workers
b. Identify the precautions to be taken to reduce the risk of injury to visitors to a workplace
2. Identify factors relating to the individual which might increase the risk to a worker while at work.
3. Contractors are carrying out a major building project for an organization.

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Outline how the organization could reduce the risks to the contractors before the project starts
and during the project.
4. Outline the ways in which Organizations can positively influence the H & S behaviors of their
workers.
5. Identify why a verbal instruction may not be clearly understood by a worker.
6. (a) Identify four types of Health and Safety information that could be displayed on a notice board
within a workplace
(a) Identify how the effectiveness of notice board as a method of communicating health and safety
information can be increased.
7. Outline why an organization may have poor standards of health and safety performance
8. Outline how induction training programs for new workers can help to reduce the number of accidents
in the workplace
9.

(a) Give the meaning of the term Perception


(b) Identify ways in which workers perceptions of hazards in the work place might be improved.
10. Identify the main health and safety issues that could be included in an induction training program for
new workers.
11. There has been a significant deterioration in the health and safety culture of an organization.
a.
Give the meaning of the term health and safety culture
b.
Identify factors that could have contributed to the deterioration of the health and safety
culture within the organization.
12. Outline factors that should be considered when assessing the health and safety competence of a
contractor.
13. (a) Identify two main purpose of first aid treatment.
(b) Outline factors to be considered when carrying out an assessment of first aid requirements in
work place.
14. (a) Identify THREE types of emergency in the workplace that may require the evacuation of
workers.
(b) Outline why it is important to develop emergency procedure in the work place.
15. A serious accident has occurred. During the investigation it is found that an inspection of the work
site had taken place before the accident.
Outline possible reasons why the inspection did not lead to an unsafe situation being corrected.
16. Two Organizations share the same work site.
Outline how the organizations could work together to help ensure the workplace is safe and healthy.
17. (a) Give the meaning of the term motivation. (b) Identify how an organization can motivate its
workers to adopt safe working practices.
18. Outline the health and safety duties of designers, manufacturers and suppliers of articles and
substances
19. Identify the indicators that an organizations health and safety culture may be poor or ineffective.
20. (a) Outline why it is important that an organizations health and safety policy clearly defines roles
and responsibilities within the organization.
(b) Outline ways in which workers roles and responsibilities can be effectively communicated to
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21. Identify factors that will determine the level of supervision that a new worker should receive during
their initial period of employment.
22. Identify reasons why an experienced worker may require further health and safety training.
23. Identify reasons why workers fail to comply with safety procedures at work.
24. Identify why a worker may fail to follow a written instruction.
25. Outline how an organization can provide effective first aid in the following areas:
(i)
First-aid personnel
(3)
(ii)
First-aid materials
(3)
(iii)
First-aid arrangements (2)

Element 4
1. Outline reasons for reviewing a risk assessment
2. Outline the key stages of general risk assessment process and identify the issues that would need
to be considered at each stage
3. Outline the criteria which must be met for the assessment to be suitable and sufficient.
4. Outline the factors that should be considered when selecting individuals to assist in carrying out
risk assessment in the workplace
5. Identify Factors to be considered to reduce the risks to workers required to work alone away
from the workplace.
6. Outline reasons why young persons may be at a higher risk of injury in a work place.
7. Using a practical example, Outline what is meant by the following types of controls within a safe
system of work:
(i)
Technical
(ii)
Behavioral
(iii)
Procedural
9. Outline the key elements of a permit-to-work system
10. With respect to the management of risk within the workplace
a. Give the meaning of the term hierarchy of control
b. Outline with examples the standard hierarchy that should be applied with respect to
controlling H & S risk in the workplace
11. (a) Give the meaning of the term permit to work
(b) Identify three types of work that may require a permit to work and give the reasons while
in each case
12. An organization has had an increase in the number of manual handling accidents and associated
ill health.
Identify the sources of information that may be available to help to reduce the risks to the
workers.
12. (a) Identify two examples of confined space that may be found within a work place.
(b) Outline the main factors to be considered when preparing a safe system of work for entry into
a confined space.
13. Outline what the Organization may need to consider when setting H & S objectives
14. (a) Outline why it is important for safe systems of work to be in writing.
(b) Outline why it is important to involve workers in the development of a safe system of work

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15. Identify four categories of workplace safety signs and give an example of each.
16. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) should only be considered after other control measures
have been found to be ineffective or not practicable. Give reasons why PPE should be considered only
after other control measures.
17. Outline factors that should be considered when developing a safe system of work.
18. A worker in a busy kitchen has notified her employer that she is pregnant. Outline factors that the
employer should consider when undertaking a specific risk assessment for this worker.
19. Identify four means of Hazard identification that may be used in the workplace
20. (a) Outline provisions that should be considered to help ensure the health and safety of disabled
workers.
(b) Identify further categories of worker who may require special case application.
Element 5
1. Identify
a. Four active
b. Four reactive
means by which an organization can monitor its H & S performance.
2. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of carrying out a H & S audit of an organization
activities by
a. An internal auditor
b. An external auditor
3. (a) Give the meaning of the term health and safety audit.
(b) Outline the issues that need to be considered at the planning stage of an audit.
(c) Identify TWO methods of gathering information during an audit.
4. A Workplace accident has occurred and an investigation is to take place.
(a) Give the meaning of the term immediate cause (2)
(b) Give two examples of immediate cause (2)
(c) Give the meaning of the term root cause (2)
(d) Give two examples of root cause (2)
5. A Worker has been seriously injured after being struck by a reversing vehicle in a loading bay
a.
Give four reasons why the accident should be investigated.
b.
Outline information that should be included in the investigation report
c.
Outline:
i.
Four possible immediate causes
ii.
Four possible root causes of the accident
6. (a) Outline why an organization should have a system for the internal reporting of accidents.
(b) Identify why workers might not report accidents at work.
7. Outline reasons why an Organization should monitor and review its H & S performance.
8. A worker has been seriously injured in an accident at work. Outline the immediate and longer term
actions that should be taken.
9. Give two strengths and weaknesses of using a checklist when carrying out an inspection.
10. A machine has leaked hot liquid into a work area. No-one has been injured. Outline reasons why
it is important for an organization to investigate near miss incidents.
11. Identify the content that could be included in an accident reporting training course for all workers
within an organization.
12. (a) Outline factors that should be considered as part of a review of health and safety performance.

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(b) Outline why it is important that the outcome of the review is reported to the chief executive.
13. Outline the process for investigating the accident
14. Outline the principles of good interviewing technique to be used when interviewing witnesses.
15. Outline why it is important for an organization to consider the number and type of accidents that
have occurred at its workplace.

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