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Describe the key features and appropriate content of an effective health and safety
policy.
Question:
Part (a)
Part (b)
Question:
Outline the circumstances that may require a health and safety policy to be reviewed.
Circumstances that require a health and safety policy to be reviewed such as:
Significant changes in the structure of the organization and/or a change of
premises;
After the introduction of new or changed processes or work methods;
Following changes in key personnel;
Following changes in legislation;
Where audits, risk assessments, monitoring exercises or accident investigations
show that the policy is no longer effective or relevant;
As a result of consultation with the workforce;
Following enforcement action and after a sufficient period of time has elapsed
since the previous review to suggest that another one is due.
Question:
Part (a)
Part (b)
Question:
Outline reasons why an organization should review its health and safety performance.
Question:
Part (a)
Part (b)
Circumstances that would require a health and safety policy to be reviewed, such as:
Circumstances that require a health and safety policy to be reviewed such as:
Significant changes in the structure of the organization and/or a change of
premises;
After the introduction of new or changed processes or work methods;
Following changes in key personnel;
Following changes in legislation;
Where audits, risk assessments, monitoring exercises or accident investigations
show that the policy is no longer effective or relevant;
As a result of consultation with the workforce;
Following enforcement action and after a sufficient period of time has elapsed
since the previous review to suggest that another one is due.
Question:
Outline what an organization may need to consider when setting health and safety
objectives.
This question related to Element 4 of the syllabus and assessed candidates‟ knowledge
of learning outcome 4.1: Explain the importance of planning in the context of health and
safety management systems.
Question:
Part (a)
An employer must prepare a written health and safety policy when he employs five or
more persons.
Part (b)
Question:
With reference to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999:
Part (a)
The information on health and safety matters that an employer must provide to his
employees under the requirements of regulation 10 of the Management of Health and
Safety at Work Regulations 1999. This includes Information on:
The risks identified by risk assessment (and those notified to him by other
employers sharing the same workplace);
The preventive and protective measures that are in place;
The organization’s emergency arrangements;
The identity of competent persons nominated to implement the emergency
procedures.
Part (b)
Question:
Outline the reasons why an organization should monitor and review its health and
safety performance.
Question:
Part (a)
Employer’s duty under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act to prepare
a health and safety policy and also to the exemption from the requirement for the
policy to be in writing for those employing fewer than five employees.
Methods Include:
Giving employees their own personal copy of the policy or a summary of it;
Displaying the policy on noticeboards;
Explaining the content of the policy at team briefings or tool-box talks and during
induction or refresher training courses;
Referring to the policy in internal newsletters, booklets, emails and intranet
communications;
Making the policy an agenda item at meetings of the health and safety
committee.
Question:
Part (a)
The employer is required by law to form a health and safety committee when requested
in writing by two or more trade union-appointed safety representatives.
Part (b)
Question:
Outline the issues that are typically included in the arrangements section of health and
safety.
These included:
Systems of work;
Health and safety training;
Provision of protective equipment;
Specific types of hazard (e.g. machinery, hazardous substances, manual
handling, fire, etc.);
Control of contractors;
Safety of visitors;
Accident reporting and investigation procedures; first-aid facilities;
Emergency procedures;
Employee consultation;