Assignment 1 of 2: Health and safety responsibilities at work
P1: Identify and describe the roles and responsibilities of the person responsible for health, safety and welfare on a construction project
Client Duties – The Client is an individual or an organization that has construction work carried out as part of their business. Clients duties should have a role of an input to take part in or to take action which is to have responsibilities of having health and safety signs in places around the construction site at all times, they should also be able to ensure that they have welfare facilities such as washing facilities, dining room where the employers can have their time to read newspapers, eat or drink, they also need to have a
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It is the local committee who are the local council of that particular borough or region who do the setting up consent as they work mostly on roads, highway and motorway protection which means they have to interchange traffic lights or block some lines of the motorway or roads, they have to do it in such a way to create it safer in the region and they also have to protect the surroundings areas of the region similarly if there is a waterway close by so just in case no other risky chemicals can go inside the waterway and cause to kill the nature or the wildlife.
Local Authority must:
• Local Authority must planned that the work which is going to take place is not going to put others people around the region or the environment at risk
• Local Authority must make sure that the noise level is acceptable during the project
• Local Authority must be working in conditions with regard to health and safety are in place
• Local Authority must ensure that the project plan is safety proposition and is accepted and agreed by the local authority
CDM – Construction Design Management Coordinator – CDM are there to make sure that the designers are alert of their own duties, to
M1) Describe how health and safety legislation, policies and procedures promote of individuals in a health or social care setting
Explain the roles and responsibilities for Health and Safety of key personnel in a selected workplace (P3)
| Describe their responsibilities under current legislation and official guidance whilst working:– in the workplace, in confined spaces, below ground level, at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and substances, with movement/storage of materials and by manual handling and mechanical lifting.
What are your responsibilities under current health and safety legislation, standards and guidance, eg the Health & Safety at Work Act (and any other relevant legislation).
* Risk assessments – Local and governing authorities make compulsory the use of risk assessments. Risk assessments are carried out to evaluate any potential hazards that may
1.1- Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.
Before I start work, I ensure that the environment is spacious to avoid any accidents. By ensuring that the floor is dry and clear of any obstruction or material that could result to risk of an accident to both the service user and member of staff in line with Health and Safety first Aids Regulations 1987. I carry out checks on the residential areas and on the surroundings, fire checks and parked the wheelchairs and Zimmer frames in their appropriate places to avoid any accidents. I check to see that all doors and windows were locked and secured and areas are hazard
Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.
Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting
Understand own responsibilities, and responsibilities of others, relting to health and safety in the work setting.
| Protect the environment in accordance with safe working practices as appropriate to the work.
Task 4Ensuring health and safety is an important responsibility not only for the Managers but all associated with the premises. Evaluate your organisation’s health and safety policy and procedures in line with legislative requirements and propose recommendations on how health and safety should be managed
Under the Health & Safety at work Act I have many responsibilities as an employee. These responsibilities must be obeyed in order to maintain a safe working area and minimize any potential hazards or risks to yourself or others. Some of my responsibilities as an employee are as followed:
Can lead to a failure to meet statutory requirements relating to providing a safe and healthy working environment
Will the project involve use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or material which could be harmful to human or the environment or raise concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health?