L2 NVQ in Wood Occupations (Construction) QCF - Knowledge Question Paper

L2 NVQ in Wood Occupations
(Construction) QCF
Knowledge Question Paper
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A/503/1170
QCF641
Conforming to General
Health, Safety and Welfare in
the Workplace
Ref
No.
Assessment Criteria Candidate Response
1.4 State why and when health
and safety control
equipment, identified by the
principles of protection,
should be used relating to
types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the
work situation, occupational
use and the general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective
measures
– personal protective
equipment (PPE)
– respiratory
protective equipment
(RPE)
– local exhaust
ventilation (LEV).
Collective protective measures: In wood occupation, this type of
protective measure is used at the time to protect more than on person
from any hazards. It is used because it protects everyone working at a
specific location from any risk or uncertainty. Main types of collective
protective measures used at wooden occupation are scaffolds, edge
protection and airbags. For example, if a team is working on roofs of
building, then edge protection is best to protect all from falls. The
main purpose of collective protection measure is to protect all the
people against accidents. Its limitation is that employees and other
people ignores provided equipments and shared knowledge while
working in group.
Personal protective equipments: These are personal controls and
protect an individual against hazards. Types of personal protective
equipments are hard hats, ear defenders, fall arrest harnesses, gloves,
steel toe shoes and helmets. For example, in wood related occupation,
ear defenders given to an individual protect them from noises. The
purpose of these types at the company is to provide protection to
employees from loud noises of machines, protecting eyes and to
reduce any ginger injuries. The limitation is that these types may
provide fake sense of security and not matches with unidentified
hazards.
Respiratory protective equipment: It refers to specific type of
protective equipment that protect individuals against inhaling
hazardous substances in workplace air. In wooden occupation, the type
respiratory protective equipments that are based on principle of
protection are respirators such as combined filters, filter and filtering
half masks. The other is breathing apparatuses, for example, self
contained breathing apparatus. The main purpose of these type is to
protect employees at workplace from breathing harmful dust of wood.
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The limitation is that in many cases, these types are not appropriate as
these do not provide adequate protection from small dust of wood.
Local exhaust ventilation: It is an engineering control measure which
is used when employee exposes to contaminated airborne that are dust
and mist in workplace. Types of LEV used in wooden occupation are
hood which captures contaminated air, ducting system that carries out
polluted air away from area of work and air cleaner to filter and clean
the air. The purpose of this kind is to reduce dust and fume at
workplace of Mace group Ltd. LEV are based on electric power as
well as do not work in when there is power cut in company which is
its limitation. These also extracts dust or other harmful particles at
some limits only.
1.5 State how the health and
safety control equipment
relevant to the work should
be used in accordance with
the given instructions.
In workplace, all types of relevant heath addition to safety equipments
should be used according to arising situation. For example, In case of
emergency situation, all employees must be given access to use heath
and safety equipments so to control circumstances. When a new
candidate is employed on site then they must be inducted as well as
have talks related to heath and safety equipments. Through testing
current hazards control measures along with equipments for
preventing exposures is another way to use heath and safety control
tools and equipments at work.
1.6 State which types of health,
safety and welfare
legislation, notices and
warning signs are relevant
to the occupational area and
associated equipment.
Heath, safety addition to welfare legislations relevant to construction
site operations at Mace Group Ltd is Health safety at workplace Act
(HSWA), 2015 and Safety, Heath and Welfare Act, 2005 are followed.
At same time, Warning signals such as emergency alarms and
loudspeakers are used at occupational area. At various occupational
places of company, big notice boards are placed and diagrams are
made on them so to generate awareness among employees for safety
and well being.
1.7 State why health, safety and
welfare legislation, notices
and warning signs are
relevant to the occupational
area.
At occupational area of Mace Group Ltd, health, safety along with
welfare legislations are relevant because they ensures that all worker,
visitors, site personnel and many other are kept safe addition to met
their needs of safety and welfare. Similarly, notice together with
warning signs are relevant because they generate awareness among the
people that are present at site for safety and well-being so that hazards
can be eliminated and safe place to work is fostered.
1.8 State how to comply with
control measures that have
been identified by risk
assessments and safe
systems of work.
At Mace Group Ltd, complying with measures of control which are
identified through risk assessments together with safe system are done
through proper discussion with site personnel and detailed information
are given to each worker so that risk identified in risk assessments can
be controlled and safe environment are provided for working. All
these must be discussed with workers and other staff on occupational
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site.
2.2 List typical hazards
associated with the work
environment and
occupational area in relation
to resources, substances,
asbestos, equipment,
obstructions, storage,
services, and work
activities.
Resources: In wooden occupation, Human resources faces various
hazards while working in wood occupation areas. For example, Cuts
in hands at the time of cutting wood for making furniture. Moreover,
lifting heavy wood can cause injury in back of human resources in
Mace Group Ltd.
Substances: At workplace of wooden construction, Dust and gases
from sites as well as sawdust from cutting wood for make some
furnitures causes risk of respiratory diseases.
Asbestos: In wooded construction site, silicate minerals are present
that can cause risk of mesothelioma which is aggressive cancer type.
Moreover, other serious risk of unhealthiness or death are also
associated with asbestos.
Equipment: In wooden occupation, hazards related to equipments are
electrical hazards, machine hazards and Chemical hazards. For
example, when proper electrical supply is not available for
woodworking machine then it can cause electrical hazard. While
putting chemicals on equipments for smooth functioning there are
chances of chemical hazards as drop of chemical on body can result to
huge risk to a person.
Obstructions: Risk related to trips as well as falls are caused from
obstructions in wood working area.
Storage: Stored material may cause risk of strains or sprains. For
example, when carrying loads of stored wood, there are chances of
fractures and bruises at the time of unloading storage places.
Services: On construction sites, service related to renovation includes
electric lines as well as drilling walls. In this context, risk associated
with service are harmful dust and hands on wrong wires which can
take a person to death.
Work activities: Operational workings that are implemented for
completing allotted task are work activities. In wood occupation,
Hazards such as untidy place can cause falls or trips, injuries to body
parts while cutting materials and Bits going in eyes at the time of
cutting tools or saw.
2.3 List the current Health and
Safety Executive top ten
safety risks.
Current Heath and safety Executive risks in Mace Group Ltd are as
listed:
 Working at height is one of safety risk in construction
workplace that causes huge injuries to a person who works at
height and something unexpected situation occur.
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 Moving objects is also safety risk that can be experienced by
workers at the time of shifting heavy wood from one place or
location to another.
 Electrical shocks is also one of safety hazard which is
common risk caused from shocks of machines or other
electrical appliance used at wooden occupation area.
 Physical issues and manual handling are also safety hazards
which a workers experience while handling heavy wood
without machines.
 Harmful substances arises from dust of wood and making
furniture is common safety hazard.
 Noises from machines and other equipment increases chances
of safety hazards.
 Loss of fingers or other body parts while cutting, carving or
shaping wood from saw or grinder is also safety hazard.
 Slips and falls at the time of using stairs that are made from
concrete at construction site is also safety hazards.
 Inhaling mist or toxic dust can cause respiratory hazard.
 Particles of dust in eyes is one of critical safety hazard that is
faced by workers while working with wood or other related
material.
2.4 List the current Health and
Safety Executive top five
health risks.
Inn context to Mace Group Ltd, list of top five current heath risks is
below:
 Vibration finger because of machinery such as drillers are
elements that causes heath risks to workers.
 Chemical hazards causes when using some harmful chemical
in shaping or carving products made from wood are related to
health hazards.
 Noise hazards from machines, tools or equipments can causes
issues related to hearing among workers at construction
workplace.
 Skin cracks to body parts are heath related hazards that arises
because of unanticipated surroundings including excessive heat
and dust.
 Back pains caused from continuous positioning in confined
spaces is also heath hazard that workers faces when lofting
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woods manually.
2.5 State how changing
circumstances within the
workplace could cause
hazards.
Changing circumstances in workplace of Mace Group Ltd could cause
hazards when workers on operational site are not aware about changes
as well as potential risks. Moreover, when employers or site
supervisors are not aware about changes in change risk assessment
also caused in hazards. The other way that can cause hazard is when
work progresses along with employees are not updated about changes
in workings and schedules.
2.6 State the methods used for
reporting changed
circumstances, hazards, and
incidents in the workplace.
The methods that are used in Mace Group Ltd for different purposes
are below:
Reporting changed circumstances: The method that managers of
Mace Group Ltd uses to report changed situation is toolbox talks
through which is safety informal meeting in which discussion for
some changed situations are reported. For example, in toolbox talks,
site supervisor of other manager have communication with workers
about ongoing situation and in this, workers reports about changed
circumstances.
Hazards: In order to control hazards at workplace, site managers of
the company conducts risk assessment and update them in risk
register. Hazard controlling measures used in operational area are
elimination, administrative, personal protective tools and many more.
For example, in risk register, potential hazards are recorded with
impacts and mitigating actions which help employees to properly deal
with certain risks.
Incidents: Methods used to report about incidents are site meetings,
internal reporting system, accident book and RIDDOR. For example,
in site meetings, the incidents that have chances to occur are shared
and this assist workers to report about occurred and potentials of
incidents.
3.6 State the organisational
policies and procedures for
health, safety, and welfare,
in relation to:
– dealing with
accidents and
emergencies
associated with the
work and
environment
– methods of receiving
or sourcing
Policies and procedures of Mace Group Ltd for heath, safety addition
to welfare in context to:
Dealing with accidents as well as emergencies concerned with
work and environment: Accident Sickness Policy is used by the
organisation to deal with accidents or any emergencies in work place.
For example, to deal with emergency of lights go out then everyone
are instructed to move out immediately.
Methods to receive and source information: In Mace Group Ltd,
information are received or sourced through methods that are
telephones, e-mails, intranet and use of reasonable security policy.
Reporting: Employee reporting policy is used by the company in
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