Health and safety requirements, safe working practiced and procedures required for the hand fitting activities untaken include always wearing your personal protective equipment. You should only use equipment which you have had correct training on or on equipment which you being supervised using, you should always use the correct procedures when using this equipment. Before using any equipment you should know what to do in an emergency situation, and should know where they emergency stops are on all the machinery which you will be using, you should also know where and how to use the guards on these machines to avoid any swarf hurting you. You should make sure the equipment which you are using is safe so as to avoid any injury, for example making sure the handle on a file is safe so that you do not impale yourself on the ting.
2. What are the hazards associated with the hand fitting activities and how they can be minimised?
Hazards associated with the hand fitting activities involve injuring yourself on equipment and tools, this can be done due to wear of equipment and in proper use of tools, to avoid this you should check over the tool you are about to use and make sure that it is in safe working condition. You should also make sure that you are in safe working condition when going to use tools or machinery, for example when using machinery that rotates at a ahigh speed you should make sure that you are wearing the appropriate PPE such as goggles to ensure nothing comes flying off and hits your eyes, you should also make sure that all dangling parts of clothing are removed and hair is tied up to avoid any injury to yourself.
3. How do you prepare the materials in readiness for the marking out activities, in order to enhance clarity, accuracy and safety?
To prepare materials for marking out activities in order to