IA MANAGING HEALTH AND SAFETY

NEBOSH
NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA
IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Unit IA: International management of health and safety
TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2011
3 hours, 0930 to 1230
10 minutes reading time is allowed before the start of this examination. You may not write anything during this period.

Answer both Section A and Section B

SECTION A
This section contains six questions. Answer ALL SIX questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
The maximum marks for each question, or part of a question, are shown in brackets.
You are advised to spend about 15 minutes on each question.
Start each answer on a new page.

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(a)

(b)

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3

Giving reasons in EACH case, identify FIVE persons` who could be interviewed to provide information for an investigation into a workplace accident. (5)

Outline the issues to consider when preparing the accident investigation interviews for workers from within the organisation.

(5)

Outline ways in which a health and safety practitioner could evaluate and develop their own competence.

(10)

Outline, with appropriate examples, the key features of the following risk management concepts:
(a)

risk avoidance;

(2)

(b)

risk reduction;

(2)

(c)

risk transfer;

(3)

(d)

risk retention.

(3)

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(a)

(b)

Outline the site operator requirements for emergency planning and procedures within the International Labour Organisation Convention C174
‘Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents’ 1993.
As part of the on-site emergency planning process, a large manufacturing site intends to provide information to the external emergency services.
Outline the types of information that the site should consider providing to the ambulance service.

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(6)

(4)

Outline, with examples, the benefits and limitations of:
(a)

(5)

(b)

goal setting legislation.

(5)

(a)

Give the meaning of the term