1.1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting Health and safety legislations and policy aim to make sure that the workers‚ children‚ young people and families are safe and protected from harm when at work or using different services. You do not need to be an expert in this area‚ but you will need to be aware of the legal issues and national and local guidance which relates to health and safety and also to know where to go and who you should ask when you need advice
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Assignment Title:- Look Out Hazards About! STUDENT DECLARATION I understand the rules of plagiarism and I declare that the work produced for this assignment is my own. Student Signature ____________________________________Date_____________ Assignment Launch Date Wednesday 16th February 2011 Assignment Hand in Dates Assignment 1 14th February 2011 Assignment 2 29th March 2011 Assignment 3 6th April 2011 GRADING CRITERIA To achieve a pass grade you must show that you are able to: To achieve
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Assessment Planning Sheet (APS) (To be completed by the Assessor andthe Delegate. One AP for each assessment) Delegate: Andrew Morse Plan preparation date: 11/7/13 Assessor: Andrew Arkinstall Award: Level 5 Diploma in OH&SP (3654 – 05) Unit/Element: 401 It is planned that this will be; i) a ‘Performance Assessment’ ii) an ‘Other Evidence Assessment’ (evidence identified from the list below – outputs of work performance) Please list your planned evidence here: EVENT: (The Assessor
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Practitioners will assess their own behaviour and that of others to ensure it is safe. As long as there is adequate signage and information anyone within the setting will benefit from this legislation. Control Of Substances hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 1995 These regulations require employers to assess and prevent or minimise the risks to health from the use of ‘any’ hazardous substance in the workplace. The obligations to employers are to: * assess the risks * decide what precautions
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health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (amended 2002). 1.2 Health and safety policies and procedures set out what
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Safety Act‚ Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Data Protection Act‚ Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations‚ Care Homes Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)‚ Civil Contingencies Act 2004‚
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hygiene 1.2: Employers responsibilities in the relation to the prevention and control of infection are to keep everybody safe and to provide a safe work place‚ they do this by following current legislation. A few examples taken from the HSAWA are COSHH‚ The Public Health (control of diseases) Act‚ Food Safety Act and The Environmental Protection Regulations. Produce relevant risk assessments in order to reduce or eliminate infection risks‚ provide relevant training for employees as well as PPE‚ up
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Unit 4 health and safety. 4.3 Evaluate own practice in promoting balanced approach to risk management. It is important you have a balanced approach towards risk assessments. You must always make sure that children are not at any risk but sometimes you may give them the freedom to do something knowing they won’t hurt their self but will learn from it. For example if a child was walking along a balancing beam that wasn’t very high with a soft surface underneath then they wouldn’t be at risk of any
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responsibility to their employees‚ responsibility that employees have and responsibilities to the general public. • The children act 2004 • Equality act 2010 • RIDDOR 1995 – statutory obligation to report serious workplace accidents‚ occupational diseases and near misses to the HSE. • Data protection act 1998 • Manual handling 1992 • COSHH Equality and Diversity - Learners should be able to attend and participate regardless of their gender‚ ethnic background‚ disability‚ age ‚ religion‚ and sexual
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1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting. 1.2 Analyse how policies‚ procedures and practices in own setting meet health‚ safety and risk management requirements. 2.1 Demonstrate compliance with health‚ safety and risk management procedures 2.2 Support others to comply with legislative and organisational health‚ safety and risk management policies‚ procedures and practices relevant to their work. 2.3 Explain the actions to take when health‚
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