HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATIONS Occupational health and safety legislations are enforced to regulate the standards of workplace health and safety with the main aim of preventing workplace accidents‚ injuries and diseases. They also outline consequences for breaches of such standards. They provide‚ in detail‚ the responsibilities of employers‚ supervisors‚ and of employees. Generally‚ the legislations require the employer to do everything they can rationally do to protect the health and safety of their
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Overview The key purpose identified for those working in health‚ social or care settings is “to provide an integrated‚ ethical and inclusive service‚ which meets agreed needs and outcomes of people requiring health and/or social care”. For this unit you need to undertake risk assessment in relation to pressure area care and the risk of skin breakdown. This assessment will take place across a variety of health and social care settings‚ throughout hospitals‚ including operating departments‚ hospices
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Roles and Responsibilities 1. The people who are responsible for health and safety on a project: a) Site Manager b) Assistant Site Manager The assistant site manger role will be keeping records associated with safety e.g. statutory inspections‚ including records required by CDM for hazard management e.g. sub-contractors method statements etc and anything else required by statue or included in the Construction Phase Plan and by the relevant procedures in the contractors Manual of Quality‚ Safety and the
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Health and Safe Legislation and Regulation You are required to research two different engineering environments that you have come knowledge of. It may be best if one is an electrical environment and one a mechanical environment. For each of these environments: • Identify a minimum of four different sets of regulations that would be relevant • Describe a minimum of three key features of each of the sets of regulations you have chosen. Mechanical Provisional and Use of
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Legislation that relates to general health and social care setting are the Health and Safety Act‚ The Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE). The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures identify significant risks in relations to the work place and
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undertaking are safe at all times and this law is called the Health and Safety Act/Law. “The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering health and safety in the workplace. This piece of legislation lays out the employer’s responsibilities for health and safety. Employers have a ‘duty of care’ over the health‚ safety and welfare of their staff in the workplace”. (www.labourguide.co.za/health-and-safety”) The purposes of these laws are: • To protect the ORG the
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071 679 6503 or (012) 355-1665 Fax: 086 211 7661Email: amecronje@gmail.com | The following questions relate to critical points covered in the material‚ content scope of practical activities covered by this Unit Standard:Unit Standard: “Apply safety‚ health and environmental principles and procedures in a workplace.” | | INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNERS: 1. Complete all the course details and your personal details in the space provided above (page 2 of this document). 2. Enter your name and
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Management of Health and Safety Element 2 Setting Health & Safety Policy 1. (a) Outline the general content of the THREE sections of a health and safety policy. (6) (b) Explain why the health and safety policy should be signed by the most senior person in an organization‚ such as a Managing Director or Chief Executive· Officer. (2) Answer (a) The three sections of a policy are the ’statement of intent’‚ which both demonstrates management’s commitment to health and safety and sets goals
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The health and safety representative is responsible for addressing workplace health and safety issues. The employees of the workplace who do not exercise managerial functions select‚ from among those employees‚ the person to be appointed health and safety representative. If the employees are represented by a trade union‚ then the union selects the person to be appointed after consulting any employees who are not in the union. The health and safety representative’s duties include: * to consider
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children or young people with whom you work. The health and safety requirements of all young people and adults must be taken into consideration before starting any learning activity and it must be ensured that the learning environment is free from any hazard that could affect a person’s health and safety. The duty of care of a setting to children‚ young people‚ parents and carers is a legal obligation that should always have the child’s safety and welfare uppermost in mind when planning. The desired
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