1.1: Understand Health and Safety Roles and Responsibilities

Who's role is it to inspect businesses that are deemed to be violating health and safety regulations

• Environmental health officers

• HSE inspectors

• Safety officers

• Safety representatives

Who's role is to represent employees and their needs in health and safety matters and policies?

• Safety officers

• HSE inspectors

• Environmental health officers

• Safety representatives

Who's role is it to advise and ensure companies are disposing of waste in an environmentally safe manner?

• Environmental safety officers

• HSE inspectors

• Safety officers

• Safety representatives

Who's role is it to enforce the Health and Safety at Work Act?

• Environmental safety officers

• HSE inspectors

• Safety officers

• Safety representatives

Who's job is it to put into place high standard health and safety practices?

• Environmental safety officers

• HSE inspectors

• Safety inspectors

• Safey representatives

Who's job is it to carry out risk assessments for the day-to-day activities of the company?

• Environmental safety officers

• HSE inspectors

• Safety officers

• Safety representatives

Who's job is to raise employee concerns about health and safety to upper managment?

• Environmental safety officer

• HSE inspector

• Safety officer

• Safety representative

Who reports findings and complaints to the HSE?

• Environmental safety officer

• HSE inspector

• Safety officers

• Safety representatives

Who's role is it to help employers write up the health and safety policy document?

• Environmental safety officers

• HSE inspectors

• Safety officers

• Safety representatives

Who has the power to close a business down?

• Environmental safety officer

• HSE inspector

• Safety officer

• Safety representative