Risk Assessments in Building Service Engineering PT4

What is the purpose of a risk assessment?

• To evaluate existing or potential hazards on a job

• To reduce the risk of accidents and injuries

• To protect workers and others from harm

• All of the above

Who produces the five steps to risk assessment?

• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

• Building Service Engineering Association

• Construction Industry Regulatory Authority

• National Risk Assessment Committee

If there are less than five employees in a company, what needs to be written down on a risk assessment?

• Nothing

• Only the hazards identified

• Only the control measures

• The entire risk assessment

The use of numbers to identify risks is employed in which type of risk assessment?

• Quantitative risk assessment

• Qualitative risk assessment

• Initial risk assessment

• Ongoing risk assessment

If a situation was very likely to occur, what rating would it have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What would be multiplied to come up with a number which would rank a risk?

• Likelihood and consequences

• Severity and exposure

• Hazard and risk

• Precautions and control measures

If a risk is ranked between 16 and 25, what does it mean?

• The risk is minor and can be monitored closely

• The risk is significant and requires immediate control action

• The risk is critical and all activities must stop until risk is reduced

• The risk is negligible and no action is required

What type of risk assessment uses the terms low, medium and high to rank risks?

• Quantitative risk assessment

• Qualitative risk assessment

• Initial risk assessment

• Ongoing risk assessment

What should be done when working in an old boiler room with asbestos-covered pipework?

• Proceed with the work as planned

• Inform the supervisor and seek advice

• Ignore the asbestos and continue working

• Remove the asbestos without any precautions

What should be done before carrying out any further work in the old boiler room?

• Review the risk assessment and check the condition of pipework

• Take an air sample to check for particles of asbestos

• Engage specialist advice

• All of the above