BPEC Level Plumbing Health & Safety

A plumber is asked by their employer to manually move a new cast iron bath which is considered as being too heavy to lift. What action should be taken?

• Report the matter to the Health & Safety Inspector

• Advise the employer the bath is too heavy to lift

• Organise for a scrap metal dealer to collect

• Arrange for the bath to be lifted by mechanical means

Under the Electricity at Work Regulations (Regulation 14) work on or near live circuits is only allowed when the work of the plumber is supervised by an (a)   ?

Under the Work at Height Regulations 2005 an employer has a duty to...

• Prevent employees under 21 years working at height

• Provide safety harness if working from a ladder

• Prevent employees from working at heights over 9 metres

• Consider other options to avoid working at height where possible

On a mobile lower scaffold, the distance from the guardrail to the working platform must be at least​ (a)  

• 0.95m
• 7m
• 0.20m

A casualty should be placed in the recovery position if

• they are suffering from shock

• they are unconscious

• there are no available charis

• they have broken a toe nail