9074/Health and Safety in Gas Utilisation

Who has a responsibility for ensuring that correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided for work activities?

• The employee.

• The employer.

• The HSE.

• The site labourer.

What should procedures be when removing a gas appliance which contains a number of asbestos rope seals?

• Ask your supervisor for some thick gloves and a dust mask.

• Ask your supervisor for safety boots and a dust mask.

• Ask your supervisor to install a dust extraction system and wear safety goggles.

• Ask your supervisor to have it removed by a specialist contractor.

What is the purpose of a PAT test?

• To check the gas pressure on a blow torch regulator.

• To check the operation of a cartridge operated tool.

• To check the electrical safety of a portable power tool.

• To check the operation of petrol generator.

What are the colours of a warning sign?

• Red and white.

• Green and white.

• Blue and white.

• Yellow and white.

When using a new type of flux for the first time, you should follow the guidance in which type of document?

• The permit to work for the flux.

• The COSHH assessment for the flux.

• The list of chemical ingredients of the flux.

• The site installation specification.

When installing a flue liner to an existing chimney, what access equipment is most suitable?

• Pole ladder and harness.

• Mobile tower scaffold and roof ladder.

• Extension ladder and trestles.

• Trestles and boards.

Painting wooden ladders can lead to:

• The ladder rungs becoming unstable.

• The risk of electrocution when using the ladder.

• Defects in the ladder becoming hidden.

• The prevention of rust damage to the ladder.

An operative that has not been trained in first aid, who discovers a work colleague who is conscious after they have fallen and suffered a broken leg, should:

• Only move them if they are in immediate danger and seek immediate medical assistance.

• Perform CPR on them straight away and seek immediate medical assistance.

• Put them into the recovery position and fill in the accident book.

• Splint the leg with wooden battens and report it to the supervisor.

When planning to lift a new section of a commercial cast iron boiler into position, which is too heavy to lift safely alone what action should be taken?

• Continue to lift the boiler section.

• Break the section into smaller more manageable pieces.

• Ask a work colleague to help lift the section into place.

• Install a smaller section and inform the supervisor of the change.

When carrying out soldering work using a propane blow torch in a confined space, there may be a risk of the gases produced from the soldering process building up and becoming:

• Explosive.

• Corrosive.

• Oxidising.

• Toxic.