WorksheetsCSCS Assessment Quiz 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is responsible for reporting any unsafe conditions on site?
The site manager only
The client
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors
Everyone on site
During site induction you do not understand something the presenter says. What should you do?
Attend another site induction
Ask the presenter to explain the point again
Guess what the presenter was trying to tell you
Wait until the end then ask someone else to explain
Now that work on site is moving forward, the safety rules given in your site induction seem out of date. What should you do?
Do nothing, you are not responsible for safety on site
Speak to your supervisor about your concerns
Speak to your workmates to see if they have any new rules
Make up your own safety rules to suit the changing conditions
What is the most important reason for keeping your work area clean and tidy?
To prevent slips, trips and falls
So that you don’t have a big clean-up at the end of the week
So that waste skips can be emptied more often
To recycle waste and help the environment
The work of another contractor is affecting your safety. You should stop work and:
go home
speak to your supervisor
speak to the contractor's supervisor
speak to the contractor who is doing the job
You are using some equipment. It has just been given a prohibition notice. What does this mean?
You must not use it unless your supervisor is present
You must not use it until it is made safe
You can use it as long as you take more care
Only supervisors can use it
The whole site has been issued with a prohibition notice. What does this mean to you?
You can carry on working because it was nothing to do with you
You are not allowed to use any power tools
You can finish what you are doing and then go home
You must stop work because the site is unsafe
After watching you work, a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector issues an improvement notice. What does this mean?
You are not working fast enough
You need to improve the standard of your work
You are not working in a safe way
All of these answers
The Law (Health and Safety at Work Act) places legal duties on:
employers only
operatives only
all people at work
self-employed people only
As a worker you do NOT have a legal duty to:
use all equipment safely and as instructed
write your own risk assessments
speak to your supervisor if you are worried about safety on site
report any equipment that is damaged or defective
Why is the Health and Safety at Work Act important to you? Give TWO answers.
It tells you which parts of the site are dangerous
It must be learned before starting work
It puts legal duties on your employer to provide a safe place to work
It tells you how to do your job
It puts legal duties on you as a worker
Which of these is NOT your legal duty as a worker?
To look after your own health and safety
To look after the health and safety of anyone else who might be affected by your work
To write your own risk assessments
Not to interfere with anything provided for health and safety
Who is responsible for managing health and safety on construction sites?
The company safety officer
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
The client
The site manager
A risk assessment identifies:
how to report accidents
the site working hours
the hazards and safe way of doing the job
where the first-aid box is kept
You will often hear the word hazard mentioned. What does it mean?
Anything at work that could harm you
The site accident rate
A type of barrier or machine guard
All of these answers
You are about to start a job. How will you know if it needs a permit to work?
Other workers will tell you
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will tell you
You will not be allowed to start until the permit to work has been issued
You don’t need to know, as permits to work only affect managers
Which THREE of the following should be included in a method statement?
The materials, tools and equipment needed
The people involved and the level of competency and training required
The directions to the site
The order and correct way the work should be done
The risks you can take
You find that you cannot do a job as the method statement says you should. What do you do?
Make up your own way of doing the job
Do not start work until you have talked with your supervisor
Ask your workmates how they think you should do the job
Contact the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
A permit to work allows:
the emergency services to come on to the site after an accident
certain jobs to be carried out safely under controlled conditions
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors to visit the site
untrained people to work without supervision
