CSCS Test Revision – General Responsibilities

To keep a worksite accident-free, we all need to report unsafe working conditions. Regardless of your job title, this goes for everyone on site.

During your site induction, the presenter will go over many site rules. If you don’t understand something, ask them to go over it again until you understand the point they’re trying to make.

There are many reasons to keep your work area clean and tidy, but one main reason is to reduce slips, trips, and falls in your workplace.

If you’re working on-site and another contractor is putting your safety at risk, stop working and let your supervisor know immediately.

If you’re about to use a tool and discover it has been issued with a prohibition notice, it means the tool is not safe to use, and you must not use it until it has been made safe.

If you show up for work and realise your worksite has been issued a prohibition notice, you are not allowed to work because the site is unsafe.

If an HSE inspector issues an improvement notice, it means you are not working safely.

According to the Health and Safety at Work Act, we all have legal duties; this includes you, your supervisors and everyone else at work.

The Health and Safety at Work Act is important to employees because it puts legal duties on your employer to ensure you have a safe place to work, and it also puts legal duties on you as an employee.

As an employee, you have many legal duties, but writing your own risk assessment is not one of them.

When you’re working on a building site, the site manager is responsible for managing health and safety.

You will hear the term “risk assessment” often at work; it means an assessment was carried out to identify the possible hazards associated with your job, and it also states safety measures to deal with those hazards.

Another frequently used term you’ll hear on-site is “hazard”; this term is used to describe the possibility that you or someone else could get hurt.

A permit to work may be required if you are starting a new job; if so, you will be informed at your site induction.

If you realise that you cannot carry out your job as outlined by the method statement, you should speak to your supervisor before proceeding with the task.

Every work site has its own health and safety rules; that is why you need to attend a site induction to learn them.

Attending a site induction is not optional, you will learn about key health and safety rules governing your worksite and for this reason everyone who will be on-site should attend the site induction.

Your site induction will cover many topics; two of the most important are the site rules and the site’s emergency procedures.

Your employer has a legal responsibility to discuss various health and safety matters with you because they must inform you of anything that will protect your health and safety at work.

One common term you will hear quite often on a construction site is “toolbox talk”. This has nothing to do with tools; it’s a short discussion regarding a particular health and safety topic.