IG1 Week 1 - Review Questions

NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE
UNIT IG1
Week 1: Elements 1–4
RRC REVIEW QUESTIONS
Guide to Review Questions

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The Review Questions provided as a student resource are designed to test students’
knowledge and understanding of each topic (element by element). They can be used to
stimulate discussion in the classroom or provided as a take-home exercise to be completed
individually.
The Review Questions are based on the Study Questions contained in the RRC Course Book.
You also have access to the Suggested Answers to these Questions at the end of that book.
Element 1: Why We Should Manage Workplace Health And Safety
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1. Why might health and safety not be seen as a priority by the management of an
organisation?
2. Define:
a) Health
b) Safety
c) Welfare
3. Explain the three reasons why an organisation should manage health and safety.
4. Give three insured costs and three uninsured costs that might arise from a workplace
accident.
Insured Costs Uninsured Costs
5. List the criteria that might be used to assess the suitability of a contractor to
undertake work on behalf of a client.
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Element 2: How Health and Safety Management Systems Work and
What They Look Like
1. What are the elements of the management system outlined in ILO-OSH-2001?
2. What are the elements of the safety management system outlined in ‘ISO 45001:
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems’?
3. Why might the health and safety policy of two organisations, both undertaking similar
work, be different?
4. What are the three key elements of a health and safety policy? What does each section
contain?
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5. Who should sign the policy statement?
6. What health and safety responsibilities do all workers have?
7. What does a safety organisation chart show?
8. What circumstances might require a review of policy?
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Element 3: Managing Risk – Understanding People and Processes
1. Define health and safety culture.
2. How do an individual’s peers exert influence over their behaviour?
3. What are the main merits and limitations of both written and verbal forms of
communication?
Written Communication Verbal Communication

Merits
Limitations
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4. How are graphic symbols (pictograms) used in safety communications?
5. What should be the first priority in induction training?
6. Apart from at induction, when should training be provided?
7. How can workers be involved in the improvement of workplace health and safety?
8. How might employers consult workers?
9. Identify the three factors that impact on a person’s health and safety related behaviour.
10. Outline the key job factors that can impact on safety-related behaviour.
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11. What is perceptual distortion and how may it arise?
12. Why is the distinction between hazards and risks so important to health and safety
management?
13. State the purpose and objectives of risk assessment.
14. What techniques are used for identifying hazards?
15 What are the five categories of health hazard?
16. State the five steps involved in risk assessment.
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17. Apart from operators, what particular staff groups require special consideration during
risk assessment?
18. What factors are used to evaluate risk?
19. What is residual risk?
20. State the general hierarchy of control.
21. What conditions might trigger a risk assessment review?
22. What type of sign is represented by the following pictograms?
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23. When should personal protective equipment be used?
24. Identify two internal and two external sources of information about health and safety.
Internal Sources External Sources
25. Define ‘a safe system of work’.
26. How does involving workers in the development of safe systems of work contribute to
strengthening the safety culture?
27. What is the difference between technical, procedural and behavioural controls?
Technical controls
Procedural controls
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Behavioural controls
28. Why do instruction, training and supervision form a part of safe systems?
29. What is a permit to work?
30. What are the four key elements of a typical permit?
31. What is the main objective of an emergency procedure?
32. What types of incident may require the development of an emergency response?
33. What factors might need to be considered when determining the first-aid provision for
a workplace?
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Element 4: Health and Safety Monitoring and Measuring
1. Define reactive and active monitoring.
Reactive Monitoring
Active Monitoring
2. State the purpose of workplace inspections.
3. What is the difference between a safety inspection and safety tour?
Safety inspection
Safety tour
4. What role does senior management have in workplace inspections?
5. Why are checklists used in inspections?
6. What is the prime purpose of an accident investigation?
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7. What are the four elements of the investigation process?
8. Identify the categories of staff that might be considered useful members of

an internal accident investigation team.
9. List the types of documentation which might be consulted during an

accident investigation.
10. What are the two categories of immediate cause of accidents/incidents?
11. An employee has been hit by a reversing vehicle in a loading bay. List
possible immediate causes and root causes.
Immediate Causes Root Causes
12. Who is usually responsible for initially reporting accidents and other safety-
related incidents?
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13. To whom do the results of accident investigations have to be
communicated?
14. Apart from the accident documentation about the particular incident, what other
information may be relevant to a claim for personal injuries suffered as a result of a guard
malfunctioning on a drill?
15. What actions should be taken following a serious injury at work?
16. Define health and safety auditing.
17. Outline the differences between health and safety audits and workplace
inspections.
Health and
safety audits
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Workplace
inspections
18. What is the purpose of reviewing health and safety performance?
19. Who should take part in reviews of the occupational health and safety
management system?
20. How often should reviews of the occupational health and safety
management system take place?
21. What typical outputs from the management review need to be documented
and maintained as a record of the review process and as evidence of its
effectiveness?
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RRC REVIEW QUESTIONS

Guide to Review Questions

Element 1: Why We Should Manage Workplace Health And Safety

1. What are the elements of the management system outlined in ILO-OSH-2001?

6. What health and safety responsibilities do all workers have?

7. What does a safety organisation chart show?

8. What circumstances might require a review of policy?

2. How do an individual’s peers exert influence over their behaviour?

Written Communication Verbal Communication

5. What should be the first priority in induction training?

6. Apart from at induction, when should training be provided?

8. How might employers consult workers?

13. State the purpose and objectives of risk assessment.

14. What techniques are used for identifying hazards?

15 What are the five categories of health hazard?

16. State the five steps involved in risk assessment.

18. What factors are used to evaluate risk?

19. What is residual risk?

20. State the general hierarchy of control.

21. What conditions might trigger a risk assessment review?

22. What type of sign is represented by the following pictograms?

Internal Sources External Sources

25. Define ‘a safe system of work’.

29. What is a permit to work?

30. What are the four key elements of a typical permit?

31. What is the main objective of an emergency procedure?

2. State the purpose of workplace inspections.

3. What is the difference between a safety inspection and safety tour?

4. What role does senior management have in workplace inspections?

5. Why are checklists used in inspections?

6. What is the prime purpose of an accident investigation?

8. Identify the categories of staff that might be considered useful members of

9. List the types of documentation which might be consulted during an

10. What are the two categories of immediate cause of accidents/incidents?

Immediate Causes Root Causes

15. What actions should be taken following a serious injury at work?

16. Define health and safety auditing.

18. What is the purpose of reviewing health and safety performance?

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