General Principles of Prevention
- Avoiding, evaluating and controlling risks
- Collective and individual protective measures
- Roles, categories and features of safety signs
Hierarchy of Control
- Elimination or substitution
- Exposure reduction
- Isolation and segregation
- Engineering controls
- Personal protective equipment
Safe Systems of Work
- Employers duty
- Competent persons
- Employee involvement
- Written procedures
- Writing a method statement
- Forms of control
- Development of safe systems of work
Permits to Work
- Operation of the permit system
- Typical permit and appropriate circumstances – hot work, work on electrical systems, confined spaces, plant maintenance
Emergency Procedures
- Objectives of developing emergency procedures
- Requirements for first aid provision
- Arrangements for contacting emergency and rescue services
- Emergency cover for shift work and remote locations
Example Candidate Response Booklet
Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).
