CSCS Health and Safety Information

If you want to work within the United Kingdom Construction industry, you must first take and pass the Health and Safety Information CSCS test. This test is a computer-based, multiple choice, health, a safety and environment test. It assesses whether or not you have the knowledge and qualifications needed to work safely within the area you have chosen. It is designed with the intention of improving the awareness of health and safety concerns in order to not only reduce accidents but reduce the number of injuries and deaths that occur on construction sites as well. The following information is essential information that you should know, relating to general health and safety concerns, in order to successfully pass the CSCS test.

Personal Protective Equipment: What it is and Where to Find it

PPE, or personal protective equipment, is equipment and clothing alike that is designed with the intention of keeping employees safe from potential, or obvious, hazards found on the work site. The United Kingdom requires employers to legally provide employees with the personal protective equipment needs to carry out their jobs in a safe manner. If there is a reason you must source your own personal protective equipment, the United Kingdom sites contain numerous retail providers that specialise in this area.

Why is PPE important?

Personal protective equipment is there to keep workers safe and protected while they carry out their jobs. Construction sites are seen as high-risk worksites. This means that it is highly important that workers keep their personal protective equipment on correctly, always, while they are on the worksite. Personal protection equipment can protect employees from a number of different conditions. It can keep them safe from falling objects or long hanging surfaces. It can keep them out of contact with dangerous chemicals, dust, debris that are hazardous, and metal due to splashes. Personal protective equipment can also protect workers as they work in conditions providing poor levels of visibility, potential skin laceration, injuries to their feet and ankles, injuries from falling, hearing damage, and damage to their vision or eyes.

Basic Mandatory PPE

Construction sites are high risk, as mentioned above. Because of this, it is important that you never step on any worksite without wearing the mandatory Personal Protective equipment. The basic required equipment will be clothing that provides high visibility (jacket/vest), footwear designed to protect your feet, and a hard hat that is designed to protect your head. Most construction sites also require employees to wear safety gloves and goggles at all times as well.

Task Specific PPE

Mandatory personal protective equipment is not the only type of PPE you should be looking at. There are also a number of items that relate only to specific types of work or specific tasks that may be done while on the job. You can consult with the method statement in order to know what type of PPE is required for the job or task you are performing. The method statement is supposed to detail a safe system of work for the task at hand, and this includes a list of the PPE needed to carry out the job safely and in line with the procedures on site. If you are unsure about anything regarding specific PPE, you must inquire with your line manager, the supervisor on site, or a health and safety representative so that they can clarify whatever is causing your confusion. Task-specific PPE us things such as Respirators, safety goggles, heat proof clothes, harnesses, hearing protection, or specialised clothing (such as overalls or heat-proof clothing).
Maintaining and Storing PPE
It is the employer’s responsibility to provide employees with PPE, but it is the employee’s responsibility to take care of their personal protective equipment and ensure that it is stored correctly when not in use. If any of your personal protection equipment is damaged, you are required to immediately request a replacement. You should never try to change your PPE, it is designed specifically to keep you safe and any changes you make can affect its ability to keep you safe. You should ensure that your PPE is stored in a safe, dry area where it is safe from impairment and any type of exposure to extreme temperatures. You should do everything possible to avoid damaging the PPE that is more fragile by nature, such as your safety glasses and make sure that you place smaller, more fragile, items in a container before storing them.

First Aid on the Jobsite

Personal protective equipment is not the only thing on the job site designed to keep you safe. It is required that all construction sites contain a first aid box or a first aid station that is equipped in order to adequately handle the number of workers found on the job site. There also must be one employee that is the “appointed first aider” This person will take charge of any and all first aid arrangements and distribute first aid care when called for. Finally, each construction site is required to provide information that informs the workers on the site of who is in charge of first aid and where they can find them.

You Can Typically Find the Following at a First Aid Station:

• Sterile dressing or bandages that are both large and small in size
• An assortment of plasters
• Dressings
• Swabs
• Wound wipes
• Eyewash pods
• Eyewash stations
• Tweezers
• Scissors
• Accident Book
• Blankets
• Gloves
• Braces
• Supports
• Boxes for the disposal of medical wastes

What is the First Aider and the Appointed Person and How many are on site?

A first aider is a person who has undertaken the training and has the required qualification in first aid that enables them to administer treatment to employees when it is required. A first aider found on a construction site is required to have a valid certificate in either First Aid at Work (FAW) or Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW). An appointed person is not required to have training in first aid. They simply monitor the equipment and contact medical professionals or emergency services when required. A site that contains less than five employees is only required to have an appointed person on site. However, if a site contains five or more employees, they must have a first aider on site for every fifty workers.

Basic Information Regarding the Management of Your Health While at Work

The construction industry, due to the nature of the work itself, can neglect or disregard the concept of occupational health. The construction industry, because of its high-risk nature, tends to focus on accident prevention more than managing occupational health. This is because most of the accidents that are associated with work done on a construction site relate to serious injury. It is just as important, however, to manage and control the continuous occupational risks threatening your overall health.
Sometimes, it can take a while to notice occupational health problems that have occurred. The consequences, even though harder to notice immediately than accidents, can have consequences that are just as harmful as the ones relating to accidents and can even cause long-term suffering.
Manual workers tend to be at risk for obtaining the following complications:

• Respiratory issues
• Hand-arm vibration syndrome
• Skin disease
• Weil’s disease
• Hearing loss due to excessive exposure to loud noise
• Musculoskeletal disorders that can be caused by manual handling

The employer is responsible for managing occupation risks and for providing employees with regular health checks and access to first aid facilities. Construction employees should also have access to both literature and training on procedures for health and safety and on how to prevent potential occupational health conditions.
The management and prevention of occupational issues should include sickness absence management, a policy for returning to work, stress management strategies, and health surveillance. The health and safety advisor on site, or your employer, is responsible for making sure that you remain protected from both occupational risks and hazards. You can become a healthier and safer working through ensuring that you care for your own safety whenever possible and by obtaining additional training, information and literature on the avoidance of occupational hazards whenever you can. Taking the CSCS test and applying for the card proves that you have the knowledge you need to carry out your job safely.

Safety Signs

There are three main types of safety signs. The first is the sight that simply reminds workers to take the appropriate health and safety precautions before they enter a specific worker site. The second is the signs that warn you are entering a dangerous area. Finally, the third signs warn workers that only authorised personnel may enter a specific area. Safety signs are colour coded. Red signs mean an area is restricted, blue signs mean you need some type of Personal protective equipment before you entire the area, and yellow signs provide you with a general warning about the area.
This sign is used to restrict entry to a specific area in order to aid non-construction workers that may want to enter the site. Not only does the sign warn against entering the site without authorization, but it also protects the owner of the site from legal complications if an unauthorised person enters the site and an accident occurs.

This is the signs that remind the worker to ensure they are wearing the proper personal protective equipment before they enter a site. It can remind you about gloves, goggles, hats, or some other type of PPE. Some of these signs are more direct way than others by stating that workers are required to wear the appropriate PPE before they will be allowed to enter the site.

This sign is the one that warns of hazards in the area. It tells them the specifics of what they can find beyond the point of the sign. From overhead loads to open pits, warning sites can warn of numerous types of hazardous conditions.

When safety signs are being placed on the worksite, it is important to remember that the location of the sign has a huge part in how effective it will be. Normally, multipurpose signs will be posted at all entry points to the work site. A multipurpose signs details all of the hazards found within the worksite and the PPE required. It also warns against unauthorised entry. In order to keep the worksite as safe as possible, warning signs with a single message should be placed throughout the site within the appropriate areas.

Everyone is Responsible for Safety

Both the employer and the employee are legally responsible for health and safety on the worksite. Both are responsible for following the procedures that are put in place in order to ensure the worksite remains as safe as it possibly can. Construction work comes with numerous hazards and risks. Because of this, construction workers must go through a number of health and safety courses in order to train them on their legal obligations regarding health and safety at the workplace. Occupational risks are minimised when simple safety precautions are put into place and followed appropriately.

CSCS Health and Safety Regulations

Construction workers and employers are both legally required to meet specific responsibilities in regards to health and safety while working on the job site. The CSCS is the test used for the United Kingdom construction industry in order to prove a specific worker has the knowledge needed to carry out their job safely. The following information is to inform you about specific health and safety regulations pertaining to the job site.

Regulators

United Kingdom’s construction industry includes numerous trades. Because of this, construction work is the largest employer in the country. However, construction work is also one of the most dangerous jobs; which has led to the regulation of the construction industry by numerous different bodies. The legal regulation of the industry generally falls under the government, which enshrined all health and safety legal requirements for construction in the Building Act of 1984. However, in the past 15 years, there have been numerous self-regulating bodies added who aim to improve levels of skill and increase health and safety.

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme, or CSCS, is by far the largest regulating body in the United Kingdom Construction industry. It is almost impossible to find work on any construction site unless you have a CSCS card proving you have passed the CSCS test for health and safety and obtained the Construction NVQ level matching both your trade and position. Most United Kingdom construction sites and contractors alike require that every employee possesses the CSCS Card, or equivalent, relevant to their skills and trade before they can begin working onsite.

The CSCS cards board is made up of both existing trade and industry bodies. These bodies are fully committed to providing ongoing service improvement and increasing the health and safety of the work environments. The CSCS cards board is made up of numerous member organisations, and each organisation is responsible for its own remit. The fact that the CSCS cards board has so many member organisations proves that raised standards of measurable health and safety skills for any individual involved in the construction industry is extremely important.

There are other organisations within the industry that are dedicated to providing a building that is cleaner and more considerate. One such industry is the Local Authority Building Control, which works to bridge the existing gap found between legal requirements and best practice methods. The LABC promotes best practice in all aspects of building, from passing the CSCS test to utilising environmentally friendly techniques.

Finally, there are several industry regulators that are trade specific. These organisations exist in order to promote the best practices that should be used within their specific trade and so that they can protect their members. Trade specific regulators are known to promote affiliate CSCS cards. These are equal to a few of the construction skills cards.

Executive Guidelines

The Health and Safety Executive, or HSE, is a government body. The HSE is dedicated to ensuring the provision of health and safety guidelines with all industries in the United Kingdom. Guidelines tend to directly focus on UK construction sites because of the fact it is a government body. They also tend to focus on workers and contractors and ensuring that they comply with the regulations for health and safety that is outlined in the Building Act

The HSE’s construction guidelines cover any health or safety topic you can think of within the construction industry. The HSE website contains most of these guidelines for free download.

It is important to note that guidelines are not legal requirements. However, it is required by law that all construction firms, contractors, and employee within the United Kingdom comply with relevant health and safety legislation currently in place. Using the HSE guidelines are the quickest and easiest method for ensuring that this happens. One of the best aspects of these guidelines is that they define what health and safety law expects you to do. This provides the needed knowledge in order to ensure that you are legally preparing for a safe build.

The HSE contains a construction division that is dedicated and staffed with inspectors that are experienced and individuals that have the knowledge needed to write guidelines and policies for the construction industry. The HSE’s construction industry is made up of three main areas. The operational unit, the construction sector and the policy unit. The operation unit is made up of inspectors and office backup. Inspectors are responsible for carrying out site inspections all over the United Kingdom in order to ensure each site is in compliance with the law. They also offer assistance when they find that compliance is not happening. The Construction Sector is responsible for working with stakeholders in the industry in order to ensure legislation is not only realistic, but also deliverable. Finally, the Policy Unit develops the legislation needed to create a safer construction industry.

The Risk Assessment

Risk assessments are conducted so that risks can be identified and prevented before accidents occur. The workforce is protected, the property is protected, and the business is protected from legal issues and potential accidents when risk assessments are carried out appropriately.

The Health and Safety Executive basically explains the risk assessment as looking at your work and carefully examining what poses a threat of harm to individuals. When you asses your specific work and look at potential risks and how to minimise those risks; you are better enabled to figure out whether the current risk control measures put in place are effective in managing the risks posed by your work.

Risk Assessment is law, and any responsible individual can carry out a risk assessment. An individual who contains the knowledge needed in order to effectively assess the risks posed by your industry and is willing to assume the legal responsibility for consequences of failure to conduct the risk assessment correctly makes up the responsible party. This technically means that any individual who has successfully completed the CSCS health and safety training can do a risk assessment. In reality, however, assessing risks on construction sites it typically did only be supervisors, managers, or individuals that have achieved the obtained the corresponding Construction NVQ level.

Managerial Construction NVQ levels are usually levels for and or five, depending on both the trade and the role. These involve modules that relate to both the job and site management. This includes the task of conducting a risk assessment. Because of this, the supervisor or manger is the ideal individual for carrying out risk assessments on the job site.

There are five elements involved while conducting a risk assessment. Every industry basically follows the same patter. The elements considered are in order as follows:

• Identifying potential hazards
• Identifying individuals who could potentially be harmed because of these hazards, and how the potential hazards can harm these individuals
• Evaluating the risks and identifying precautionary measures that should be taken. This is the key aspect to conducting a risk assessment successfully.
• Recording what is found
• Reviewing the assessments on a regular basis to ensure new risks are being identified

There are two main types of precaution that can be taken against identified risks. You can either control the risk or avoid the risk. The goal for any job site health and safety is avoiding risk. Because of this, the main goal of the risk assessment should be finding methods that will enable risk to be avoided. This can typically be done by simply substituting one process for another type of process.

There are areas in which potential hazards cannot be avoided, but they can be controlled. Finding these risks is essential to the safety of the workers. Controlling the hazard could mean using personal protective equipment or implementing training agendas and practices that are designed in order to ensure workers are carrying out their work as safely as they can.

The Method Statement

Construction sites are requiring the method statement to take place more and more as part of the initial tender to the job. The method statement, also commonly referred to as a safe system of work statement, describes in specific detail how each part of the job is going to be completed. It provides evidence that the job has put in place the required health and safety controls needed to keep the workers and clients safe during the time the workers are at the job site and provides a proposal to the client for work.

The method statement should, in technicality, be written by you. In reality, you are probably going to need some help writing it. There are templates available that contain the guidelines you need to write an effective method statement. If you follow the following steps, however, you will not have to purchase a template and will be able to develop an effective method statement by yourself.

• Tip 1: Complete The Risk Assessment First.
  • If you are bidding on a job, doing a risk assessment provides the information needed to complete the method statement. The method statement is supposed to act as your proposal on how you can complete the job both safely and effectively. The best way to begin this process is to look at the potential hazards found on the job site, and detail how you can avoid these hazards.
• Tip 2: Provide more Detail.
  • If you want to ensure that you are correctly writing your method statement, make sure that the top is concise and then goes more into detail as you go through. This will allow the client to quickly look over the main points, and then read it in order to gain a deeper understanding.
• Writing the Statement: Step 1
  • The first thing you should do is briefly detail the job. Start by describing the task you are bidding to do in order to provide a structure for the rest of the statement. It also proves to the client that you know what they are asking you to do. Make sure to include estimated start and finish dates and contact information for the relevant project manager.
• Writing the Statement: Step 2
  • The next thing you should incorporate into your method statement is information on hazard identification and control. Make sure that you summarise all threats to health and safety present and list the personal protective equipment and control measures you plan to put in place in order to decrease the danger posed to employees, users, and the client while they are on the job site. This is the part of the Method Statement that the risk assessment is useful for. The identifications found in the risk assessment can be used, with more detail, in order to complete this part.
• Writing the Statement: Step 3
  • The third thing you should do is go into more detail about the job. Outline what staff is required for the job, training staff should have, and the personal protection equipment you will have to supply. You can also include safety procedure descriptions in this section.
• Writing the Statement: Step 4
  • The last thing you should include is the conclusion. Your conclusion should be detailed and provide a step by step procedure and time table for the entire job. You should include everything you have previously written and provide and clear and precise plan on how the job will be completed

CSCS Mock Test For Managers and Professionals 2017 – Full 50 Questions

Today we have created a Full 50 question CSCS Mock Test For Managers and Professionals. If you are looking to obtain the Black CSCS card for managers, then this is the mock test for you. We have created this with questions from real CSCS questions you will get asked when sitting your test. It is an excellent way to see if you are ready to sit the exam.

In this practice test, we have given you example questions from various topics, these include:

• First aid and Emergency procedures
• Health and welfare
• Accident reporting and recording
• Personal protective equipment
• General responsibilities.
• Dust and fumes (Respiratory hazards)
• Noise and Vibration
• Hazardous substances
• Manual Handling
• Electrical safety, tools and equipment

The CITB health, safety and environment test will consist of 50 questions and to pass you will need to answer 47 correct within the time limit of 45 minutes. The questions are all multiple choice, but some questions will need more than one answer, so please make sure you read the question fully before answering to see if it needs multiple answers.

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1. Why is the Health and Safety at Work Act important to everyone at work? Give 2 answers

• It explains how health and safety is managed on site
• It explains how to write a risk assessment
• It requires all employers to provide a safe place to work
• It sets out how work should be carried out
• It puts legal duties on workers with regard to their acts or omissions

2. Why should all employees be able to view the company health and safety policy?

• It tells them how to do their job safely
• It contains the contents of the risk assessment
• It tells them how health and safety is managed within the organisation
• It tells them how to use tools and equipment safely

3. If there is a fatal accident or reportable dangerous occurrence on site, when must the Health and Safety Executive be informed?

• Immediately
• Within 5 days
• Within seven days
• Within 10 days

4. What happens if a probation notice is issued by the Health and Safety Executive inspector or local authority?

• Work can continue, as long as risk a assessment is carried out
• The work that is subject to the notice must stop
• Work can continue if extra safety precautions are taken
• The work currently in progress can be completed, but no new work can be started

5. Which of these does not have to be recorded in the accident book?

• Injured person’s National Insurance number
• The date and time of the accident
• Details of the injury
• The home address of the injured person

6. When must you record an accident in the accident book?

• If you were injured in any way
• Only if you have to be off work
• Only if you have suffered a broken bone
• Only if you go to hospital

7. If someone is injured at work, who should record it in the accident book?

• Site manager
• The injured person or someone acting for them
• The first aider
• Someone from the Health and Safety Executive

8. Which of the following statements about recording accidents is true?

• They must include details of the next of kin
• It must only be completed by a site manager or supervisor
• They must comply with the requirements of the data protection act
• It must only be kept in electronic format

9. What is the most important reason for keeping a working area on a construction site clean and tidy?

• To prevent slips, trips and Falls
• So that the workers don’t have to 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

10. Why is it important for all workers to attend site induction?

• Workers will get to know all the new starters
• Risk assessments will be handed out
• Specific health and safety rules will be explained
• Permits to work will be handed out

11. A doctor gives an employee an some medication. What question is important that the employee ask the doctor?

• Would it make them drowsy or unsafe to work or operate machinery?
• Will it make them work more slowly?
• Will they fail a drugs test?
• Will it cause them to oversleep and be late for work?

12. You can catch an infection called tetanus from contaminated land or water. How does it get into your body?

• Through your nose when you breathe
• Through an open Cut on your skin
• Through your mouth when you eat or drink
• It doesn’t, it only affects animals and not people

13. Which of the following is most likely to result in those who work with sheet lead having raised levels of lead in the blood?

• Not using the correct respirator
• Not washing their hands before eating
• Not changing out of their work clothes
• By them not wearing safety goggles

14. You suspect someone has been drinking alcohol or is still over the limit. What should you do?

• Get them to drink plenty of strong coffee before they go back to work
• Tell them your concerns and see that they are safely removed from site
• Ask them to stay away an hour and then go back to work
• Get them to eat and drink something, wait 30 minutes and then go back to work

15. How do you find out about emergency assembly points?

• By reading a risk assessment
• By reading a method statement
• At the site induction
• By checking the permit to work

16. How do workers find out what to do if they are injured on site?

• By asking someone on site
• By looking for the first aid sign
• By attending a first aid course
• It should be included at the site induction

17. How are site based staff and visitors informed of the location of first aid facilities on site?

• By walk in the site looking for the first aid sign
• By searching the site office
• By attending the site induction
• By reading the Health and Safety law poster

18. How should site visitors be informed of what to do in the event of an on-site emergency?

• They should study the plans on the wall of the site office
• They are informed during a site induction
• They should ask the site manager
• They should take a look around the site for the emergency assembly point

19. How can you see for yourself that attention has been given to simple emergency procedures on site?

• Scaffolding has inspection labels fitted
• The distance between the structure and the assembly point is minimised
• There are fire points with extinguishers and a means of raising the alarm
• All electrical appliances have been electrically tested

20. Do those in charge of sites have to provide a first aid box?

• Yes, every site must have one
• Only if more than 5 people work on site
• Only if more than 25 people work on site
• No, there is no legal duty to provide one

21. While on site you observe that there is a risk of materials flying at speed into workers eyes. What should they be wearing to protect themselves?

• Impact resistant goggles or full face shield
• Welding goggles
• Reading glasses or sunglasses
• Light eye protection

22. When should eye protection be worn?

• I’m very bright, sunny days
• If there is a risk of eye injury and if it is the site rules
• When it has been included in the bill of quantities
• Only for work with chemicals

23. When should you wear safety footwear on site?

• Only when working at ground level or outside
• Until the site starts to look finished
• All the time
• When you’re working all day on site and not just visiting

24. What features should you be looking for when obtaining safety footwear for a site visit?

• We must be black with a good sole pattern
• They only need a protective toe cap and thin mid-sole
• They must have a protective toe cap and mid-sole
• There must be smooth soled to prevent the transfer of contaminated materials

25. Do all types of gloves protect hands against chemicals?

• Yes, all gloves are made to the same standard
• Only if site workers put barrier cream on their hands as well
• No, different types of gloves protect against different types of hazards
• Only if they cover their gloves with barrier cream

26. Someone is using a disc cutter to cut concrete blocks. What three immediate hazards are likely to affect you?

• Flying fragments
• Dermatitis
• Harmful Dust In The Air
• High noise levels
• Skin cancer

27. Why is it important to be clean-shaven if using a half mask respirator?

• The filter material will become blocked more quickly
• You may suffer an allergic reaction to the mask
• Facial hair can affect the seal around your face
• You’ll be able to use the same mask for longer

28. Where are workers likely to breathe in the highest quantities of dust when drilling, cutting, sanding or grinding?

• Outside on a still day
• Outside on a windy day
• In a small room
• In a large indoor space

29. What should you not encourage workers to do when they are sweeping up?

• Dampen down the area
• Make sure there is plenty of ventilation
• wear their protective mask
• Dry sweep the area quickly

30. What should a worker do if the water they are using to control dust runs out?

• Put on a respiratory protection
• Stop and refill the water
• Ask everyone to clear the area and then carry on
• Carry on but get someone to sweep up afterwards

31. What is the best way to limit dust exposure when assessing the use of power tools?

• Stop dust getting into the air
• Provide adequate ventilation
• Find a way to do the work quickly to limit dust exposure
• Only undertake the work during damp or wet weather

32. Can the damage by exposure to noise over a long period of time be reversed?

• Yes, with time
• Yes, if you have an operation
• No, the damage is permanent
• Yes, if you change jobs

33. How can noise affect someone’s health? Give two examples

• Headaches
• Ear infections
• Permanent hearing loss
• Waxy ears
• Dizziness and nausea

34. What is the significance of the weekly or daily personal noise exposure limit value of 87 decibels set out in the control of noise at work regulations?

• All site personnel and visitors need to be warned if the noise level is being exceeded
• Hearing protection needs to be provided upon request if the level is likely to be exceeded
• The principal contractor must make sure everyone carries their hearing protection if this noise level is exceeded
• Employers must ensure that their personnel are not exposed to noise above his level

35. If you need to wear disposable foam ear plugs how should you insert them so they protect your hearing from damage?

• Soak them in water, squeeze them out and then insert them into your ear canal
• Do not roll or fold them, and insert them halfway into your ear canal
• Roll them up and insert them in as far as you can, while pulling the top of your ear pop to open up the ear canal
• Fold them in half, pull on your earlobe and wedge them into your ear

36. What is the least reliable source of information when assessing the level of vibration from a powered percussive hand tool?

• In use vibration measurement of the tool
• Vibration figures taken from the tool manufacturers handbook
• The judgement of the site manager based upon observation
• Migration data from the health and safety executives master list

37. Which one of these is not a primary purpose of the asbestos survey?

• To provide accurate information on the location, amount and condition of asbestos materials
• To identify asbestos materials that need to be removed before demolition or refurbishment work
• To assist in the management of any asbestos in a building
• To estimate how much it would cost to remove any asbestos

38. What illness might a worker develop if they breathe in asbestos dust?

• Aching muscles and painful joints
• Throat infections
• Lung diseases
• Dizziness and headaches

39. When visiting site the contractor have said that they have found some asbestos. What is the first thing that should be done?

• Stop work and get everyone out of the affected area
• Take a sample to the site manager
• Put it in the bin and carry on working
• Find the first aider

40. How should cylinders containing liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) be stored on site?

• In a locked cellar with clear warning signs
• In a locked cage at least 3 m from any oxygen cylinders
• Within a secure storage container at the back of the site
• Covered in tarpaulin to shield the compressed cylinder from sunlight

41. Apart from the cylinders used in gas-powered forklift trucks, why should you never see liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder placed on their side during use?

• It would give a faulty reading on the contents gauge, resulting in Flashback
• It could be drawn into the cylinder, creating a dangerous mixture of gases
• Liquid gas would be too low a level to allow the torch to burn correctly
• The liquid gas could be drawn from the cylinder, creating a safety hazard

42. What must all workers do under the regulations for manual handling?

• Only exceed the ways identified in the risk assessment if they know they are capable of lifting them
• Make a list of all the heavy things they have to carry
• Lift any size load they feel comfortable with
• All of the requirements of their employers safe systems of work

43. If manual lifting activities are part of a task, what must be carried out?

• The lifting operations must be supervised
• A risk assessment of the task must be carried out
• Nothing, as it is part of some work operations to lift loads
• Make sure someone watches while the load is lifted

44. You are in charge of a group of workers who are about to start on a new site. What could you do to help minimise manual handling?

• Remind them not to do any manual handling
• Hire in extra labour to carry the materials and equipment
• Assess and agree with the site manager how the materials and equipment can be distributed close to the work place
• Make sure the risk assessment has included your workers

45. Your workforce are lifting loads heavier than those recommended in the risk assessment. What should you do?

• Find out how much they are lifting and change the risk assessment to this weight
• Warn them but let them carry on
• Let them carry on as no injuries have occurred
• Stop them, find out why, agree a solution and amend risk assessment

46. When should tools and equipment be checked for damage?

• Before each use
• Every day
• Once a week
• At least once a year

47. What two main areas of Visual inspections should be carried out before each use of a power tool?

• Check the carry case isn’t broken
• Check the power lead, plug and casing are in good condition
• Check the manufacturers label hasn’t come off
• Check switches, triggers and guards are adjusted and work correctly
• Check it is marked with a security stamp

48. What must an RCD residual current device used in conjunction with 230v electrical equipment?

• It lowers the voltage
• Good quickly cuts off the power if there is a fault
• It makes the tall run at a safe speed
• Energy and lowers costs

49. How could a site worker check if the RCD residual current device through which a 230 volt handle is connected to the supply is working correctly?

• Switch the tool on and off
• Press the test button on the RCD unit
• Use a handheld RCD test meter
• Run the tool at top speed to see if it cuts out

50. What colour should a 110 volt power cable and connector be?

• Black
• Red
• Blue
• Yellow

How to book CSCS Test and Card in Peterborough

To book CSCS Test in Peterborough call 0844 682 0844 or visit www.cslinks.co.uk

Pearson Professional Centre Peterborough (CSCS Card Test and Testing Centre, Health & Safety Card Test)
First Floor,
Zone 4 Stuart House,
City Road
Peterborough
PE1 5DD
Phone: 0844 682 0844
Web - www.cslinks.co.uk