Safety on a construction site is paramount. In the painting and decorating industry there are particular health and safety issues relating to using products and also working at height. Ensuring that a site is as safe as possible is a shared responsibility between employers and their workforce.
Employers must create safe working conditions and provide their workers with adequate training, where safety rules, regulations and guidelines are explained and made available to employees.
Employees for their part must understand what is expected of them and develop the skills to identify and reduce potential hazards in the workplace. This involves watching, listening carefully and responding to safety instructions, as well as reading and acting upon written and graphical safety information. The implications for not complying with safety rules and guidelines can result in injury and even death.
In this unit learners will be reminded of the importance of site safety and will be given opportunities to practise some strategies for reading and understanding a wide range of written and graphical information, including:
signs and symbols used around the site and on product labels
COSHH
personal protective equipment
risk assessment and method statements
reporting accidents.
Some of the information in this unit is generic to a range of sectors concerned with the health and safety of their employees.
It is essential that learners apply the skills and strategies to their own workplace.
Collecting Site evidence for this unit is fairly simple, and should not take you long to achieve.
First collect photographs showing you in the photo, wearing PPE, and
Observing the safety signs on site
Reading the Coshh details on the back of the paint or other materials used.
Checking out what fire equipment is available.
Transfer these to your Assessment sheets see example:
Obtain a copy of the Coshh data sheet for paint or material used.
Obtain a site plan of area you are working in, and highlight this .
Complete a site induction pack either provided by your training provider, or one carried out on site.
Ask for a set of questions for this unit and complete then.
Complete up to 2 risk assessments on site.
Then complete the Activity Pack before handing in all evidence for Assessment.
