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NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

ASSIGNMENT 1
Dear Candidate. You are undertaking a Distance Learning course of study with ETA Consultancy, and it is a NEBOSH requirement that we, as your training providers satisfy ourselves that you are progressing through our learning material in a satisfactory manner. It is only when we are satisfied that you have completed a course of study to a reasonable standard that we will recommend that you attempt the NEBOSH examination. At this time you have indicated or we have assumed that you have reached the conclusion of

A1 PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Please find attached your assignment. Rules: You have to attempt every question, and the completion time should take you around two hours. Please attempt the question using your knowledge without referring to study materials so that you (and ETA Consultancy) have a real idea of your status. Please write your name on the top of every page. You need to write your answers on a new page for each question, clearly stating the answer number at the top of each page. Send your completed work handwritten please back to us so that we can assess the work accordingly. You may fax your answers for the attention of the NEBOSH Administrator on 00971 2582848 or e-mail them to consult@etaconsultancy.com We will base the mark of on content of the answer we are not looking for perfect grammar, or indeed perfect spelling, but we need to be able to read your answer as would your actual examination paper marker. This being the situation we will feed back to you your marks with our comments as well as any areas of concern that we have with your submission. Please answer the questions presented in the way that the action verbs (these are in bold in each question) call for. The explanation of action verbs have been given to you along with your learning materials.

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Wasyl Terych Tutor

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Tariq Lathif Mgmt. Rep.

Approved By:

Kamarajan General Manager

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Please answer all questions in the allotted time of two (2) Hours:

1. Why Manage Health & Safety

For the benefit of your organisations senior management you are required to write an outline of the benefits of improving its health and safety performance.

2. Costs Of Implementing Health & Safety

Some organisations sometimes fail to implement good health and safety standards because they believe that the costs of implementation will outweigh any financial benefits and as a consequence reduce profitability. Explain why such organisations often identify that costs of health and safety control measures much better than they identify the financial losses that can arise from poor health and safety standards.

3. The Safety Professional - Exercise

You are the Managing Director of a rapidly expanding manufacturing company. You realise that you can no longer keep up to date with all the health and safety material that you are being bombarded with and, having been to a recent seminar on the topic, you realise that you do not have the necessary expertise or time to deal with health and safety yourself. You have therefore agreed with the Chief Accountant that it would be cost effective to recruit a health and safety expert to the company. a. Draft an appropriate advertisement for the post, specifying the main responsibilities and duties, and then b. Write a detailed job description that can be sent to all the applicants for the job.

4. Functions of a Health & Safety Practitioner

Describe, using appropriate examples, the possible functions of a health and safety practitioner within a medium-sized organisation.

5. Health & Safety Practitioner Developing & Evaluating Their Own Competence
The above points may well be used in answering a question relating to how a health and safety practitioner could evaluate and develop their own competence whilst working in an advisory role. As a delegate you would be expected to be able to achieve the above tasks and determine their success (evaluate) and thus revise them accordingly.

6. Competent Person
As a safety adviser in industry you have been asked to give a lecture on health and safety at your local college to a group of students who are studying for a basic management qualification. When you open the session to questions, the first student who raises his hand wants to know the definition of competent person, a term he has come across in a textbook.

7. Safety & Workplace Safety Representatives

Your company has for many years had workplace safety representatives and a safety committee; everyone has always worked well together to achieve the safest possible work environment for all.
Wasyl Terych Tutor Tariq Lathif Mgmt. Rep. Kamarajan General Manager

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The company has just been taken over by a large American company, and three US executives have come to spend a week finding out about all that goes on in the company. They want to know full details on 1. What / who are Safety Representatives and how are they appointed, 2. What are the functions of these representatives

8. Health & Safety Policy - Exercise

Get a copy of your companys health and safety policy statement of intent - and compare it with the specimen policy provided. Study it carefully. a. Does your companys policy cover all the areas dealt with in the model policy? b. Are there any sections of your companys policy that need to be revised in the light of changes in legislation? c. If so, draft new sections for it.

If your company does not have a written health and safety policy, and the company has more than five employees, then write one now, to be agreed with your Chief Executive! Health and Safety Policy Statement Ramesh Jesting Co.

9. Health & Safety Policy Sections Organisation & Arrangements

(a) Outline the purpose of the organisation and arrangements sections of a health and safety policy. (b) Outline why it is important that all workers are aware of their roles and responsibilities for health and safety in an organisation. (c) Identify the issues that could be included in the arrangements section of an organisations health and safety policy giving an example in EACH case.

10. Moving From HSG 65 To OHSAS 18001

An organisation is proposing to move from a health and safety management system based on the UKs HSEs HSG65 model to one that aligns itself with OHSAS 18001. Outline the possible benefits and disadvantages of such a move.

11. Health & Safety Policy Review

Your organisation has had its existing health and safety policy in place now for nearly eight years. It was initially written when the size of your organisations was relatively small to that which it is today. Technology has moved on and so have the majority of work procedures. Explain to your management why it is necessary to review the content of this document, using practical examples where possible.

12. Integrated Management Systems Introducing or Retain Separate Management Systems

The business in which you are engaged as a health and safety practitioner presently operates separate management systems for health and safety, environment and quality.

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Wasyl Terych Tutor

Reviewed By:

Tariq Lathif Mgmt. Rep.

Approved By:

Kamarajan General Manager

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Your organisation has been given the options to retain these individual management systems or integrate them. Your management have asked you to explain to them the key benefits of: 1. Introducing an integrated system 2. Retaining the existing system of separate management systems

13. Integrated Management System Exercise

Explain the benefits of: 1. An integrated health and safety, environmental, and quality management system; 2. Separate health and safety, environmental, and quality management systems.

Prepared By:

Wasyl Terych Tutor

Reviewed By:

Tariq Lathif Mgmt. Rep.

Approved By:

Kamarajan General Manager