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This learning outcome: defines “working at height”?

BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction Environment Learning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT. This learning outcome: defines “working at height”? details the employee’s responsibility for working at height looks at access equipment

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This learning outcome: defines “working at height”?

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  1. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT • This learning outcome: • defines “working at height”? • details the employee’s responsibility for working at height • looks at access equipment • discusses the hazards and risks and how to control them • looks at the regulations

  2. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT • 3.1 What does ‘working at height’ mean? • ‘Working at height’ means working in a place where you could fall a distance and probably suffer personal injury • Examples of working at height: • you will be working on • a roof • a ladder • a mobile platform or ‘cherry picker’ • scaffolding • a step-up • a power or telephone pole

  3. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT • 3.2 Employee’s responsibilities • HSE guidance on employee’s responsibilities when working at height: • “Employees have general legal duties to take reasonable care of themselves and others who may be affected by their actions, and to co-operate with their employer to enable their health and safety duties and requirements to be complied with.” • Specific requirements: • report any safety hazard to your employer • use the equipment and safety devices supplied to you • use the right tool for the job • use equipment safely • check all access equipment before use

  4. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in the Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT • 3.5 The regulations • Working at Height Regulations require an employer to: • avoid working at height • do everything they can to prevent falls • Take into account: • working conditions • height at which you need to work • the distance you would fall • what would happen if you did fall • Provide ‘suitable and sufficient’: • platforms • guard rails • support

  5. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction Environmentlearning outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT 3.3 and 3.4 Access equipment (1) • Ladders • lean against solid walls or structures • place on even, solid surface • tie the top or some other point • only one person on a ladder at a time • use a suitable ladder for the job • Extension ladders • two parts must not move against each other • both sections must be secured so that the top section does not slide down when in use • have a minimum overlap of 1m

  6. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT 3.3 and 3.4 Access equipment (2) • Roof ladders • hook over ridge • provide a set of steps to climb up and down the roof • use stagings on fragile roofs • use harness and lanyard • Stepladders • place on even, solid surface • make sure it is tall enough for the job • do not use the top two steps

  7. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT 3.3 and 3.4 Access equipment (3) • Mobile scaffolding • Prefabricated Access Suppliers' and Manufacturers' Association Certification (PASMAC) required • place on even, solid surface • erect only by trained personnel • minimum of two people to erect tower • edge protection on platform • must have lockable wheels • Fixed scaffolding • must be erected and dismantled by specialists • minimum platform width – 5.4m • must be professionally designed, if over 38m high

  8. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT 3.3 and 3.4 Access equipment (4) • Mobile Elevated Work Platform • place on even, solid surface • must be fitted with outriggers • platform guard rails and edge protection required • operated by a minimum of two people

  9. BTEC Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction EnvironmentLearning Outcome 3: WORKING AT HEIGHT • 3.3 and 3.4 Access equipment (5) • Working on Fragile Roofs • Listed by the HSE as: • old roof lights • old liner panels on built-up sheeted • roofs • non-reinforced fibre cement sheets • corroded metal sheets • glass (including wired glass) • rotten chipboard • slates and tiles • Ideally, work from under the roof. If this is not possible: • use a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) • install perimeter edge protection • use stagings to spread loads • fit stagings or platforms with guard rails • install safety nets underneath the roof • wear a harness and lanyard

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