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NEBOSH International General Certificate

Paper 1 Management of Health and Safety

Element 2 Setting Health & Safety Policy

1. (a) Outline the general content of the THREE sections of a health and safety

policy. (6)

(b) Explain why the health and safety policy should be signed by the ost

senior person in an organi!ation" such as a #anaging $irector or %hief

Executi&e' Officer. ()

n!"er

(a) The three sections of a policy are the #!tatement of intent#$ which both

deonstrates anageents coitent to health and safety and sets goals

and ob*ecti&es for the organi!ation" then to the #organi%ation# !ection" thepurpose of which is to allocate health and safety responsibilities within the

copany" to ensure effecti&e control" copetency" cooperation and to set up

lines of counication" and finally" to the#arrangement!#section which setsout in detail the systes and procedures to ipleent the policy such as

controlling ha!ards" pro&ision of ++E" eergency procedures" onitoring"

plant and e,uipent etc.

(b) The signature of the ost senior person in the organi!ation would deonstrate

anageent coitent" responsibility for health and safety in the

organi!ation" to set" appro&e and re&iew the policies and to ensure theresources for effecti&e ipleentation of health - safety.

. (a) Explain the purpose of the stateent of intent section of a health and safety

policy ()

(b) Outline the circustances that would re,uire a health and safety policy to be

re&iewed. (6)

nswer/

a' The stateent of intent section of a health and safety policy is designed to

deonstrate anageent coitent to health and safety in ters of ais and

ob*ecti&es" exaple" coitent to ipro&e trainings" reduce the incidents etc.

(' The circustances to re&iew the policy include significant changes in the

organi!ation0 after the introduction of new achinery or new processes or worethods0 following changes in ey personnel0 following changes in legislation0

following an accident" and after a sufficient period of tie has elapsed.

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2. (a) Outline why it is iportant for an organi!ation to set health and safety targets.

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(b) 3dentify health and safety targets that an organi!ation could set. (6)

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(a) 3t is iportant for organi!ations to set health and safety targets" to gi&ee&idence of anageent coitent" to oti&ating staff by pro&iding the with

goals and rewards0 to act as an e&idence during the audit and re&iews and for

bencharing against other siilar organi!ations.

c' 3dentified targets such as red)ction! in the n)m(er of accident! and definedincident!0 an impro*ement in the reporting of near mi!! incident! or minor

accident!and an impro*ement in in!pection and a)dit !core!0 a red)ction in

action! ta+en (y the enforcement a)thoritie! and in the n)m(er of ci*il

claim!0 a red)ction in !ic+ne!! a(!ence and a(!enteei!m0 red)ced in!)rance

co!t!0 an increa!e in the degree of "or+er in*ol*ementand additionally in the

n)m(er of "or+er! trained in health and !afety,

4. i' State the legal re,uireents whereby eployers ust prepare a writtenstateent of their health and safety policy.

ii' O)tline the &arious ethods for counicating the contents of a health andsafety policy to a worforce.

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i' The law re,uires that the written health and safety policy should include thefollowing three sections/ health and safety policy !tatement of intentwhich

includes the health and safety ais and ob*ecti&es of the organi!ation0 The

health and !afety organi%ationdetailing the people with specific health andsafety responsibilities and their duties0 The health and !afety arrangement!in place in ters of systes and procedures" -he la" re.)ire! employer! toprepare and re*ie" the health and !afety policy on a reg)lar (a!i!,

ii' -he method! to comm)nicate the policy di!playing the policy on

proinent notice boards throughout the worplace" through induction and

refresher training sessions" toolbox tals which are conducted at theworplace" directly by eail" intranet" newsletters or boolets etc.