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AJ9 Reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace

AJ9.3 Reduce the risks to health and safety in your workplace

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. carrying out your working practices in accordance with legal requirements
2. following the most recent workplace policies for your job role
3. rectifying those health and safety risks within your capability and the scope of your job responsibilities
4. passing on any suggestions for reducing risks to health and safety within your job role to the responsible persons
5. ensuring that your personal conduct in the workplace does not endanger the health and safety of yourself or other persons
6. following the workplace policies and suppliers' or manufacturers' instructions as appropriate
7. reporting any differences between workplace policies and suppliers' or manufacturers' instructions as appropriate
8. ensure that your personal presentation at work ensures the health and safety of yourself and others, meets any legal duties, and is in accordance with workplace policies

Occupational Context

1. Types of workplace policies:
   • the use of safe working methods and equipment
   • the safe use of hazardous substances
   • smoking
   • eating
   • drinking
   • drugs
   • what to do in the event of an emergency
   • personal presentation.

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know about:

• The specific workplace policies covering your job role
• Suppliers' and manufacturers' instruction for the safe use of equipment, materials and products
• Safe working practices for your own job role
• The importance of personal presentation in maintaining health and safety in the workplace
• The importance of personal conduct in maintaining the health and safety of yourself and others
• Your scope and responsibility for rectifying risks
• Workplace procedures for handling risks which you are unable to deal with

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• How effectively to monitor health and safety procedures in the workplace
• How to take action to reduce risks to health and safety

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can reduce the risks to health and safety in your workplace

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore the following

• reducing the risks to health and safety in your workplace.

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in hazard risk assessment on at least 2 substantive projects.

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