During your inspection in Lewes was PPE required?
Just High Vis due to moving vehicles.
What other types of PPE should a surveyor be familiar with?
Safety Gloves
Goggles
Hard hats
High vis vests
Steel toe capped boots
H&S policy/regulations?
Health & Safety at Work Act
& Fire Risk Management Regulator Reform Order
Example of health and safety at work act?
Duty to every employer to ensure the safety of all employees.
- Frequently review risk assessment (legal requirement)
- Hazard: potential to cause harm
- Risk: probability someone will be harmed
Identify hazard who at risk, Evaluate, Record & Advise all affected, of control measures - Have a written H&S policy
- Should keep a record of injuries
- PPE provision
- Safe Work Environment and Equipment
Who is the health and safety at work act policed by?
Health & Safety Executive
How do you determine a hard hat is suitable for use?
Check label inside, inspected regularly and date of manufacture (replace 5 yrs)
What is asbestos, where is it commonly found?
It is a fire resistant material that can cause health problems, when disturbed it releases fibres that can get into lungs. There is blue, brown and white.
Commonly found in properties built before 2000, around pipes, boilers.
What are dutyholders obliged to do with asbestos?
Under control of asbestos regulations:
A duty holder must assess whether premises contain asbestos. Through survey (all work must be undertaken by licensed contractor):
- Management: locate, assess & advise
- Demolition: sample
Product management plan (to manage safely and only remove where poses a risk) & asbestos register (all properties have this)
Fines for not complying with asbestos regulation?
£20,000 & 12 months imprisonment
How would you report an injury?
Reporting Injurious, Diseases, Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
- Have accident book for 3+ day injuries,
- Report to HSE in 15 days
What are deleterious materials?
A material that is harmful to a building over time. Can degrade with age causing structural problems.
Hazardous materials at harmful to health e.g. lead piping
What would you do if you had an injury at work?
I would report it to our Health and Safety Officer. This would be recorded.
The report to Health and safety executive if incapacitated for 15 days.
What does the Building Safety Act do?
Defines what a high risk building is
What does RICS Professional Standard: Surveying Safely cover?
RICS Firms must provide
- Safe person
- Safe working environment
- Long working procedures
- Advice on Fire safety, MH
- Undertaking risk assessments
What did you learn in the CPD session ‘Lone Working’ – what is your firms procedure?
- Tell someone you are going and when leave
- Put in calendar, make calendar available
- Fully charged phone
- Sign in and out of building
- Safe word
Tell me about the Fire Risk Management Regulatory reform Order 2005
All non-domestic properties require Fire Risk Assessment.
Responsible person is occupier.
Need fire prevention and detection systems
When are FRAEW required?
For multi occupied residential buildings
What does the Building Safety Act 2022 do?
Identifies high risk buildings
- 2+ resi units & 18m tall/7 storeys
Excludes hotels
Introduced building safety regulator to oversee safety standards of high risk buildings
