Work safely and manage risks and hazards in engineering construction

1. work safely at all times, complying with **statutory** **health, safety environmental legislation, regulations** and other relevant guidelines and procedures 2. select the correct personal protective equipment for the work to be undertaken and the **work location** 3. safely check and identify potential hazards in accordance with agreed and approved procedures 4. take the correct action to minimise the risk when a hazard or emergency has been identified by: * applying appropriate control measures * containing the hazard, if possible, using appropriate equipment and materials, in accordance with procedures * reporting it in accordance with procedures and risk control strategy 5. follow shutdown and evacuation procedures promptly and correctly

1. statutory requirements of the main health, safety and environmental legislation and regulations relevant to the role being undertaken  2. the purpose and nature of risk assessments, **safe working practices** and safe systems of work and the relevance of local **procedures** and guidance notes 3. the consequences for employers and employees of not fulfilling their legal health and safety responsibilities 4. the importance of personal behaviour in maintaining workplace standards 5. the need for health and safety training for yourself and others in a workplace and the procedures for requesting training  6. where to get information relating to the safe use of equipment and how to ensure equipment is used safely 7. when personal protective equipment should be used and how to select and use the correct equipment for the work to be undertaken 8. the potential for different types of injury and how they can be prevented 9. what a safe system for plant process isolation is and why it is important 10. the checks which are needed to make sure that portable appliances are safe to use 11. the risks from manual handling, hoisting, lifting and overhead, underground and enclosed utilities and services and how to control them  12. first aid procedures which typically apply in a workplace and where information, competent assistance and local first aid facilities can be obtained 13. hazards and hazard spotting in the engineering construction workplace: common types of hazards; related safety assessment; effects of hazards; getting help with related warning systems; and associated procedures 14. managing hazards and the associated risk and your responsibility in relation to dealing with and reporting hazards including: * actions to minimise the risks from hazards * what risks there are in relation to health and safety * the consequences of poor management of these risks 15. emergency and evacuation procedures at your place of work and your responsibility as it applies to you and your role 

This includes the following:

• Relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act
• Other regulations that apply to the worksite
• Permits to work, method statements, first aid arrangements, fire and evacuation arrangements
• Risk assessments
• Local or site specific health and safety requirements
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements

This could include:

• engineering construction sites
• controlled operations
• offshore installations
• maintenance sites
• nuclear sites
• repair sites

Work locations and environments may be open or restricted spaces:  

• at height 
• confined spaces
• control rooms
• controlled operational and offshore installations
• designated work areas
• explosive atmospheres
• existing plants and structures
• fabrication workshops 
• in plant rooms
• inside structures, system and plant
• on access structures (scaffold)
• on open structures
• onshore and offshore installations
• shafts
• shipyards
• tunnels