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Work safely in the land-based engineering work area

URN: LANLEO1
Business Sectors (Suites): Land-based Engineering Operations
Developed by: Lantra
Approved on: 2022

Overview

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This standard covers working safely in the land-based engineering work area and being aware of environmental responsibilities. It covers health and safety requirements, recognising and reducing hazards, identifying and dealing with emergencies and contributing to the reduction of the environmental impact of work activities.

To maintain a healthy and safe working environment, you are required to take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by your work. You are also required to co-operate with your employer to help them to comply with their duties under health and safety legislation.

You will be able to undertake a risk assessment prior to work activities and take action to minimise the potential risks to yourself and others within the work area, which could include your employers' premises, customers' premises, work transport or any other location.

You must be able to follow the required procedures in the event of an accident or emergency situation, such as, an accident, injury, fire or dangerous occurrence. It also includes near misses (meaning when an accident or other emergency nearly happened).

The standard also covers awareness of environmental issues and the importance of reducing the impact of your work activities on the environment by applying work practices that will reduce the risk of environmental damage.

This standard is for those who work in land-based engineering.

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. ​undertake a risk assessment for all work activities as required by the relevant health and safety legislation and company procedures

  2. take the required action to minimise any identified health and safety risks

  3. report and record any identified hazards and outline any action you have taken in accordance with the company health and safety procedures

  4. communicate any health and safety precautions that are being applied in the work area to those entering the area

  5. select and use the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) required for the task

  6. work in a way that minimises risks to your own health, safety and security and that of others who may be affected by your work, complying with the relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice and company health and safety policy and procedures

  7. recognise industrial processes, tools, equipment and materials that have the potential to cause harm

  8. recognise the limits of your own competence and ask for help and advice when it is needed

  9. adopt safe working practices to protect yourself against injury, work-related disease or other health problems

  10. follow company procedures and safe systems of work when working alone or in a potentially hazardous situation

  11. implement company procedures without delay in an emergency situation, taking care to minimise risk of personal and third-party injury

  12. follow shutdown and evacuation procedures and use warning systems and barriers, where required
  13. identify and use the relevant fire-fighting equipment where it is safe to do so
  14. take action to request assistance, inform those who need to know and complete the required records
  15. take the required actions to contain and clean up spillages or leaks
  16. recognise the work activities that could cause damage to the environment and use working practices that reduce that risk
  17. recognise, handle, use and store hazardous substances in accordance with the relevant legislation, manufacturers' data sheets and company procedures
  18. recycle or sustainably dispose of the different types of waste, including hazardous and non-hazardous, caused by the activity, in accordance with the relevant legal and environmental requirements and company policies 

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

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  1. your personal, and the company’s, responsibilities under current health and safety legislation and codes of practice that relate to land-based engineering activities
  2. the company health and safety policy and procedures including reporting and recording
  3. the importance of continually checking for hazards and identifying risks in the land-based engineering work area
  4. the hierarchy of measures to control risks including elimination, substitution, relevant engineering controls, safe systems of work, training/instruction and personal protective equipment (PPE)
  5. the different types of personal protective equipment (PPE) and their uses
  6. the risks of injury, work-related disease or other health problems associated with your work and the safe working practices that can be adopted to protect against these
  7. the risks of working in isolation, in remote locations or potentially hazardous situations and the safe systems of work and company procedures that need to be followed
  8. how to recognise and interpret the meaning of international safety signs and warning symbols
  9. the types of emergencies that may occur in the land-based engineering work area and the action to take
  10. the company procedures for first aid, including the location of first aid equipment both on and off site and how to contact the first aider
  11. the evacuation procedures for your work area
  12. the different types of fires that could occur and how to apply the  relevant fire-fighting equipment
  13. the relevant legislative requirements and company procedures for reporting and recording accidents, incidents and near misses
  14. the action to take to minimise the risk of personal and third-party injury, including the use of warning systems and barriers
  15. how to shut down and isolate equipment
  16. how to contain and clean up spillages and leaks
  17. the importance of protecting the environment from further damage
  18. the relevant legislation and codes of practice in relation to minimising damage to the environment
  19. how to use working practices that reduce the damage that your work activities could cause to the environment
  20. how to identify and classify a hazardous substance, and the methods and procedures for handling, using and storing hazardous substances safely
  21. how to recycle or sustainably dispose of the different types of waste, hazardous and non-hazardous, caused by the activity, in accordance with the relevant legal and environmental requirements and company policies

Scope/range

Scope Performance

Scope Knowledge

Values

Behaviours

Skills

Glossary

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  • equipment - may be fixed or moveable

  • hazard - something that could cause harm to yourself or someone else, e.g.

    • working on contaminated machinery
    • working with substances hazardous to health
    • removing and replacing guards
    • removing fire, slip and trip hazards
    • securing objects in danger of falling
    • removing fumes, dust, hazardous gases and vapours
    • releasing stored pressure
    • working in elevated and confined conditions
    • handling pressured gas cylinders and stored gases
    • working with electricity
    • lifting and moving loads
    • bad lighting
    • fumes
    • spillages
    • lone working
    • fatigue

  • hazardous substances  e.g. chemical cleaners, fuels, gases, lubricants, paints, thinners, battery acid, coolants

  • risk - the likelihood of hazard actually causing harm

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Version Number

3

Indicative Review Date

2027

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Lantra

Original URN

LANLEO1

Relevant Occupations

Land-based Engineering

SOC Code

5223

Keywords

health; safety; hazards; risks; accidents; incidents; emergencies; environmental