Comply with health and safety requirements in the workplace

URN: PROHSW14
Business Sectors (Suites): Health and Safety in Wood Occupations
Developed by: Proskills
Approved on: 01 Nov 2015

Overview

​This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate that you conduct your day to day work in a healthy and safe way and that you are competent in following the emergency procedure for your workplace.

This involves:

  1. workplace health and safety policies
  2. legal and workplace environmental procedures
  3. maintaining your own and other's safety while working
  4. following emergency procedures

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. comply with relevant health and safety legislation and requirements at all times
  2. comply with relevant environmental legislation and requirements at all times
  3. follow the most recent workplace practices for your job role
  4. follow workplace practices and suppliers/manufacturer's instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products
  5. report any differences between workplace practices and suppliers/manufacturer's instructions to the responsible/ appropriate person
  6. raise the alarm and/or find and inform a responsible/appropriate person of emergencies following standard operating procedures
  7. minimise risk of personal injury if an emergency should occur following standard operating procedures
  8. adhere to emergency procedures following standard operating procedures
  9. contribute to the development and review of safe systems of work following standard operating procedures
  10. wear personal and respiratory protective equipment following standard operating procedures

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. relevant health and safety legislation and requirements
  2. relevant environmental legislation and requirements
  3. workplace practices and how to apply these
  4. suppliers/manufacturer's instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products
  5. emergency procedures
  6. safe systems of work
  7. standard operating procedures  
  8. personal and respiratory protective equipment
  9. ways of minimising risk of personal injury

Scope/range

Standard Operating Procedures

Specifications of how to carry out work activities in a manner that will ensure the required outcomes if the procedure is followed accurately. All workplace policies, practice and procedures should be specified.

Emergency procedures

The procedures used in the event of an emergency occurring in the workplace.

Raise the alarm

This could be done by either:

  1. mechanical/electrical means
  2. notifying someone else
  3. shouting

Responsible/appropriate person

Person/s who has the expertise in and/or responsibility for the areas of work affected by the procedure.  This is likely to include colleagues with production, safety, health, environment and quality specialisms.


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS


External Links


Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

31 Mar 2020

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Proskills

Original URN

PROHSW14

Relevant Occupations

Carpenter and Joiner, Construction and Building Trades nec, Furniture Makers and Other Craft Woodworkers, Health and Safety Managers, Paper and Wood Machine Operatives

SOC Code

8121; 5442; 5315; 5319; 3567

Keywords

Health; safety; hazard; risk; emergency;