NEBOSH NCC1 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Appropriate general site control measures - ✔✔Site planning
Preparation for specialist activities
Site security and means of protecting the public
Arrangements with client/occupier of premises
Site inductions
✔✔Preparation for specialist activities - ✔✔Lifting operations - cranes need good
access, firm ground, plenty of room
Piling - also need good access and space, noise and dust can be issues
Steelwork
✔✔Site security and protecting the public - ✔✔Perimeter fencing - 2m high, robust
Gates secured when not in use
Plant and chemicals secure
Safe passage for public
Sheeting of scaffolding, wrapping of protrusions
Safe control of children
Environmental concerns - dust, wheel washes
✔✔Arrangements with clients and occupies of premises - ✔✔Site rules
Co-operation and consultation
Shared facilities
Protection of other employees and visitors
✔✔Site inductions - ✔✔Details of site arrangements
Conditions of work
Emergency procedures
Special hazards, permit to work requirements
Exclusion and no-go areas
Use of mobile telephones and radios
✔✔Working in occupied premises - ✔✔Isolating areas of work
,Work out of hours
Wardens to inspect all occupied areas to ensure safety
More frequent cleaning and waste removal
Safety briefs for occupants, aware of hazards, understand safety signs etc.
✔✔Provision of Health and Welfare facilities - ✔✔Requirement under CDM 2007 regs
Schedule 2
✔✔Welfare facilities - ✔✔Sanitary conveniences - separate for men and women
Washing facilities - adjacent to wc's and changing areas, hot and cold water
Drinking water
Accommodation for clothing
Rest and eating facilities - preparation of meals and boiling water
Ventilation, heating and lighting
✔✔Health and safety (First Aid) Regulations 1982 - ✔✔Place a duty on the employer to
make an assessment of the facilities and personnel that will be appropriate
✔✔Factors to consider first aid provision - ✔✔Hazards and risks on-site
Size of the workforce
Nature and distribution of the workforce
Accident history of the organisation
How far is the site from ambulance/hospital
Needs of travelling and remote workers
Nature of shared facilities on site
Annual leave and holiday requirements of first-aides and appointed persons
✔✔Safe movement of pedestrians on construction sites - ✔✔Hazards:
Slips trips and falls
Falls from height
Collisions or striking
Environmental conditions
✔✔Control measures for pedestrian hazards - ✔✔Risk assessment to identify hazards
Floor surfaces
Designated walkways, traffic routes
Signage
PPE
Information, instruction, training and supervision
✔✔Safe movement of vehicles and plant - ✔✔Hazards:
Loss of control
Overturning
Collisions
Site layout
, Gradients
Excavations
Scaffolding
False work
Loading/unloading, sheeting, coupling
✔✔Control measures for vehicle movement - ✔✔Suitability and sufficiency of traffic
routes
Management of vehicle movements
Suitability and maintenance of vehicles
Driver protection
Segregation of pedestrians and vehicles
Site rules
Selection and training of drivers
Driver competence
✔✔Driving at work - ✔✔Factors: distance, traffic and driving hours, work schedules,
weather conditions, stress or fatigue
Road safety: safe driving policy, monitor performance, organisation and structure
Control measures: elimination, alternative transport, vehicle sharing, schedules, driver
competence
✔✔Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDS) - ✔✔Wide ranging term covers all disorders that
affect the body's muscles, ligaments, tendons, joints, nerves and other soft tissues
✔✔Work-related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULDs) - ✔✔Injuries occurring in the upper
body (hands, arms, wrists, fingers, neck and shoulders) usually affecting the soft tissue,
and caused or contributed to by a workers activities in the workplace
✔✔Examples of repetitive construction activities that can cause MSD's and WRULD's -
✔✔Digging
Kerb laying
Movement and fixing of plasterboard
Placement and finishing of concrete slabs
Bricklaying
Erecting and dismantling scaffolds
Use of display screen equipment
✔✔Factors contributing to ill-health - ✔✔Task - physical requirements, e.g. posture and
physical action, forces involved, repetition, duration and recovery time
Environment - particularly lighting, e.g. illumination, contrast, glare. Cold or damp
conditions should also be considered
Equipment - physical characteristics of the equipment and position in relation to user.
Also consider worker interaction with the work equipment itself - can it be adjusted?
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Appropriate general site control measures - ✔✔Site planning
Preparation for specialist activities
Site security and means of protecting the public
Arrangements with client/occupier of premises
Site inductions
✔✔Preparation for specialist activities - ✔✔Lifting operations - cranes need good
access, firm ground, plenty of room
Piling - also need good access and space, noise and dust can be issues
Steelwork
✔✔Site security and protecting the public - ✔✔Perimeter fencing - 2m high, robust
Gates secured when not in use
Plant and chemicals secure
Safe passage for public
Sheeting of scaffolding, wrapping of protrusions
Safe control of children
Environmental concerns - dust, wheel washes
✔✔Arrangements with clients and occupies of premises - ✔✔Site rules
Co-operation and consultation
Shared facilities
Protection of other employees and visitors
✔✔Site inductions - ✔✔Details of site arrangements
Conditions of work
Emergency procedures
Special hazards, permit to work requirements
Exclusion and no-go areas
Use of mobile telephones and radios
✔✔Working in occupied premises - ✔✔Isolating areas of work
,Work out of hours
Wardens to inspect all occupied areas to ensure safety
More frequent cleaning and waste removal
Safety briefs for occupants, aware of hazards, understand safety signs etc.
✔✔Provision of Health and Welfare facilities - ✔✔Requirement under CDM 2007 regs
Schedule 2
✔✔Welfare facilities - ✔✔Sanitary conveniences - separate for men and women
Washing facilities - adjacent to wc's and changing areas, hot and cold water
Drinking water
Accommodation for clothing
Rest and eating facilities - preparation of meals and boiling water
Ventilation, heating and lighting
✔✔Health and safety (First Aid) Regulations 1982 - ✔✔Place a duty on the employer to
make an assessment of the facilities and personnel that will be appropriate
✔✔Factors to consider first aid provision - ✔✔Hazards and risks on-site
Size of the workforce
Nature and distribution of the workforce
Accident history of the organisation
How far is the site from ambulance/hospital
Needs of travelling and remote workers
Nature of shared facilities on site
Annual leave and holiday requirements of first-aides and appointed persons
✔✔Safe movement of pedestrians on construction sites - ✔✔Hazards:
Slips trips and falls
Falls from height
Collisions or striking
Environmental conditions
✔✔Control measures for pedestrian hazards - ✔✔Risk assessment to identify hazards
Floor surfaces
Designated walkways, traffic routes
Signage
PPE
Information, instruction, training and supervision
✔✔Safe movement of vehicles and plant - ✔✔Hazards:
Loss of control
Overturning
Collisions
Site layout
, Gradients
Excavations
Scaffolding
False work
Loading/unloading, sheeting, coupling
✔✔Control measures for vehicle movement - ✔✔Suitability and sufficiency of traffic
routes
Management of vehicle movements
Suitability and maintenance of vehicles
Driver protection
Segregation of pedestrians and vehicles
Site rules
Selection and training of drivers
Driver competence
✔✔Driving at work - ✔✔Factors: distance, traffic and driving hours, work schedules,
weather conditions, stress or fatigue
Road safety: safe driving policy, monitor performance, organisation and structure
Control measures: elimination, alternative transport, vehicle sharing, schedules, driver
competence
✔✔Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDS) - ✔✔Wide ranging term covers all disorders that
affect the body's muscles, ligaments, tendons, joints, nerves and other soft tissues
✔✔Work-related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULDs) - ✔✔Injuries occurring in the upper
body (hands, arms, wrists, fingers, neck and shoulders) usually affecting the soft tissue,
and caused or contributed to by a workers activities in the workplace
✔✔Examples of repetitive construction activities that can cause MSD's and WRULD's -
✔✔Digging
Kerb laying
Movement and fixing of plasterboard
Placement and finishing of concrete slabs
Bricklaying
Erecting and dismantling scaffolds
Use of display screen equipment
✔✔Factors contributing to ill-health - ✔✔Task - physical requirements, e.g. posture and
physical action, forces involved, repetition, duration and recovery time
Environment - particularly lighting, e.g. illumination, contrast, glare. Cold or damp
conditions should also be considered
Equipment - physical characteristics of the equipment and position in relation to user.
Also consider worker interaction with the work equipment itself - can it be adjusted?
