CYP 3.4 Health and Safety

[Kmcb]

Hello All,
I was just wondering if someone could give me some guidance as I'm confusing myself with two questions. I don't want to repeat myself too much in either but feel like they're very similar.

They are:

3.4.1 Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely.

3.4.1 Explain how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service.

For the first one would I talk more about risk assessments. Would this be a long answer? because I feel I would be saying a lot more in the second question.

For the second one, I would talk more about our policies and procedures in place, that incorporate the Health and Safety Work Act of 1974 legislation? again talk about risk assessment, COSHH, hygiene, fire/medical procedures etc.

Thank you!

[LKP]

Hi,
I would have thought the things you mentioned such as: risk assessments, regularly practicing fire procedures/checking alarms, updating first aid training.. All these are including within the monitoring and maintaining health and safety.
Yes there are policies to refer back to in regards to the awareness and encouragement of working safely but in most settings, they provide training within the induction or throughout the job. For example, in my school setting we had ladder training to promote our awareness when we put up displays - as the school has tall walls where the displays are.

The second is the policies and legislations, so how do you put them into your work role? So you can talk about risk assessments but also why you do them, what does it refer back to in regards to the legislations? Perhaps if you work with babies and toddlers you have a nappy changing policy, why then do you follow the procedures to wear gloves and an apron etc.

Hope this helps

[Kmcb]

Many thanks!!!:)

[kerry-lou]

i used my settings health and safety policy for these questions. x

[Kmcb]

Thanks all. Had this signed off now......phew!

[tracey44]

Originally Posted by Kmcb

Thanks all. Had this signed off now......phew!

Did you write much I have wrote a few lines taken from the school's hs policy?

[Kmcb]

I probably wrote about a page for each answer really. I went with how I thought in my post/question above, and LKP's answer above helped too.

If you need any specifics though, let me know and I'll be more than happy to elaborate. Good luck with it.

[tracey44]

Thank you x