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Question 1Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the main purpose of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015?

  1. To integrate health and safety into project management Correct answer.
  2. To set maximum working hours for construction operatives
  3. To control the disposal of construction waste
  4. To require the use of personal protective equipment on all sites

Explanation

CDM 2015 aims to improve health and safety in construction by requiring dutyholders to plan and manage risks throughout the project lifecycle, from conception through to completion and use. It does not set working hours, PPE rules or waste controls.

Question 2Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

To which construction projects do the CDM 2015 Regulations apply in Great Britain?

  1. All construction projects, regardless of size or duration Correct answer.
  2. Only projects with more than 30 workers on site
  3. Only projects involving demolition or structural alteration
  4. Only projects notified to the Health and Safety Executive

Explanation

CDM 2015 applies to all construction work in Great Britain, including small and domestic projects. Notification is a separate requirement and does not determine whether the regulations apply.

Question 3Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Who is responsible for appointing the principal contractor on a construction project?

  1. The client Correct answer.
  2. The principal designer
  3. The Health and Safety Executive
  4. The main contractor

Explanation

Under CDM 2015 the client must appoint the principal contractor in writing where more than one contractor will be involved. The HSE does not make appointments and a contractor cannot appoint itself.

Question 4Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Which document must be in place before the construction phase of a project begins?

  1. The health and safety file
  2. The construction phase plan Correct answer.
  3. The F10 notification form
  4. The pre-construction information pack

Explanation

The principal contractor must draw up a construction phase plan before work starts, setting out how health and safety will be managed on site. The health and safety file is developed for handover at completion, and notification is separate.

Question 5Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Who has the main duty to provide suitable welfare facilities for workers on a construction site?

  1. The local authority
  2. The client
  3. The contractor responsible for the site Correct answer.
  4. The principal designer

Explanation

CDM 2015 requires contractors, and in particular the principal contractor, to ensure suitable and sufficient welfare facilities are provided and maintained from the start of the construction phase. The client has a duty to ensure arrangements are in place but does not provide the facilities directly.

Question 6Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the purpose of an F10 notification?

  1. To apply for planning permission for construction work
  2. To confirm that a principal designer has been appointed
  3. To notify the HSE that a construction project is notifiable Correct answer.
  4. To record accidents and dangerous occurrences on site

Explanation

The F10 form is used to notify the Health and Safety Executive of a project that meets the CDM 2015 notification threshold. It is not an accident report or a planning application.

Question 7Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the principal designer mainly responsible for under CDM 2015?

  1. Coordinating health and safety before construction starts Correct answer.
  2. Supervising the day-to-day work of contractors on site
  3. Preparing the construction phase plan
  4. Providing welfare facilities for the construction workforce

Explanation

The principal designer coordinates health and safety in the pre-construction phase, including design work, and assists the client with pre-construction information. Site supervision and welfare are contractor duties, and the construction phase plan belongs to the principal contractor.

Question 8Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Where a domestic client commissions construction work, who normally takes on the client duties under CDM 2015?

  1. The local authority building control team
  2. The contractor or principal contractor Correct answer.
  3. The designer appointed for the work
  4. The Health and Safety Executive

Explanation

For domestic projects, the client duties transfer to the contractor, or to the principal contractor where more than one contractor is involved. This avoids placing the full CDM client role on householders.

Question 9Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

When must a client appoint a principal designer and a principal contractor in writing?

  1. When the project will last more than 30 working days
  2. When more than one contractor will work on the project Correct answer.
  3. When the project is notifiable to the HSE
  4. When the project involves work at height

Explanation

The duty to appoint a principal designer and principal contractor arises where more than one contractor is involved. Notification and duration affect the separate F10 notification duty, not the appointment trigger.

Question 10Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What must a client provide to designers and contractors to help them plan the work safely?

  1. A completed accident report form
  2. The site security guard rota
  3. Pre-construction information relevant to the project Correct answer.
  4. A copy of the company's health and safety policy only

Explanation

The client must provide pre-construction information, such as existing site hazards, services and ground conditions, so designers and contractors can identify and manage risks. A policy document alone does not satisfy this duty.

Question 11Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the main purpose of the health and safety file?

  1. To show that the client has paid the principal contractor
  2. To provide information for future construction or maintenance work Correct answer.
  3. To record daily site attendance and plant inspections
  4. To list the names of all workers who have been inducted

Explanation

The health and safety file contains information about the structure, materials and hazards that will be needed by those who later work on or maintain the building. It is not a site diary, induction record or financial document.

Question 12Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Which dutyholder must consult workers on health and safety matters during the construction phase?

  1. The client
  2. The local authority
  3. The principal designer
  4. The principal contractor Correct answer.

Explanation

The principal contractor must consult workers, or their representatives, on matters affecting their health and safety, and must ensure they are informed of risks. The principal designer's role is pre-construction and the client does not manage the site directly.

Question 13Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

When a designer is deciding how to control a risk, which action should be considered first?

  1. Eliminate the hazard through design Correct answer.
  2. Display warning signs
  3. Provide personal protective equipment
  4. Write a method statement

Explanation

CDM 2015 requires designers to apply the general principles of prevention, starting with eliminating hazards and then reducing or controlling remaining risks. PPE, signs and method statements are lower-order controls.

Question 14Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A project is notifiable to the HSE when it involves more than 20 workers at the same time and lasts more than how many working days?

  1. 90 working days
  2. 60 working days
  3. 30 working days Correct answer.
  4. 10 working days

Explanation

The notification threshold is more than 30 working days with more than 20 workers simultaneously, or more than 500 person-days of work. Either condition can make the project notifiable.

Question 15Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What must the principal contractor ensure before a worker starts work on site?

  1. That the worker has paid for their own PPE
  2. That the worker has signed the health and safety file
  3. That the worker has received a site-specific induction Correct answer.
  4. That the worker has completed an F10 form

Explanation

The principal contractor must ensure workers receive a suitable site induction covering the site rules, hazards and emergency arrangements before they begin work. The health and safety file and F10 are not induction records.

Question 16Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What does the CDM 2015 duty to cooperate require of dutyholders?

  1. That they appoint the same principal designer for all work
  2. That they use the same subcontractors on every project
  3. That they share all commercial information with each other
  4. That they work together to ensure health and safety Correct answer.

Explanation

All dutyholders must cooperate with each other to enable compliance with the regulations, sharing relevant information and coordinating their activities. It does not require sharing commercial secrets or using common suppliers.

Question 17Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Which of the following activities falls within the CDM 2015 definition of construction work?

  1. Cleaning an office carpet with a vacuum cleaner
  2. Serving food in a site canteen
  3. Transporting workers to site in a minibus
  4. Routine maintenance of a building's roof Correct answer.

Explanation

Construction work includes building, alteration, demolition, maintenance and repair, including routine maintenance such as roof repairs. General cleaning, catering and transport are not construction activities.

Question 18Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the client's overarching duty for managing a construction project under CDM 2015?

  1. To personally supervise every site operation each day
  2. To prepare the construction phase plan
  3. To carry out daily toolbox talks
  4. To make suitable arrangements to manage the project Correct answer.

Explanation

The client must make suitable arrangements for managing the project, including allocating sufficient time and resources, so that health and safety risks are controlled. Site supervision, the construction phase plan and toolbox talks are contractor responsibilities.

Question 19Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What information must a designer provide to those who need it to plan and manage the work?

  1. Relevant information about significant design risks Correct answer.
  2. The designer's holiday and leave schedule
  3. The designer's professional indemnity insurance certificate
  4. A list of the designer's previous projects

Explanation

Designers must provide information about significant risks that cannot be eliminated through design, so contractors and others can plan safe construction. Insurance and personal details are not part of this duty.

Question 20Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the principal contractor's main responsibility for the construction phase plan?

  1. To review it only after the project is complete
  2. To keep it confidential from workers
  3. To draw it up and ensure it is implemented Correct answer.
  4. To approve it on behalf of the HSE

Explanation

The principal contractor must draw up the construction phase plan before work starts and ensure it is implemented and updated as the project progresses. It is not approved by the HSE and should be communicated to those who need it.

Question 21Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A project will involve 15 workers on site for 40 working days. What is its notification status under CDM 2015?

  1. Notifiable, because it lasts more than 30 working days
  2. Notifiable, because the work exceeds 500 person-days Correct answer.
  3. Not notifiable, because fewer than 20 workers are on site
  4. Not notifiable, because no demolition work is involved

Explanation

The project is notifiable if it exceeds 500 person-days, even though fewer than 20 workers are present at any one time. Here 15 workers × 40 days = 600 person-days, so notification is required.

Question 22Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A householder engages a principal contractor and a separate designer for a two-storey extension. Who holds the client duties under CDM 2015?

  1. The principal contractor, because the duties transfer Correct answer.
  2. The local authority, because it is a domestic project
  3. The designer, because design work comes first
  4. The householder, because domestic clients always retain their duties

Explanation

For domestic clients, client duties transfer to the contractor, or to the principal contractor where more than one contractor is involved. The householder does not retain the CDM client duties.

Question 23Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A commercial client appoints a principal designer but no principal contractor, even though three contractors will work on the project. What is the legal position?

  1. The client has breached CDM 2015 by not making the appointment Correct answer.
  2. This is acceptable if the project lasts less than 30 days
  3. The HSE will appoint a principal contractor on the client's behalf
  4. This is acceptable if the principal designer supervises the site

Explanation

Where more than one contractor is involved, the client must appoint both a principal designer and a principal contractor in writing. The principal designer cannot take over the principal contractor role by agreement, and the HSE does not make appointments.

Question 24Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

When must the health and safety file be passed to the client?

  1. Immediately after the F10 is submitted
  2. Before the construction phase begins
  3. Only if the project is notifiable
  4. At the end of the project, on completion Correct answer.

Explanation

The principal designer must ensure the health and safety file is prepared and passed to the client at completion of the project. It is not a pre-construction document and is required regardless of notification status.

Question 25Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A commercial client wants to transfer all of its CDM 2015 client duties to the principal contractor. What is the legal effect?

  1. The transfer is valid if recorded in the construction phase plan
  2. The transfer is valid for projects lasting under 30 days
  3. The transfer is not permitted; duties stay with the client Correct answer.
  4. The transfer is valid if the principal contractor agrees in writing

Explanation

CDM 2015 client duties cannot be transferred to another dutyholder on commercial projects; only domestic client duties transfer automatically. A written agreement or plan entry cannot displace the client's legal responsibilities.

Question 26Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, what duty does each employee have while at work?

  1. Prepare written risk assessments covering every task they carry out
  2. Appoint a competent safety adviser to supervise the site work
  3. Take reasonable care of themselves and others affected by their work Correct answer.
  4. Provide suitable personal protective equipment at their own cost

Explanation

Section 7 of the Act places a personal duty on every employee to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and for that of anyone else who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees must also cooperate with their employer so that legal duties can be complied with. The duty is personal and applies regardless of the worker's seniority.

Question 27Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

An HSE inspector serves an improvement notice on a contractor. What is the minimum period the notice must allow for the breach to be remedied?

  1. At least 21 days from the date the notice is served Correct answer.
  2. Until the end of the working day on which it is served
  3. At least 7 days from the date the notice is served
  4. At least 28 days from the date the notice is served

Explanation

An improvement notice requires the recipient to remedy the contravention within a specified period, and that period must be at least 21 days from service. The recipient may appeal to an employment tribunal within 21 days, which suspends the notice until the appeal is heard. The notice is aimed at correcting a breach rather than stopping work immediately.

Question 28Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations, who must pay for PPE that is required to control a risk to a worker?

  1. The employer, at no cost to the worker Correct answer.
  2. The worker, through a payroll deduction
  3. The worker and the employer, split equally
  4. The client, as part of the project preliminaries

Explanation

The Regulations require PPE to be provided free of charge where it is needed to control risks that cannot be adequately controlled by other means. Charging workers, or allowing them to buy their own equipment, undermines the duty to ensure suitable PPE is actually worn. The employer must also ensure the equipment is maintained and that users are trained.

Question 29Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A site operative is off work for nine consecutive days after an accident, not counting the day of the accident. Under RIDDOR, how must this be reported?

  1. By telephone to the HSE within 10 days
  2. By the quickest practicable means within 24 hours
  3. To the HSE within 15 days of the incident Correct answer.
  4. By entry in the site accident book only

Explanation

An injury that keeps a worker away from work for more than seven consecutive days, excluding the day of the accident, is reportable as an over-seven-day injury. The responsible person must send the report to the enforcing authority within 15 days of the incident. Shorter reporting times apply to specified injuries and dangerous occurrences, not to over-seven-day injuries.

Question 30Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A client is arranging a warehouse refurbishment. Which action best shows the client is meeting the CDM 2015 requirement to make suitable arrangements for managing the project?

  1. Requiring the principal contractor to finish ahead of programme
  2. Choosing the lowest tender price for the construction work
  3. Transferring all health and safety decisions to the principal contractor
  4. Allowing a realistic programme and budget so the work can be resourced safely Correct answer.

Explanation

Clients must make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including allowing sufficient time and resources so that the work can be carried out without risks to health and safety. The duty cannot be shed by pushing safety decisions onto others or by squeezing time and money. Realistic programming and funding are the practical evidence that the duty has been met.

Question 31Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

On a project involving more than one contractor, when must the construction phase plan be in writing?

  1. Before the health and safety file is handed over
  2. Within 14 days of work starting on site
  3. Before the construction phase begins Correct answer.
  4. By the time the first progress meeting is held

Explanation

Where a project involves more than one contractor, the principal contractor must draw up a construction phase plan that is in writing before the construction phase begins. The plan must then be reviewed and updated as the work develops. Starting work first and documenting the plan later does not meet the requirement.

Question 32Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

What is the effect of a prohibition notice served by an HSE inspector?

  1. It stops the activity, immediately or after a stated time, until the risk is dealt with Correct answer.
  2. It requires the breach to be corrected within a stated period
  3. It requires the dutyholder to notify HSE of all future accidents
  4. It fines the dutyholder for the breach that was found

Explanation

A prohibition notice is used where an activity involves a risk of serious personal injury, and it directs that the activity must not be carried on until the matters giving rise to the risk have been remedied. It can take effect immediately or from a stated time. It is not a financial penalty and does not impose ongoing reporting obligations.

Question 33Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Two design practices are each designing different elements of the same building. Under CDM 2015, what must they do?

  1. Complete their own design independently and issue it to the client
  2. Leave the principal designer to resolve any conflict between the designs
  3. Ask the HSE to approve their combined design before work starts
  4. Cooperate with each other and coordinate their design work to control risks Correct answer.

Explanation

Designers must cooperate with each other and coordinate their work so far as is necessary to enable the client, principal designer and contractors to comply with their duties. Coordination prevents risks being designed in through clashes between packages. Design work must also take account of the general principles of prevention.

Question 34Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A contractor must ensure each worker has the skills, knowledge, training and experience to carry out their work safely. Which record best demonstrates this?

  1. The number of toolbox talks held during the previous year
  2. A copy of the company health and safety policy on the noticeboard
  3. Training and experience details checked against each worker's tasks Correct answer.
  4. A signed site induction sheet for every person entering the site

Explanation

The competence requirement is met by matching each individual's skills, knowledge, training and experience to the tasks they will actually do. Evidence therefore needs to link individual records to specific work activities. Generic induction sheets or counts of briefings do not show task-specific competence.

Question 35Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, what must an employer do where they need outside help to manage health and safety?

  1. Record the gap in the risk assessment and take no action
  2. Appoint one or more competent persons to provide it Correct answer.
  3. Rely on the principal contractor's health and safety adviser
  4. Ask the enforcing authority to provide the assistance

Explanation

Where an employer needs to appoint a competent person to assist with health and safety, the Regulations require that this person is appointed and is competent for the role. The employer remains responsible for the arrangements even when outside help is used. Simply noting a shortfall does not discharge the duty.

Question 36Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Which of the following must be reported to the HSE as a dangerous occurrence under RIDDOR?

  1. A worker spraining an ankle and returning the next day
  2. A disc cutter blade jamming and being replaced
  3. A near miss in which a load passed close to a worker
  4. The collapse or partial collapse of a scaffold Correct answer.

Explanation

RIDDOR lists specific dangerous occurrences that must be reported whether or not anyone is injured, and the collapse or partial collapse of a scaffold is one of them. Near misses and minor injuries that do not meet the reporting criteria are recorded internally. Dangerous occurrences differ from accidents because the obligation arises from the event itself.

Question 37Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A principal contractor goes into administration part-way through a notifiable project and leaves the site. What must the client do?

  1. Appoint a replacement principal contractor in writing as soon as possible Correct answer.
  2. Ask the principal designer to take over running the site
  3. Ask the HSE to appoint a replacement principal contractor
  4. Let the remaining contractors choose a new leader among themselves

Explanation

The client must ensure that a principal contractor is in place for the whole construction phase, and any appointment must be made in writing. If the principal contractor leaves, the client must appoint a replacement promptly. Until a replacement is appointed, the client takes on the principal contractor duties.

Question 38Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A director of a construction company agrees to a deliberate breach of health and safety law by the company, which leads to a prosecution. What is the legal position under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?

  1. The director can be prosecuted personally as well as the company Correct answer.
  2. Only the company can be prosecuted for the offence
  3. The director is liable only if they were present on site
  4. The director is liable only through a civil claim by an injured worker

Explanation

Where an offence by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect by, a director, manager or similar officer, that individual is also guilty of the offence. Personal prosecution can follow alongside action against the company. Physical presence at the site is not a precondition.

Question 39Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

Under the HSE's Fee for Intervention scheme, when does a dutyholder have to pay HSE's costs?

  1. Every time an inspector makes a routine visit to the site
  2. When an inspector finds a material breach that requires a notice or letter Correct answer.
  3. Only where an accident has caused a reportable injury
  4. Only after a successful prosecution in the courts

Explanation

The scheme recovers HSE's costs where an inspector identifies a material breach of health and safety law and confirms it in writing, usually by notice or letter. Time spent investigating and securing compliance after that point is chargeable. Compliant dutyholders, and those where no material breach is found, are not charged.

Question 40Legal and management framework, including CDM duties and roles

A contractor's groundworks reveal ground conditions very different from those described in the pre-construction information, creating a new risk. What should happen?

  1. The client pays for extra work and the original plan is unchanged
  2. The principal contractor is told so the plan and design are reassessed Correct answer.
  3. The work continues while the difference is recorded in the site diary
  4. The contractor reports it to HSE within 15 days of finding it

Explanation

New information that affects the risks must feed back into the management arrangements, so the principal contractor needs to know so the construction phase plan and, where relevant, the design can be reviewed. Work in the affected area should be controlled until that reassessment is done. Recording the issue without acting, or leaving the plan unchanged, does not meet the duty to manage risks.

Question 41Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

Under CDM 2015, which welfare provision must be available on every construction site, whatever its size or duration?

  1. A canteen serving hot meals
  2. Individual lockers for every worker
  3. Shower cubicles for all site personnel
  4. Wholesome drinking water Correct answer.

Explanation

Schedule 2 to CDM 2015 requires suitable and sufficient welfare facilities, and drinking water must be provided on every site. The other facilities listed depend on the nature and duration of the work rather than being universal requirements.

Question 42Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a duty on every employee to:

  1. Take reasonable care of themselves and others and co-operate with their employer Correct answer.
  2. Provide their own personal protective equipment whenever the site rules require it
  3. Report every accident on site directly to the Health and Safety Executive
  4. Carry out a written risk assessment for each task that they are asked to do

Explanation

Section 7 requires employees to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and that of others affected by their acts or omissions, and to co-operate with their employer so that legal duties can be met. Risk assessment, PPE provision and RIDDOR reporting are duties on the employer, not the individual worker.

Question 43Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

What is the primary purpose of a site induction?

  1. To explain the site-specific hazards, rules and emergency arrangements Correct answer.
  2. To confirm each operative's trade qualifications and CSCS card details
  3. To record which subcontractor each operative is employed by
  4. To replace the need for task-specific toolbox talks during the project

Explanation

An induction gives everyone arriving on site the information they need before starting work: the site layout, specific hazards, site rules, welfare arrangements and what to do in an emergency. It is not a substitute for the ongoing task-specific briefings given through toolbox talks.

Question 44Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

A worker is absent from normal duties for eight consecutive days, not counting the day of the accident, following an incident on site. What does RIDDOR 2013 require?

  1. An entry in the accident book only, with no report to the HSE
  2. Nothing, because the absence is shorter than ten days
  3. A report to the HSE within 15 days of the accident Correct answer.
  4. A report to the HSE within 10 days of the accident

Explanation

An injury that keeps a worker away from normal duties for more than seven consecutive days, excluding the day of the accident, is an over-seven-day injury and must be reported to the HSE within 15 days of the incident. Recording it in the accident book is also required, but is not sufficient on its own.

Question 45Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

Under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, who must bear the cost of PPE that is required to do the job safely?

  1. The worker and employer, who share the cost equally
  2. The employer, who must provide it free of charge Correct answer.
  3. The worker, who may claim the cost back through payroll
  4. The client, through the project's provisional sum

Explanation

PPE that is needed to control a risk to health and safety must be provided by the employer free of charge to the worker. Charging workers for required PPE undermines the purpose of the regulations and is not permitted.

Question 46Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

Which document sets out the sequence of operations and the control measures for carrying out a specific task safely?

  1. The site layout plan
  2. The COSHH assessment
  3. The method statement Correct answer.
  4. The risk assessment

Explanation

A method statement describes how the work will actually be done: the order of operations, the plant and personnel involved and the control measures to be applied at each stage. The risk assessment identifies the hazards and evaluates the risks, and normally sits behind the method statement rather than replacing it.

Question 47Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

How should a site manager decide how many first aiders and what first aid equipment are needed on site?

  1. By matching the numbers used on the client's other projects
  2. By copying the arrangements used by the largest subcontractor
  3. By providing one first aider for every ten operatives on site
  4. By carrying out a first aid needs assessment for the site Correct answer.

Explanation

The law does not set a fixed ratio of first aiders to workers. The site manager must assess the first aid needs of the particular site, taking account of the number of workers, the hazards, shift patterns, the distance to hospital and the use of subcontractors.

Question 48Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

On discovering a fire on site, what should a worker do first?

  1. Attempt to put the fire out using the nearest extinguisher
  2. Raise the alarm and follow the site emergency procedure Correct answer.
  3. Telephone the client's facilities manager for permission to evacuate
  4. Collect personal belongings before leaving the building

Explanation

The first action is always to raise the alarm so that others are warned and the emergency plan is activated. Fighting a fire is a secondary option, only for someone who is trained, confident and has a clear escape route.

Question 49Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, risk assessments must be recorded in writing when the employer has at least how many employees?

  1. Five Correct answer.
  2. Ten
  3. One
  4. Fifty

Explanation

The 1999 Regulations require the significant findings of risk assessments to be recorded where the employer has five or more employees. Below that number, assessments must still be carried out but need not be recorded in writing.

Question 50Site management responsibilities for health, safety and welfare

On a project with more than one contractor, who is responsible for ensuring that a construction phase plan is prepared before construction begins?

  1. The first subcontractor to start on site
  2. The principal contractor Correct answer.
  3. The client
  4. The principal designer

Explanation

CDM 2015 places the duty to draw up the construction phase plan, and to ensure it is developed and maintained, on the principal contractor. The plan must be in place before the construction phase begins.