Igc_1_Mock_Exam

NEBOSH International General Certificate Assessment Practice 6 – IGC1 Answer both Section 1 and Section 2. Answer ALL questions. SECTION 1 You are advised to spend about half an hour on this section, which contains ONE question. Question 1: With respect to undertaking general risk assessments on activities within a workplace: a) Outline the key stages of the risk assessment process, identifying the issues that would need to be considered at EACH stage. (10) b) Explain the criteria which must be met for the assessment to be ‘suitable and sufficient’. (4) c) Outline the factors that the employer should take into account when selecting individuals to assist in carrying out the required risk assessment. (6) SECTION 2 You are advised to spend about one and a half hours on this section, which contains TEN questions. Question 2: Outline why it is important for an organisation to set health and safety targets. (2) a) Identify health and safety targets that an organisation could set. (6) Question 3: Identify possible influences on an organisation’s health and safety management standards. (8) Question 4: Contractors are carrying out a major building project for an organisation. Outline how this organisation could reduce the risks to contractors before the start AND during the building project. (8) Question 5: An organisation has been found to have inadequate standards of workplace health and safety. Identify the costs that the organisation may incur as a result. (8) Question 6: Give the meaning of the term ‘permit-to-work’. (2) a) Identify THREE types of work that may require a permit-to-work, AND give the reasons why in EACH case. (6) Question 7: Explain how accident data can be used to improve health and safety performance within an organisation. (4) a) Explain TWO active (proactive) monitoring methods that can be used when assessing an organisation’s health and safety performance. (4) Question 8: Outline the initial actions that should be taken following a major injury accident at work. (8) Question 9: An organisation has had an increase in the number of manual handling accidents and associated ill-health. Identify sources of information that may be available to help reduce the risks to the workers. (8) Question 10: Outline, with examples, the general hierarchy that should be applied in order to control health and safety risks in the workplace. (8) Question 11: Identify EIGHT health and safety hazards relevant to the role of a long distance delivery driver. (8)