Task A9: Identify Safety Signs
Safety Signs
Employers have a duty under Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. To ensure all hazardous areas or materials have the appropriate safety sign which conforms to the above regulations.
Safety Emergency Symbols?
Safety Symbols are standardized symbols or shapes that display information about hazards or safety practices, sometimes without the use of words.
Provide general information and directions.
There are five different types of signs, we are concentrating on the four main types to enable you to pass this section in the knowledge test.
Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
It is the duty of all employees while at work to comply with the following:
Take care at all times and ensure that their actions do not put at ‘risk’ themselves, their workmates or any other person.
Co-operate with their employers to enable them to fulfil the employers’ health and safety duties.
Never misuse or interfere with anything provided for health and safety.
Use the equipment and safeguards provided by the employers.
6219 Entry Level
The 6219 Entry Level and Level 1 Awards, Certificates and Diplomas in Construction Skills, requires candidates to complete a knowledge test on each unit.
Mandatory Signs
Warning Sign
Prohibition Signs
Safe Condition Signs
Further information on Safety Signs & Signals can be found at the HSE website link below.
https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l64.pdf
Additional learning resources for this unit can be found on the following links
Task A1: Health & Safety In Construction.
Task A2: The role of the Health & Safety Executive.
Task A3: Health & Safety Regulations.
Task A4: Responsibility for Health & Safety.
Task A6: Health & Safety Risks In Construction.
Task A8: Safety Sign Categories.
Task A10: Global Harmonized System Level 1.
