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Teaching and learning resources for the construction industry with NVQ and Diploma Assessment Criteria
Excavations & Confined Spaces
Confined Spaces are the enclosed space like Sewers, Excavations and Storage Tanks
Why are confined spaces Dangerous, they have a lack of oxygen they can also have Poisonous Gases Fumes or Flammable Vapour which have built up, which can’t be seen without testing.
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3.
Employers have a Duty to carry out Risk Assessments and Method Statements on Excavation and Confined Spaces and have Safe systems of work.
Health & Safety Executive
(HSE)
Here are some of the knowledge questions that you will be asked in this test.
if you’re unsure about the following list, you need to do more research by go to Unit 201/601 Level II Diploma in Brickwork (6705–23) or go to Health & Safety Executive (HSE) website.
What must happen each time a shift starts work in an excavation?
Safest way to get into and out of a deep excavation?
Confined space, do you need a risk assessment?
You are in a confined space when the gas alarm sounds?
Accurate way to confirm the exact location of buried services?
When digging, you hit and damage a buried cable. What should you do?
