Health and Safety Test

• Document No.

• Trainee name

• Conducted on

  Date

• The trainee must complete the test normally within 2 weeks of starting, without reference to training material and in the presence of a trainer. The trainer may aid the trainee with understanding of the questions or interpretation in the case of non-English speaking trainees. The pass mark is 80% (only trainees who use staple guns are required to answer questions on that subject)

General health and safety

• When is it ok to perform a task untrained?

  Anytime

  Under the supervision of a trainer

  When a manager tells you

• Who should you report work problems to?

  Manager

  Trainer

  Colleague

• Whose responsibility is it to check tools and equipment before they are used each day?

  Person using it

  Safety rep

  Manager

• When must you report an accident?

  Immediately

  By the end of the shift

  Within 2 days

• What work method must you follow at all times for your health and safety?

  Safe system of work

  Common sense

  Do what everyone else does

• Your duties under health and safety law are?

  To take care of yourself

  To take care of yourself and others

  To co-operate with your employer and take care of yourself and others

• What is the most serious risk from using an airline?

  Air entering your bloodstream

  Grit entering your eyes

  Hearing loss

• What are you not allowed to do with an airline?

  Clean the floor

  Clean yourself

  Clean machines

• Who is allowed to drive a forklift or powered pallet truck?

  Anyone

  Anyone with a licence

  Anyone who is trained and authorised

• When a forklift or powered pallet truck is approaching you should?

  Wait for the vehicle to stop and then walk past

  Move into a safe area while the vehicle passes

  Signal the driver and wait for him to stop

• The safest way of using scissors and knives is to?

  Cut towards yourself

  Cut away from yourself

  Either way

• Scissors and knives must be stored?

  On machines

  in a safe place

  In pockets

• How can you prevent slip accidents?

  By cleaning up spills immediately

  By wearing footwear with good treads

  Both of the above

• If you have a skin problem (hands) you should?

  Tell a manager

  wash your hands frequently

  Use hand cream

• Where is your safe system of work located?

  In the mangers office

  Near my workstation

  With a safety representative

• How can you prevent trip accidents?

  By avoiding obstacles

  By keeping the work area tidy

  By wearing safety footwear

• Where should you store protective equipment?

  Anywhere

  Near the workplace

  A clean place

• If protective equipment becomes dirty you should?

  Throw it away and replace it

  Clean it if possible

  Take it to maintenance to have it cleaned

• Exposure to loud noise can cause?

  Temporary hearing loss

  Permanent hearing loss

  Hearaches

• In hearing protection zones, hearing protection must be worn?

  Most of the time

  Occationally

  All of the time

Manual Handling

• You must not handle any significant load unless?

  You have had some training

  You have been trained by the Physio in the past 3 years

  You have been told by a manager

• Your first consideration when a load has to be moved should be?

  How can I move it quickly

  Can I use a handling aid (cart etc.)

  I'll have a go and see what happens

• If you need help handling a load you should ask?

  A colleague

  A manager

  Anyone trained

• How can you reduce the strain on your back when handling?

  Hold the load close to the body

  Hold the load away from the body

  Hold the load under one arm

• When handling a load below waist height you should bend?

  You back

  Your knees

  Your neck

• What is the maximum stacking height for goods?

  Head height (1.8m)

  2 metres

  Waist height (1.4m)

• One way to make team handling safer is?

  Nominate 1 person to coordinate

  Don't talk during lifting

  Everyone face the same way

• What handling method must you use when back stacking?

  Solo handling

  2 person handling

  Either of the above

• Generally speaking it is safer to slide rather than lift a load?

  True

  False

• If you have to move a load a long way you should?

  Use a cart

  Get someone to help you

  Either of the above

Staple Guns

• Do you use staple guns, or will be using them for your work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Before loading staples to a gun you must?

  Connect the air supply

  Disconnect the air

  Either of the above