Supervisor Checklist

Full PPE being worn by the attending team ?

All CISRS available and in date ?

Ensure that working on or near fragile roofs is avoided and adequate arrangements are put in place to provide a safe place of work.

Ensure that the workforce is briefed on the position of any overhead power lines (OHPL) and other high-level hazards.

Ensure that rescue procedures are in place, as described in your safe system of work, and are rehearsed.

supervise any elements of the task where working at height is required.

Monitor all working at height activities, report any previously unidentified hazardous situations and deal with deviations foe the given methods of work, as appropriate.

Check the arrangements for scaffolding to be erected, altered and dismantled by suitable qualified and competent person(s).

Monitor ground conditions to ensure that they do not deteriorate from those described in your safe system of work. This should also include monitoring the standards of housekeeping.

Ensure that the statuary inspection of scaffolds and plant is carried out by a competent person in accordance with the statuary requirements.

Monitor interference between trades, activities, members of the public and the public highway and instigate the necessary control measures.

Monitor the use of ladders and ensure they are only used as a last resort and in accordance with a risk assessment.

Ensure that all fall-arrest equipment is visually inspected prior to each use, at the start of each shift. It should also receive a weekly, detailed inspection and a statuary examinations at least every six months, in accordance with the requirements of the LOLER in lifting equipment used for lifting persons.