Duties, Survey & Risk Assessment

Free O1 questions: Duties, Survey & Risk Assessment

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• Under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, what must an undertaker executing street works do about signing, lighting and guarding?
• Who should be engaged in assessing, designing, setting up, maintaining and removing signing, lighting and guarding?
• Scenario: an operative has been asked to set out signing, lighting and guarding at a resurfacing site but does not hold a street works card. Can they carry out this work, and on what condition?
• When you receive a work instruction, which road conditions does the Code list for you to look for before going to site?
• Scenario: an undertaker receives an emergency works instruction. How does this affect signing, lighting and guarding compared with planned works?
• As part of an on-site risk assessment, which features does the Code list under 'Look at the road'?
• Scenario: before starting work, an operative reviews the site and believes the arrangements set out in the Code will not keep road users and operatives safe at this particular site. What should they do?
• Scenario: a risk assessment for a footway site near a school identifies high pedestrian numbers, including children, and a need for extra protection beyond the Code's standard layout. What should the team do before starting work?
• How are "short-duration works" defined, and what does the 15 to 60 minute timing (15 to 30 minutes in Scotland) include?
• Scenario: a works vehicle carrying out short-duration work keeps its amber beacon on throughout, as the Code requires. If the short-duration requirements set out in the Code are not actually met at this site, what follows?

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