CU2939 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies,
Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young
People’s Settings
Level 5
Credit value 5
GLH 33
Unit summary
The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding and skills required for Health and Safety and Risk Management, including the development of policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings.
Additional Assessment Requirements
This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development 's QCF
Assessment Principles. Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4 and 5 must be assessed in the work setting. 1. Understand the current legislative framework and
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Each colour has a special meaning: o Circular red signs indicate prohibited o Yellow signs give a warning of hazard# o Blue signs tell you to do something o Green signs identify or locate safety equipment or escape routes.
Electricity – Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
Each year about 1000 accidents at work involve electric shock or burns are reported to the
Health and Safety Executive.
It is important that employees do not: o Change fuses or plugs if not authorised to do so; o Overload electrical sockets, e.g., using fan heaters from extension sockets o Use equipment that is faulty or appear to be damaged.
Manual Handling - The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Lifting and moving loads manually is the biggest cause of injury, so it is important to make use of any lifting equipment that is provided. A large number of personal injury claims relate to breaches by employers of Manual Handling Regulations. It is important when lifting for staff to be trained and to ensure that they use the right method. If employees have any medical problems they should not be undertaking manual handling if inappropriate to do so. Manual handling involves and requires specialised training.
Slips, Trips
About one third of all accidents that occur are due to slips, trips and falls. The majority of these could be avoided by being
2.2 The strengths and limitations of a range of assessment methods in relation to the individual learner needs:
Workers need trained in how to correctly climb scaffolding, set up elevated work platforms and attach all safety harnesses. Many times injuries result from nothing more than poor procedural techniques, injuries that are avoided with adequate training.
This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development's QCF Assessment Principles.
Moving an individual incorrectly could cause ligament damage, when individuals are dragged when being moved joints can be overstretched causing sprains/ damage to the ligaments. THIS IS WHY YOU
Task 1 links to learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and 6.3.
Initially in this assignment, I intend to describe and evaluate two different assessment methods, which I use to assess the progress of my learners.
1.1a – Physical abuse can be defined as causing actual physical harm to an individual. 1.2a - The signs and symptoms associated with physical abuse can be e.g. hitting, shaking, biting, throwing, burning and suffocating. 1.3a - The factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to physical abuse can be due to their age, their physical ability, a physical disability, a sensory impairment, learning difficulties, mental health issues, or their culture or religion.
There are some issues concerning heavy materials being stored at ground level (13, 20). This is in breach of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and presents a high risk of a RIDDOR injury to employees lifting or moving these materials.
Assignment 1- What is the purpose of initial assessment and what kind of methods could be used? Evaluate these methods with reference to the ways they can help in the overall objective of achieving learning goals. How can you ensure learners are kept motivated and working towards these goals?
One of these legislative factors is the manual handling operations regulations (1992). This regulation applies to anything to do with employees lifting, carrying or moving loads. This regulation was put into place to help people avoid injury when lifting heavy loads as a number of people gained injuries due to a lack of knowledge of how to move and lift loads with the correct technique. This means that all employers must teach their staff the correct technique through training or a tutorial. This also means that no matter what the weight of the load is, all the possible risks must be assessed in order to figure out how it needs to be approached as it may be light enough for someone to lift on their own or they may need to assess whether they need assistance. This regulation influences health and safety in sport as it is very important for a sport such as weightlifting as these athletes need the best training in weightlifting they can get as if they have incorrect technique in any way then this means they are in danger of having a serious injury. In a job such as fitness
Heavy Lifting – Lifting heavy boxes is common task. The simple act of lifting a box to stock new product may result in pulled muscles, slipped disc, shoulder strain, or sever permanent injury that can affect an employee for life.
This assignment requires a written assessment with reference to learning outcomes 1, 3, 4 and 6. I will therefore take each question one by one. Learning outcomes 2 and 5 will be covered by formative assessment, which will provide the 50/50 split required.
Powerlifters, but more specifically women who train and compete in the United States, use many forms of technology in the pursuit of reaching our goal. As a female powerlifter residing in the United States I have been to numerous competitions and have had the opportunity to meet many others who belong to the same demographic. Therefore, I can testify that my goal is similar to that of the entire group. Our fundamental goal is to lift the most weight on the squat, bench press, deadlift, and the combined total of these three lifts. In order to reach that goal we utilize many forms of technology. I have categorized these forms of technology into three sections: technology within equipment, technology for safety, and technology for information/improvement. Though there are other forms of technology utilized, these categories cover the majority of technology we commonly employ. Ultimately, the technology we use makes it easier for female powerlifters, like myself, who compete in the United States to reach our goal of lifting the most amount of weight on our three lifts because it allows us to lift without being limited by the amount of weight equipment can hold, without injury, and with information necessary for improvement.
Many people look to lifting weights. There are six exercises that you need: bridges, handstand push ups, squats, pull ups, squats, and leg raises.
that there is an assistant that will help you if you can’t be able to lift the weights already.