Individuals reporting — Level 2 Communications & Career Practice

Sample questions

1. 01On a typical contracting site, who does the apprentice report to first?

   • AThe Principal Contractor's site manager
   • BThe client at the weekly site meeting
   • CThe placement assessor from the training provider
   • DThe supervising electrician or charge hand

   Why: Apprentices report through the line of supervision — usually the supervising electrician or charge hand, who in turn reports to the site manager or contracts manager.

2. 02You discover a damaged 110V transformer at the start of shift. Who do you report it to?

   • AYour supervisor straight away, then quarantine the item and complete a defect report
   • BThe next operative to use it, told verbally so they know to avoid the damaged unit
   • CThe site manager for the Principal Contractor, who holds the plant register for the site
   • DThe wholesaler who supplied it, by phoning their returns line directly that morning

   Why: PUWER 1998 Reg 5 and HASAWA s.7 require defective equipment to be reported and removed from use. Tell your supervisor, isolate/quarantine, log it.

3. 03A near-miss on site (someone almost stepped through an unguarded floor opening) should be reported to:

   • AThe site manager, recorded in the accident/incident book and used to update the RA
   • BThe person who nearly fell, who decides whether the near-miss is worth mentioning/logging at all
   • CThe HSE alone, since near-misses are reportable under RIDDOR in the same way as injuries/diseases are
   • DThe Principal Designer, who logs all near-misses in the pre-construction information/H&S file

   Why: Near-misses are gold-dust learning events. Report to site management, log it, update the risk assessment so the next person is protected.