Explain how members of the site construction team interact in terms of their health, safety and welfare roles and responsibilities.

Task 1: Information leaflet

P1 Outline the roles and responsibilities of people assigned specific health and safety duties at work

P2 Outline the legal duties of employees and employers in relation to three pieces of health, safety and welfare legislation relevant to the construction and built environment sector

M1 Explain how members of the site construction team interact in terms of their health, safety and welfare roles and responsibilities.

Scenario: You are a health and safety officer. Your company has asked you to produce an information leaflet for employees on the responsibilities of employers and employees at work, including people who are assigned specific duties related to health, safety and welfare at work.

The roles you should address in your information leaflet are:

Clients

Designers and architects

Directors

Managers

Employees

Principal contractors

Construction design and management coordinators

Sub-contractors

Directors

Managers

For the job roles listed above, outline the roles and responsibilities of each one relating to health, safety and welfare.

You must relate these roles and responsibilities to three pieces of health, safety and welfare legislation relevant to the construction and built environment sector. One of these must be HASAWA (1974) (you are advised to access this document using the internet the two sections you should refer to are the legal duties of the employer, and the legal duties of employees).

Within your leaflet you should also explain how members of the site construction team interact in terms of their health, safety and welfare roles and responsibilities. Think of who reports to whom, who is responsible to whom, and who does what. You must explain the hierarchy of responsibilities in relation to the roles listed above.