Site Safe NZ Health and Safety at Work Act 6

Question 1

What is worker participation in the context of the HSWA 2015?

Accepted Answer

An ongoing process where workers have reasonable opportunities to participate in improving health and safety

Answer

Worker participation is an ongoing and evolving process where workers are given reasonable opportunities to participate in improving health and safety on an ongoing basis.

Question 2

Under the HSWA 2015, what must a PCBU ensure regarding the use, handling, and storage of plant and substances?

Accepted Answer

They are without risks to health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable

Answer

A PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the use, handling and storage of plant, substances, and structures at the workplace is without risks to health and safety.

Question 3

What is the relationship between the HSWA 2015 and regulations made under it?

Accepted Answer

Regulations provide specific detail on how duties under the Act are to be met in particular situations

Answer

Regulations made under the HSWA 2015 provide specific and detailed requirements for particular hazards, industries, or activities. They sit underneath the Act and give practical effect to its general duties.

Question 4

What is a 'volunteer' under the HSWA 2015?

Accepted Answer

A person who works for a PCBU with no expectation of reward and is not a volunteer association member doing community work

Answer

A volunteer is defined as a person who is acting on a voluntary basis, is not motivated by expectation of reward, and is not a volunteer in a volunteer association doing community work.

Question 5

Under the HSWA 2015, what must a PCBU do about monitoring workers' health?

Accepted Answer

Provide health monitoring if required by regulations or if there is a significant risk from workplace exposure

Answer

A PCBU must ensure health monitoring is provided if required by regulations, or if workers are at risk from exposure to hazards at the workplace and monitoring helps determine whether they are being affected.

Site Safe Practice Test

Site Safe Practice Test

Site Safe NZ Health and Safety at Work Act 6