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JUNE EXAMI
014 (X-Paper)
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~ DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL CERTIFICATE
OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY
TIME: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read ALL the questions carefully.
3. Number the answers according to t
paper,
4. Write neatly and legibly.
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QUESTION 1
1.1 Define the following terms as given in the Occupational Health and Safety
Act:
1.1.1 Hazard
1.1.2 Inspector
1.1.3 Inspection Authority
1.2
Name TWO general duties of an employer to his employ,
1.3
Name ONE general duty of an employer to pers
1.4 Name ONE general duty of a manufactur,
use at work.
1.5 Name ONE general duty of an em
QUESTION 2
2.1 Name TWO function
respect of the
designated.
fety representative may perform in
lace for which he or she has been
2.2
ealth and safety committee may perform.
2.3
functions a health and safety committee has to
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(1)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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(2)
(1)
(2)
Ions an inspector may perform for the purposes of the Act. (2)
loyer is presumed to have committed an offence which his or her
e has actually committed, unless the employer can prove certain
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QUESTION 3
3 , 1 Define the following terms as given in the Environmental Regulations for
Workplaces, 1987:
3 . 1 . 1 Acclimatised
3 . 1 . 2 Illuminance
3 . 1 . 3 WBGT index
3 , 2 Employ~es have te ~erform hard m~nual labour in an erl~~
WBGT Index determined over a period of one hour exceern
practical to reduce the index.
Name THREE steps you have to take in the int
employees.
3 . 3 The regulations require that every workplace in your undertaking should be
ventilated either by natural or mechanical means.
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Name THREE requirements such ventilation has to comply with.
QUESTION 4
given in the General 4.1 Define the term
Administrativ
4.2 have a copy of the act and relevant regulations
place?
4,3 ns on your premises, and appointed health and safety
ell as a health and safety committee.
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(3)
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(1 )
(1)
at must you make available to the committee? (1)
For how long must you keep to the recommendations made by the
committee? (1)
4.4 ,define the term shifts man as given in the General Machinery Regulations,
1988.
4.5 When must you appoint a shifts man?
4,6 Certain incidents in connection with machinery, such as machines which ran
out of control as a result of the failure of control equipment, must be reported
to an inspector.
(2)
(2)
Name TWO other types of machinery incidents which must be reported, (2)
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QUESTION 5
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5.1 Define the term lifting tackle as given in the Driven Machinery Regulations,
1988. (1)
5.2 In order to safeguard the opening at the point of operatiqn of your guillotine,
which is greater than 10 mm, you have to apply several different methods.
Name THREE of these methods. (3)
5.3 The in-running side of a power-driven machine consisting
than 75 mm apart for the full length of the in-running side
rotating in opposite directions and the nip, is within reach'tel t
Name TWO methods in which you have to safeguan (2)
5.4 Define the expression access goods only lift
Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 2010. (1)
5.5 An access goods only lift is installed"jn Y
hatchway.
ing in an enclosed
5.5.1 (2)
5.5.2 of the
(1)
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QUESTION 6
6.1 as given in the Pressure Equipment Regulations,
-certification
Authorised person (3 x 1) (3)
A:~.
~(~~ TWO types of pressure equipment which are excluded from the
/y~ .
'1.J~fessureEquipment Regulations, 2009. (1)
6.3 Name TWO categories of persons who have to ensure that pressure
. equipment provided for use in the RSA, complies with the regulations. (1)
6A The standard to which a steam generator is manufactured prescribes
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requirements for maintenance, inspections and tests which must be
conducted.
6.4.1 What inspections and tests must be carried out on a fire-tube
steam generator?
6.4.2 At what intervals must the inspections and tests be carried out?
6.4.3 Who must carry out the inspections and tests?
(3 x 1) (3)
6.5 You intend to modify an autoclave operating at a steam pre
and a temperature above 100C, which will result in its re-ce
6.5.1 Name TWO requirements to which the modifi
out.
6.5.2 Who must supervise the re-certific
(2 x 1) (2)
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QUESTION 7
7.1 Define the following terms
2009:
rical Installation Regulations,
7.1.1
7.1.2
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out reference to the exclusions
(1 )
(2)
7.2
approved inspection authority for electrical
(2)
7.3
equirements for the components which may be used in
ion.
(2)
ou do with regard to the design of the part of your electrical
.on where the voltage exceeds 1 kV? (1)
rson may do electrical installation work as an electrical contractor
ss he or she has been registered by the chief inspector.
7.5.1 What are the requirements for registration as an electrical
contractor?
7.5.2 At what intervals must an electrical contractor register with the
chief inspector?
(2 x 1) (2)
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8.1 Define the following terms as given in the Facilities Regulations, 2004:
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8.1.1 Adjoining in relation to premises
8.1.2 SANS 10400 (SABS 0400) (2 x 1)
8.2 Under what conditions must you provide separate changing rooms for males
and females?
8.3 Under what conditions may you allow a changing room to ~~
partaking of meals?
8.4 Define the following terms as given in
Regulations, 2001:
8.4.1 Transit
8.4.2 Temporary installation
8.5 Name the TWO factors which will r
declared a major hazard installatio
installation being
QUESTION 9
9.1 Define the term
Regulations, 201}
in the Electrical, Machinery
9.2 'gard to the following aspects of your main
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1 )
(2)
(2)
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.3.4, Doors (4x 1) (4)
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',~~,,}4li1Jhave to provide an unobstru~ted space for operating and maintenance
~staff at the front and back of all sWitchboards.
Name TWO cases where this requirement will not apply for the back of a
switchboard. (2)
9.4 Name TWO conditions under which portable electric tools with an operating
voltage that exceeds 50 V to earth may be used.
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9.5 There is an electric fence around your factory premises which existed prior to
publication of the new regulations in 2011 and you therefore need not have a
certificate of compliance for the fence
When will it become a requirement for you to have an electric fence certificate
of compliance? (1)
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QUESTION 10
10.1 Define the term confined space as given in the General Sa
1986, as amended.
(1)
10.2 As the employer, you shall take all reasonable step
work receive prompt first-aid treatment in t
emergency.
10.2.1 When is it not necessary to h
(1)
10.2.2 Who must be in chan
55 persons on the pre
x when you employ
10.2.3
(1)
(2)
10.3 What steps must you t
in a confined space?
1I0wan employee to perform work
(2)
10.4 You have to
storage silo fo
workers
-uelt discharge chute at the top of the bulk
ule"~ The silo is full and a danger exists that the
the particulate material.
before you allow the workmen to enter the silo? (3)
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