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sk 2: The approach taken to the review (a) What is positive about the review? Note: Your answers must be based on the scenario only. (b) What is negative about the DM's approach to the review? Note: Your answers must be based on the scenario only. kor and employer involvement CENARIO Dght Beginnings (BB) is an organisation that runs a nationwide chain of childcare nurseries for madren aged 0-5 years. BB has recently taken over the ownership of a privately-owned nursery in a arge town The new nursery site consists of one building and two fenced garden spaces (garden Aand garden B). There is also a car park with delivery access and a waste storage area building there are four classrooms, one for each age group 0-2, 2-3, 3-4, and 4-5 years The is also a reception area, kitchen, a workers' rest area, and toilet facies Age groups 0-2 and 2-3 have access to garden A, and age groups 3-4 and 4-5 have access to garden B The previous owner was also the manager of the nursery, Under the new ownership, the deputy manager (DM) who has worked at this nursery for two years, is temporarily camping out the manager's duties. The rest of the workforce is made up of 16 full-time workers, four part-time poems and two kitchen workers. Four of the ful-time workers are room supervisors 86's head office senior man (SMT) intends view the current organisational onocesses and work patens of the newly-acquired nursery Additionally, they aim to increase nity at a site. The SMT aands to determine the curent state of health and safety se that they can make a comparison with their nurseries in other Tou am an expenced health and say or working for 0 The SMT has asked you to carry Theath a safety management at this nursery. This review is amanged so take official tandover The review On the day if the review, you ave nursery. Using the item at the front door, you let the wer at on know that you have amived for a meeting with the DM. The worker lets you to The bulding and you won the visitors book. They give you a visitor badge to wear while on site. The you at the DM will be in the office, as usual and takes you to see then The DM greets you and begins to discuss heath and safety at the nursery. You ask to see all of the hant sully documentation. They unlock a filing cabinet and teve a thin foder, together with The acodent or They explain that this is at the paperwork that they could find when they were about the review The office telephone rings, and the DM says that they need to answer the cal The DM waiting to hear from a recruitment agency about ing several vacant job roles They joke that they shout make this their full-time job because it feels like they are constardly plaing workers. They pass you the folder and the accident records, and ask you to wait in the workers and door While othing at a table in the workers' rest area, you begin to look through the documents. In the der you find a generic risk assessment of the nursery that only refers to the building, and a heath and safety policy both dated January 2020. Reading through the health and safety policy you notice that a local school's name is referred to throughout the document, and that the policy is signed by the previous owner On reviewing the accident records, you find a conceming number of near misses and accidents have been recorded Most recently, one accident involving a climbing frame in garden B. It states that a young apprentice was injured during the accident. You return to the DM's office and ask permission to look around the nursery. The DM tells you that you will need to be accompanied, as certain areas of the building are restricted and require electronic security cards to access. They ask a worker to show you around, as they need to stay in the office while awaiting further telephone calls from the recruitment agency. Worker A amives and takes you on a tour of the building and outdoor spaces. You note that most of the walls inside the building are decorated with teaching materials and crafts. However, beath .com/docu Latest Head Answer-sh Formal Too 100% CENARIO Bright Beginnings (BB) is an organisation that runs a nationwide chain of childcare nurseries for children aged 0-5 years. BB has recently taken over the ownership of a privately-owned nursery in a large town. The new nursery site consists of one building and two fenced-in garden spaces (garden A and garden B). There is also a car park with delivery access and a waste storage area. In the building there are four classrooms, one for each age group: 0-2, 2-3, 3-4, and 4-5 years. There is also a reception area, kitchen, a workers' rest area, and toilet facilities. Age groups 0-2 and -3 have access to garden A, and age groups 3-4 and 4-5 have access to garden B. he previous owner was also the manager of the nursery. Under the new ownership, the deputy. manager (DM) who has worked at this nursery for two years, is temporarily carrying out the manager's duties. The rest of the workforce is made up of 16 full-time workers, four part-time apprentices, and two kitchen workers. Four of the full-time workers are room supervisors. BB's head office senior management team (SMT) intends to review the current organisational processes and work patterns at this newly-acquired nursery. Additionally, they aim to increase profitability at this site. The SMT also intends to determine the current state of health and safety management at this nursery, so that they can make a comparison with their nurseries in other locations, You are an experienced health and safety advisor working for BB. The SMT has asked you to carry out a full review of health and safety management at this nursery. This review is arranged to take place a week after the official handover. The review On the day of the review, you arrive at the nursery. Using the intercom at the front door, you let the worker at reception know that you have arrived for a meeting with the DM. The worker lets you into the building and you sign the visitors' book. They give you a visitor badge to wear while on site. The worker tells you that the DM will be in the office, as usual, and takes you to see them. The DM greets you and begins to discuss health and safety at the nursery. You ask to see all of the health and safety documentation. They unlock a filing cabinet and retrieve a thin folder, together with the accident records. They explain that this is all the paperwork that they could find when they were told about the review. The office telephone rings, and the DM says that they need to answer the call. The DM has been waiting to hear from a recruitment agency about filling several vacant job roles. They joke that they should make this their full-time job because it feels like they are constantly replacing workers. They pass you the folder and the accident records, and ask you to wait in the workers' rest area next door. While sitting at a table in the workers' rest area, you begin to look through the documents. In the folder, you find a generic risk assessment of the nursery that only refers to the building, and a health and safety policy, both dated January 2020. Reading through the health and safety policy you notice that a local school's name is referred to throughout the document, and that the policy is signed by the previous owner. On reviewing the accident records, you find a concerning number of near misses and accidents have been recorded. Most recently, one accident involving a climbing frame in garden B. It states that a young apprentice was injured during the accident. You return to the DM's office and ask permission to look around the nursery. The DM tells you that you will need to be accompanied, as certain areas of the building are restricted and require electronic security cards to access. They ask a worker to show you around, as they need to stay in the office while awaiting further telephone calls from the recruitment agency. Worker A arrives and takes you on a tour of the building and outdoor spaces. You note that most of the walls inside the building are decorated with teaching materials and crafts. However, no health NG1-0033-ENG-OBE-OPV1 Dec23 O NEBOSH 2023 page 2 of 5 google.com/document/d Latest Headies OBE-Answer-sheet- Insert Format Tools He 04 100% - safety posters, policies, or emergency notices are visible. As worker A leads you to the first classroom, you have to step around several large boxes that are partially across the doorway. You ask worker A about the recent accident involving the apprentice. They confirm that it happened two months ago on the apprentice's first day of work. Worker A explains that after the apprentice's short induction with the DM, they were immediately sent to work in the 4-5 age group classroom. Since the nursery was understaffed on that day, the apprentice was put in charge of a small group of ildren The apprentice decided that as the weather was nice, they would take their group of children outside to garden B. Worker A said that the apprentice must not have known about the rule for having two workers present in garden areas any time children are taken outside. While outside, the apprentice went to help a child down from a climbing frame. The apprentice climbed up two rungs of the wooden climbing frame ladder, and when they stepped onto the third rung and stretched to help the child climb down, the rung snapped. The apprentice fell, landed on their wrist, and cried out in pain. This alerted other workers inside the building. No one knew what to do as there was no first-aider on site, so the DM sent the apprentice home. Worker A explains that the apprentice later went to the local hospital where it was confirmed that the apprentice had a fractured wrist. On examination of the climbing frame in garden B, you see the space of the missing rung about 2ft (61cm) up the ladder. The pieces of the broken ladder rung are still on the floor below. Some of the remaining climbing rungs of the ladder are loose and show signs of wear. Worker A said that "we had been requesting a new climbing frame for over a year. However, the previous owner kept refusing the requests and told us to use our common sense if we had an issue. We gave up asking, so we prevented children from playing on that climbing frame. Sadly, the apprentice did not know this At the end of the tour, worker A escorts you back to the office. You thank the DM and worker A for their time and confirm that you will produce a report for the SMT, as the team are interested in the findings of the review. The SMT will contact the DM soon. As you are leaving, you overhear the DM saying to worker A that they are happy the review is over as there are more important tasks for them to be getting on with. N sk 2: The approach taken to the review (a) What is positive about the review? Note: Your answers must be based on the scenario only. (b) What is negative about the DM's approach to the review? Note: Your answers must be based on the scenario only. kor and employer involvement CENARIO Dght Beginnings (BB) is an organisation that runs a nationwide chain of childcare nurseries for madren aged 0-5 years. BB has recently taken over the ownership of a privately-owned nursery in a arge town The new nursery site consists of one building and two fenced garden spaces (garden Aand garden B). There is also a car park with delivery access and a waste storage area building there are four classrooms, one for each age group 0-2, 2-3, 3-4, and 4-5 years The is also a reception area, kitchen, a workers' rest area, and toilet facies Age groups 0-2 and 2-3 have access to garden A, and age groups 3-4 and 4-5 have access to garden B The previous owner was also the manager of the nursery, Under the new ownership, the deputy manager (DM) who has worked at this nursery for two years, is temporarily camping out the manager's duties. The rest of the workforce is made up of 16 full-time workers, four part-time poems and two kitchen workers. Four of the ful-time workers are room supervisors 86's head office senior man (SMT) intends view the current organisational onocesses and work patens of the newly-acquired nursery Additionally, they aim to increase nity at a site. The SMT aands to determine the curent state of health and safety se that they can make a comparison with their nurseries in other Tou am an expenced health and say or working for 0 The SMT has asked you to carry Theath a safety management at this nursery. This review is amanged so take official tandover The review On the day if the review, you ave nursery. Using the item at the front door, you let the wer at on know that you have amived for a meeting with the DM. The worker lets you to The bulding and you won the visitors book. They give you a visitor badge to wear while on site. The you at the DM will be in the office, as usual and takes you to see then The DM greets you and begins to discuss heath and safety at the nursery. You ask to see all of the hant sully documentation. They unlock a filing cabinet and teve a thin foder, together with The acodent or They explain that this is at the paperwork that they could find when they were about the review The office telephone rings, and the DM says that they need to answer the cal The DM waiting to hear from a recruitment agency about ing several vacant job roles They joke that they shout make this their full-time job because it feels like they are constardly plaing workers. They pass you the folder and the accident records, and ask you to wait in the workers and door While othing at a table in the workers' rest area, you begin to look through the documents. In the der you find a generic risk assessment of the nursery that only refers to the building, and a heath and safety policy both dated January 2020. Reading through the health and safety policy you notice that a local school's name is referred to throughout the document, and that the policy is signed by the previous owner On reviewing the accident records, you find a conceming number of near misses and accidents have been recorded Most recently, one accident involving a climbing frame in garden B. It states that a young apprentice was injured during the accident. You return to the DM's office and ask permission to look around the nursery. The DM tells you that you will need to be accompanied, as certain areas of the building are restricted and require electronic security cards to access. They ask a worker to show you around, as they need to stay in the office while awaiting further telephone calls from the recruitment agency. Worker A amives and takes you on a tour of the building and outdoor spaces. You note that most of the walls inside the building are decorated with teaching materials and crafts. However, beath .com/docu Latest Head Answer-sh Formal Too 100% CENARIO Bright Beginnings (BB) is an organisation that runs a nationwide chain of childcare nurseries for children aged 0-5 years. BB has recently taken over the ownership of a privately-owned nursery in a large town. The new nursery site consists of one building and two fenced-in garden spaces (garden A and garden B). There is also a car park with delivery access and a waste storage area. In the building there are four classrooms, one for each age group: 0-2, 2-3, 3-4, and 4-5 years. There is also a reception area, kitchen, a workers' rest area, and toilet facilities. Age groups 0-2 and -3 have access to garden A, and age groups 3-4 and 4-5 have access to garden B. he previous owner was also the manager of the nursery. Under the new ownership, the deputy. manager (DM) who has worked at this nursery for two years, is temporarily carrying out the manager's duties. The rest of the workforce is made up of 16 full-time workers, four part-time apprentices, and two kitchen workers. Four of the full-time workers are room supervisors. BB's head office senior management team (SMT) intends to review the current organisational processes and work patterns at this newly-acquired nursery. Additionally, they aim to increase profitability at this site. The SMT also intends to determine the current state of health and safety management at this nursery, so that they can make a comparison with their nurseries in other locations, You are an experienced health and safety advisor working for BB. The SMT has asked you to carry out a full review of health and safety management at this nursery. This review is arranged to take place a week after the official handover. The review On the day of the review, you arrive at the nursery. Using the intercom at the front door, you let the worker at reception know that you have arrived for a meeting with the DM. The worker lets you into the building and you sign the visitors' book. They give you a visitor badge to wear while on site. The worker tells you that the DM will be in the office, as usual, and takes you to see them. The DM greets you and begins to discuss health and safety at the nursery. You ask to see all of the health and safety documentation. They unlock a filing cabinet and retrieve a thin folder, together with the accident records. They explain that this is all the paperwork that they could find when they were told about the review. The office telephone rings, and the DM says that they need to answer the call. The DM has been waiting to hear from a recruitment agency about filling several vacant job roles. They joke that they should make this their full-time job because it feels like they are constantly replacing workers. They pass you the folder and the accident records, and ask you to wait in the workers' rest area next door. While sitting at a table in the workers' rest area, you begin to look through the documents. In the folder, you find a generic risk assessment of the nursery that only refers to the building, and a health and safety policy, both dated January 2020. Reading through the health and safety policy you notice that a local school's name is referred to throughout the document, and that the policy is signed by the previous owner. On reviewing the accident records, you find a concerning number of near misses and accidents have been recorded. Most recently, one accident involving a climbing frame in garden B. It states that a young apprentice was injured during the accident. You return to the DM's office and ask permission to look around the nursery. The DM tells you that you will need to be accompanied, as certain areas of the building are restricted and require electronic security cards to access. They ask a worker to show you around, as they need to stay in the office while awaiting further telephone calls from the recruitment agency. Worker A arrives and takes you on a tour of the building and outdoor spaces. You note that most of the walls inside the building are decorated with teaching materials and crafts. However, no health NG1-0033-ENG-OBE-OPV1 Dec23 O NEBOSH 2023 page 2 of 5 google.com/document/d Latest Headies OBE-Answer-sheet- Insert Format Tools He 04 100% - safety posters, policies, or emergency notices are visible. As worker A leads you to the first classroom, you have to step around several large boxes that are partially across the doorway. You ask worker A about the recent accident involving the apprentice. They confirm that it happened two months ago on the apprentice's first day of work. Worker A explains that after the apprentice's short induction with the DM, they were immediately sent to work in the 4-5 age group classroom. Since the nursery was understaffed on that day, the apprentice was put in charge of a small group of ildren The apprentice decided that as the weather was nice, they would take their group of children outside to garden B. Worker A said that the apprentice must not have known about the rule for having two workers present in garden areas any time children are taken outside. While outside, the apprentice went to help a child down from a climbing frame. The apprentice climbed up two rungs of the wooden climbing frame ladder, and when they stepped onto the third rung and stretched to help the child climb down, the rung snapped. The apprentice fell, landed on their wrist, and cried out in pain. This alerted other workers inside the building. No one knew what to do as there was no first-aider on site, so the DM sent the apprentice home. Worker A explains that the apprentice later went to the local hospital where it was confirmed that the apprentice had a fractured wrist. On examination of the climbing frame in garden B, you see the space of the missing rung about 2ft (61cm) up the ladder. The pieces of the broken ladder rung are still on the floor below. Some of the remaining climbing rungs of the ladder are loose and show signs of wear. Worker A said that "we had been requesting a new climbing frame for over a year. However, the previous owner kept refusing the requests and told us to use our common sense if we had an issue. We gave up asking, so we prevented children from playing on that climbing frame. Sadly, the apprentice did not know this At the end of the tour, worker A escorts you back to the office. You thank the DM and worker A for their time and confirm that you will produce a report for the SMT, as the team are interested in the findings of the review. The SMT will contact the DM soon. As you are leaving, you overhear the DM saying to worker A that they are happy the review is over as there are more important tasks for them to be getting on with. N