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Unit 29: Health and Safety in the Workplace — assessment criteria

Learners explore legislation and regulations relating to health and safety in the workplace, and develop the skills to conduct an audit and carry out a risk assessment.

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explain legal requirements and regulations for ensuring health, safety and security in different workplace environments.
A.P2Explain the health and safety responsibilities of employers and employees in different workplace environments.
B.P3Explain how workplace environments and work management can impact the health and safety of employees.
B.P4Explain methods that can be used to manage physical and emotional health and safety in a workplace environment.
C.P5Plan and conduct a risk assessment for a selected workplace using appropriate formats.
C.P6Explain the health and safety processes in place in a given workplace environment.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Discuss the impact that legal and regulatory factors have on health, safety and security in different workplace environments. that impact practices in workplace environments
B.M2Analyse factors that impact on health, safety and security in a workplace environment and methods of managing them. assessments in a given work environment to ensure compliance with current regulations
C.M3Assess health and safety standards of a selected workplace environment, using own detailed risk assessment, making supported recommendations for improvements.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the effectiveness of legal and regulatory requirements that would apply in a selected workplace environment.
B.D2Evaluate the impact on health and safety of a workplace environment and operation factors, and the effectiveness of measures that can be implemented to manage them.
C.D3Evaluate the effectiveness of health and safety standards and processes in a selected workplace environment, using own detailed risk assessment, with supporting comprehensive rationale for recommendations and improvements.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateExplainDiscussAnalysePlanAssess
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Understand legal and regulatory responsibilities of employers and employees for
  • B. Explore health and safety factors that impact practices in workplace environments
  • C. Conduct health and safety risk assessments in a given work environment to ensure

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