QUESTION 11 
(a) The principal object of the Health and Safety in Employment Act is to prevent harm to   
 employees at work.
 To achieve this, employers have a general duty to take all practical steps to ensure the   
 safety of their employees.
 List FOUR of these practical steps as set out in Health and Safety in Employment Act.
 1
 2
 3
 4
(4 marks)
(b) State who, apart from a licensed drainlayer, is allowed to lay drains.
 
 
(1 mark)

(c)  When a drainlayer employs a trainee, a limited certificate for that trainee must be uplifted
from the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board. It must be signed by the trainee
drainlayer and endorsed by the supervising registered drainlayer.
 (i)  State TWO undertakings that are given by the registered drainlayer who endorses   
  the certificate.
  1
  2
 (ii)  State what the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board must receive from a   
  drainlayer before the Board will issue a limited certificate.
 
(2 marks)
(d) State THREE responsibilities of a trainee drainlayer with respect to his or her limited certificate.
 1
 2
 3
(3 marks)
Total 10 marks


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