Health and Safety - VTCT Level 3
Diploma in Beauty Therapy
Describe environmental factors - answer- the conditions in which people work, for
example the working temperature, ventilation and noise
Health - answer a state of wellbeing
Safety - answer the absence of risks
HSE (Health and Safety Executive) - answer the body that regulates health and safety
and enforces authority
Duties of the self-employed - answer They’re not under direct supervision when
working.
They submit invoices for the work they've done.
They're responsible for paying their own National Insurance and tax.
They do not get holiday or sick pay when they're not working.
They operate under a contract (sometimes known as a 'contract for services' or
'consultancy agreement') that uses terms like 'self-employed', 'consultant' or an
'independent contractor'.
Duties of manufacturers - answer Ensuring that products have appropriate conformity
marking and are labelled: including type, batch or serial number or other element
allowing its identification, and the name and address of the manufacturer
Accompanied by the required documents in English: usually the Instructions and safety
information,
Manufacturers must carry out sample testing on products which they have supplied. If
necessary, they must also keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and
product recalls, and keep others in the supply chain informed about such monitoring.
Duties of suppliers - answer Following a request from an enforcing authority, suppliers
must provide the authority with all the information and documentation necessary to
demonstrate that the product is in conformity, and cooperate with the relevant
authorities to evaluate and eliminate risk posed by the product.
Suppliers must also ensure traceability of products throughout the distribution chain, in
particular by identifying to the authorities any other economic operator who supplied the
product and to whom it was supplied (for ten years from the supply date).
Where suppliers re-brand products applying their own name, or modify a product made
by another in a way not foreseen by the manufacturer, before making it available they
must take on and fulfil all of the manufacturer's obligations of the relevant product law
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