Individuals reporting — Level 2 Communications & Career Practice

Sample questions

1. 01On a typical contracting site, who does the apprentice report to first?

   • AThe Principal Contractor's site manager
   • BThe client at the weekly progress meeting
   • CThe training provider's placement assessor
   • DThe supervising electrician or charge hand

   Why: Apprentices report through the line of supervision — usually the supervising electrician or charge hand, who in turn reports to the site manager or contracts manager.

2. 02You discover a damaged 110V transformer at the start of shift. Who do you report it to?

   • AYour supervisor straight away, then quarantine the item and complete a defect report
   • BLeave it in place and just avoid using it yourself for the rest of the shift
   • CNobody — a 110V transformer is low voltage, so a fault is not worth reporting
   • DThe wholesaler who supplied it, by phoning their returns line directly

   Why: PUWER 1998 Reg 5 and HASAWA s.7 require defective equipment to be reported and removed from use. Tell your supervisor, isolate/quarantine, log it.

3. 03A near-miss on site (someone almost stepped through an unguarded floor opening) should be reported to:

   • AThe site manager, recorded in the accident/incident book and used to update the RA
   • BThe person who nearly fell, who decides for themselves whether to mention it
   • COnly the HSE, because near-misses are reportable under RIDDOR like injuries
   • DNobody — no one was actually hurt, so there is nothing to formally report

   Why: Near-misses are gold-dust learning events. Report to site management, log it, update the risk assessment so the next person is protected.