This document provides details for an assignment assessing a learner's ability to work safely and effectively in engineering. The assignment consists of 3 tasks assessing the learner's ability to: 1) safely handle materials and identify health and safety responsibilities, 2) select appropriate personal protective equipment for different tasks, and 3) identify hazards and risks associated with engineering activities. The assignment includes a scenario, tasks, grading criteria, and forms for recording observations and witness statements.

1. Assignment front sheet
Learner name Assessor name
Date issued Completion date Submitted on
10/09/2017 28/09/2017
Qualification Unit number and title
BTEC Extended certificate Level 2
Engineering
Unit 1 Working Safely and Effectively in
Engineering
Assignment title 1.1 Safety, Personal Protective Equipment and Identify Risks
In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria.
Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.
Criteria
reference
To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that
the student is able to:
Task no. Page numbers
P1
Handle materials and equipment in an engineering workplace in
a safe and approved manner
1
P2
Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment when
undertaking a given engineering activity
2
P3
Identify hazards and risks associated with an engineering
activity
3
Learner declaration
I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged.
Learner signature: Date:

2. Assignment brief
Unit number and title Unit 1 Working Safely and Effectively in Engineering
Qualification BTEC Extended Certificate Level 2 Engineering
Start date 10/09/2017
Deadline 28/09/2017
Assessor
Assignment title 1.1 Safety, Personal Protective Equipment and Identify Risks
The purpose of this assignment is to:
Be able to work efficiently and effectively in engineering
Scenario
You are an engineering apprentice working for DT Precision Engineering. You have been asked to
help plan out an operation that is going to be given to a group of applicants for a new intake of
apprentices by carrying out a series of workshop tasks to highlight the applicant’s abilities.
Task 1
1a) As part of your induction you are required to state the role and responsibilities of employers
and employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and identify the seven main
groups of hazardous substance warning signs
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
1) Employers
2) Employees
3) Seven main groups of hazardous substance warning signs
1b) There are some 2m flat lengths of acrylic stored in a rack in the workshop. You have a
source of information as below (engineering drawing) that tells you what you should do.
They are 6mm in thickness and 40mm wide. You are required to safely make a simple bracket
out of a length of this acrylic. The final product should have a 15mm radius curve on one end
and fabricated into a right angle as per drawing. It should also have an 8mm hole drilled in the
location indicated.

3. Using the following list of processes describe how you would safely and effectively :-
• Fetch the 2m length:
• Cut off a 105mm length:
• Produce a 8mm hole in the acrylic:
• Fabricating the 90 degree bend in the acrylic:
This provides evidence for P1
Task 2
You need to record the PPE equipment that you selected and used for task 1. Choose three
processes, such as sawing that you carried out in Task 1, and then complete the following table.
Process Tools Used PPE equipment selected and used
This provides evidence for P2
Task 3
For this, you must identify the hazards and risks that are associated with drilling the 8mm dia. Hole
in Task 1.
The following note will help with this task.

4. Note: Hazards and Risks.
A hazard is something that can be dangerous, or cause some harm, such as spilt oil on floor, a
damaged electrical cable, chemicals, noise etc.
A risk is the harm that can be caused to someone, such as a fall, burns, eye damage etc.
In all cases, we must make sure that the risk, or chance of causing harm, is as low as possible, for
example by clearing up any spilt oil, or replacing damaged cables.
For this task, list at least four hazards that could be harmful, drilling the 8 mm. hole in the acrylic
bracket in task 1. Try to indicate the level of risk high medium or low.
Hazard Risk
Tools and Equipment
Materials and Substances
Working Environment
This provides evidence for P3
Sources of information
This brief has been verified as being fit for purpose
Assessor
Signature Date
Internal verifier
Signature Date
Assessor's comments
Qualification
BTEC Extended Certificate
Level 2 Engineering
Assessor name
Unit number and title
Unit 1 Working Safely and
Effectively in Engineering
Learner name
Grading criteria Achieved?
P1
Handle materials and equipment in an engineering workplace in a safe
and approved manner.
P2
Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment when
undertaking a given engineering activity.
P3 Identify hazards and risks associated with an engineering activity
Learner feedback

5. Assessor feedback
Action plan
Assessor signature Date
Learner signature Date
Observation record
Learner name
Qualification BTEC Extended Certificate Level 2 Engineering
Unit number and title Unit 1 Working Safely and Effectively in Engineering
Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
Candidate to explain the potential hazards which could encounter whilst carrying out an
enginerring activity in the workshop.
An awareness of health and safety issues connected woth working with others.
An undrestanding of basic workshop practice is needed.
Assessment and grading criteria

6. How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria
DT Workshop – Room 0.61 – Discussion/ Practical task.
P1, P2 and P3. Describe eqipment needed to to carry out an Engineering activity and identify the
PPE equipment. Explaining the hazards that they could come across.
Learner signature Date
Assessor signature Date
Assessor name Neil Owen
Witness statement
Learner name
Qualification BTEC Extended Certificate Level 2 Engineering
Unit number and title Unit 1 Working Safely and Effectively in Engineering
Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
Candidate to construct a simple bracket using a range of Engineering tool.
Methos of construction must show candidate works safely and ensures the quality of the work is of
a high and accurate standard.
Assessment and grading criteria
How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria,
including how and where the activity took place

7. P1 – Use of safe working practice in the workshop.
Witness name Job role
Witness signature Date
Learner signature Date
Assessor name Neil Owen
Assessor signature Date