Hardest Safety Officer Interview Preparation Guide
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Safety Officer based Frequently Asked Questions by expert members with experience as Safety Officer. These questions and answers will help you strengthen your technical skills, prepare for the new job test and quickly revise the concepts

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Hardest  Safety Officer Job Interview Questions and Answers
Hardest Safety Officer Job Interview Questions and Answers

1 :: Explain what is safety programme?

Safety programme can be defined as five methods by which accident can be prevent easily they are engineering, education, enforcement, enthusiasm and example safety programmes are plain spoken and carry out certain legal steps.

2 :: Do you know what is safety policy?

Any company has a social and legal obligation to provide a safe and health working environment to all his improvement to all his employees.

3 :: Do you know what are the duties of a safety officer?

☛ Prepare tool box talk
☛ Prepare monthly statistics
☛ Prepare the checklist
☛ Accident reports
☛ Management meetings
☛ Arrange the safety classes/training
☛ Arrange monthly safety bulletin
☛ Inspection of fire extinguisher
☛ Arrange first aid training classes
☛ Arrange safety competitions like quiz, slogan, poster competitions exhibition etc.

4 :: Do you know how to investigate an accidents?

☛ Injured persons name, address, designation age
☛ Exact place and types of hazards
☛ Date, shift, time
☛ To find out the causes/ reasons
☛ To take correction action
☛ Fact finding not fault finding

5 :: Explain what are the objectives of safety management?

1. Taking care of workers and staff in the event of an accident
2. Providing health full environment and surrounding
3. Welfare
4. Continuous vigil and improvement

6 :: Do you know what are main provision in the factory act?

Health, safety, welfare, hours of work, employment, person, occupational disease, special provision and penalties and procedures.

7 :: Tell me bird accident ratio?

☛ Serious
☛ Minor
☛ Property damage
☛ No visible injury

8 :: Tell me uses of extinguisher for purpose?

1. Water type extinguisher – Class A fire (not be B & E)
2. Foam type extinguisher – Class B fire (S.B + A.S.= Co2)
3. Carbon dioxide extinguisher Class C Fire
4. DCP Extinguisher – Class C, D or E

9 :: Tell me what is painting?

The process after sand blasting is called painting .

10 :: Do you know what is factory act?

The factory act is a social enactment to achieve social reform and given liberal construction to achieve legislative.

11 :: Explain what is confined space?

An area which is small and enclosed or an area where one entry and exits or where a man cannot work comfortable in any location is caused confined space.

12 :: Do you know what is earthling?

Earthling means connecting the natural point of the supply system to the general mass of the earth by line.

13 :: Tell me what is manual handing?

The process of lifting, carrying and stacking materials by men is called manual handing.

14 :: Tell us how many types of appliance?

1. Safety appliance for PPE
2. Safety appliance for general protection

15 :: Tell me how many types work permit?

There are two types of work permit
☛ Cold work permit
☛ Hot work permit

The hot work permit further classified into 3 types
☛ Normal hot work permit
☛ Blanket hot work permit
☛ Delegate hot work permit

16 :: Tell me what is work permit system?

Work permit system is a “ written documents” for permission to undertake a job by area in charge or it is written document issued by the area in charge to the performer to under take the specific job.

17 :: Tell me what are hazards and injuries in manual handing?

1. Cutting fingers due to sharp edges
2. Burns due to handing of hot articles
3. Foot injuries due to dropped articles
4. Slipped disc due to improper posture in lifting on object
5. Strains to wrist or fingers
6. Sprains, wounds hernias, fractures

18 :: Explain what are belongs to un hygienic working environment?

☛ Presence of toxic,
☛ High temp.
☛ Excessive noise
☛ Emission of radiation
☛ Improper lighting
☛ Improper ventilation
☛ Process involving handling of poisonous.

19 :: Tell me in the event of a fire inside a building, what thought will be foremost in your mind?

Evacuation. I would want every living being inside the building to safely step out and run as far away from the building as possible.

20 :: Explain how many types of sign boards?

☛ Mandatory
☛ Information
☛ Fire or explosion
☛ Caution
☛ Wiring

21 :: Explain me safety precaution of scaffold?

1. Wooden board not be painted
2. Wooden board should not to any cracks
3. Check for rust in pipes / clamps
4. Clamps should fixed and good quality
5. Boards thickness should be 3.4 cms and no bending
6. The construction must be rigid, properly based
7. Use of good and sound materials
8. The wooden bellies has not joints
9. Vertical poles should not be more than 6 feet
10. Chains, ropes used for the suspension of scaffoldings
11. Never throw any materials from height
12. Use safety harness while working at above 6 feet
13. Properly ties to be arrangement

22 :: Tell me what is excavation?

Marking a hole or tunnel by digging the ground by man or machine is called excavation.

23 :: Explain what is ELCB?

It is protection of living beings under electro charging by fast isolation from the live conductor to avoid permanent disability or death.

24 :: Explain me what is your biggest weakness?

I would say paying extra attention to details might be my weakness. I am highly cautious and do not sit back until I have thoroughly understood and figured out strategies to carry out things which sometimes over burdens me but in a way helps me perform better as a security officer.

25 :: Explain me a brief about grinding?

1. Proper wheel shall be used a per the grinding M/c’s specification
2. All the grinding M/c’s shall be used with wheel guard
3. Grinding cables shall not mingle with welding cables
4. All the cables shall be protected from damage
5. Provide face shield with safety helmet
6. Never use fracture wheel
7. Excessive tighting of maintaining is dangerous
8. All guards should be in position before the machine operated
9. The speed of the grinding should match in the speeds of the grinding machines
10. Only skill person should be handle this work
11. Testing of wheel is necessary
Safety Officer Interview Questions and Answers
176 Safety Officer Interview Questions and Answers