Candidate Support Pack - Scottish Qualifications Authority

5.12
Activity 2
You are washing the last load of your shift. What would you do if you noticed that
the chemical dosing pumps were not working?
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
This legislation is now part of the Health and Safety at Work Act and puts a legal
requirement on all chemical suppliers to provide safe-handling data with their products.
There is also a responsibility on employers to provide the necessary personal protective
equipment (PPE), and on employees to use it.
You will be provided with workwear garments for your protection, along with other items
such as gloves, goggles, face masks and safety shoes. If you do not wear the PPE
provided, you will place yourself at an increased risk of injury, and may lose your rights to
compensation if you are involved in an accident at work.
Activity 3
What special clothing or other personal protective equipment would you expect to
use during a day working in the washroom?
Correct settings
While carrying out your standard tasks in the washroom you should regularly check that
the washing machines are operating to the correct settings.
Most washing machines will have pre-set control parameters with the dip levels, process
time and temperature being controlled by a process card or computer program. Other
influences on wash quality like detergent, bleach, fabric conditioner or starch additions will
have been set by agreement with your chemical supplier.
As the operator of a washing machine don’t assume that all these settings are going to be
correct all the time.
Control cards stick and lengthen process times, dip level sensors malfunction, thermostats
break, computers crash and detergent supply systems break down. You should be aware
of these possibilities and constantly monitor the washing machines under your control.
Most washer extractors have dip tubes that allow you to judge at a glance whether the
correct low, medium, or high dip is being achieved. Having the dip tubes marked with
these wash liquor levels will help you identify faults.
GC8N 22 — Laundry Operations Level 2
Answer sheets p. 5.91
Answer sheets p. 5.92