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Competence – Hazard Elimination
•[Designers Only]
•Standard to Achieve
–You should have, and implement, arrangements for meeting your duties under regulation 11 of CDM2007
•Examples of Evidence Required
–Evidence showing how you:
–Ensure co-operation and co-ordination of design work within the design team and with other designers/contractors;
–Ensure that hazards are eliminated and any remaining risks controlled;
–Ensure that any structure which will be used as a workplace will meet relevant requirements of the Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
–Examples showing how risk was reduced through design.
–A short summary of how changes to designs will be managed
–(Note: the emphasis here should be on practical measures which reduce particular risks arising from the design, not on lengthy procedural documentation highlighting generic risks.)