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CTSP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Question: Why is training vital, but what else is critical to
safety?
CORRECT ANSWER : SO ARE REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE AND ESTABLISHED POLICY AND
PROCEDURE.
Question: What role do hiring practices and equipment play in
safety?
CORRECT ANSWER : ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
CRITICAL TO SAFETY
Question: What is the first objective of CTSP?
CORRECT ANSWER : ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE
EMPLOYERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SAFETY
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Question: What is the second objective of CTSP?
CORRECT ANSWER : BUILD A NETWORK OF TCIA
CERTIFIED SAFETY COACHES WITH THE FOLLOWING
COMPETENCIES: MENTORING, TEAM BUILDING,
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SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION, FEEDBACK
Question: What is the third objective of CTSP?
CORRECT ANSWER : PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR
COLLECTING, COMPILING AND SHARING SAFETY
KNOWLEDGE
Question: What is the fourth objective of CTSP?
CORRECT ANSWER : IMPROVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION
OF THE TREE CARE PROFESSION
Question: What does an ideal safety program fulfill?
CORRECT ANSWER : FULFILLS A SOCIAL, LEGAL AND
FINANCIAL ISSUES, POSITIVELY IMPACTS HUMAN
RESOURCE ISSUES SUCH AS RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES
Question: What is the first monetary loss associated with
workplace injuries?
CORRECT ANSWER : Workers who suffer a disabling injury
lose 40 percent of their income over 5 years.
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Question: What are the indirect costs included in monetary
losses?
CORRECT ANSWER : Indirect costs include costs to train and
compensate a replacement worker, repair damaged property, investigate the accident and implement corrective action
Question: What is the range of the ratio of indirect costs to
direct costs according to studies?
CORRECT ANSWER : Studies show that the ratio of indirect
costs to direct costs varies widely, from a high of 20:1 to a low
of 1:1
Question: What percentage of the total cost do indirect costs
such as investigation time, loss of a client, and crew downtime account for?
CORRECT ANSWER : The indirect costs such as the
investigation time, the loss of a client, the crew downtime amounted to almost 80 percent of the total cost.
Question: What are the benefits of establishing safety programs
in workplaces?
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CORRECT ANSWER : On average, workplaces that establish
safety programs reduce their injury and illness costs by 20 to 40 percent.
Question: What are the elements of a formal safety program?
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Management commitment and
Employee involvement, 2. Work-site analysis, 3. Hazard PREVENTION AND CONTROL, 4. Learning and improvement
Question: What happens if staff is responsible for correcting
hazards but no training is provided?
CORRECT ANSWER : Key in all models is that management
sets the tone that safety is important. If the staff is responsible for correcting or eliminating identified hazards but no training is provided, what is the outcome?
Question: What is a safety culture?
CORRECT ANSWER : 1 Positive workplace attitudes, 2
Involvement and buy in of all members, 3 Mutual, meaningful and measurable safety goals, 4 Policies and procedures that