Supervisors: oversight and duties after L. 215/2021
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For supervisors (preposti: team leaders, shift leaders, department heads) attending the training course or the two-yearly refresher: art. 19 D.Lgs. 81/08 as amended by L. 215/2021. 14 questions, about 9 minutes. Translated from Italian: legal references remain the Italian ones (D.Lgs. 81/2008) Sources: D.Lgs. 81/2008 arts. 2, 299; L. 215/2021 · Reviewed 21/10/2026 · Training support, not a certification.
Who is the supervisor (preposto) according to art. 2 of D.Lgs. 81/08?
Someone who implements the employer's directives by organising the work activity
Someone who oversees the work activity and ensures the implementation of directives, checking that they are correctly carried out and exercising a functional power of initiative
Someone who coordinates the prevention and protection service
Someone elected by the workers to represent them on safety
Question 2 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
A worker is not wearing protective goggles at the grinder. According to art. 19 as amended by L. 215/2021, what does the supervisor do first?
Notes it down and raises it at the annual periodic meeting
Lets it go, because the choice of PPE is up to the worker
Directly imposes a fine
Intervenes to change the behaviour, giving the necessary safety instructions
Question 3 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
If, after the reprimand, the worker continues not to comply, what does art. 19 provide?
The supervisor stops the worker's activity and informs their direct superiors
The supervisor notifies the ASL (local health authority) before any other action
The supervisor dismisses them
The supervisor does nothing more, because the reprimand has already been given
Question 4 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
During oversight the supervisor sees that a press guard is damaged. What does art. 19 para. 1 letter f-bis provide?
They repair the guard themselves with makeshift material
If necessary they temporarily stop the activity and promptly report the non-conformity to the employer and the manager
They have the worker sign a declaration of responsibility
They wait for the next scheduled maintenance
Question 5 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Who must identify the supervisor or supervisors in the company?
The employer or the manager
The occupational physician
The workers of the department, by election
The RLS (workers' safety representative)
Question 6 · True / False · 20s · 1 pt
The supervisor may suffer negative consequences (detriment) for having carried out their oversight activity.
True
False
Question 7 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
What is the minimum frequency for repeating supervisor training after L. 215/2021?
At least every two years, and in any case when risks change or new ones appear
Every year, online only
Only once, at the time of appointment
Every five years, as for workers
Question 8 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
In what format must supervisor training take place according to art. 37 para. 7-ter?
Entirely by asynchronous e-learning
Entirely in person
By self-study with a final online test
By reading a manual only
Question 9 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
In a contracting arrangement, what must contractor or subcontractor employers expressly indicate to the client?
The company's annual turnover
Each worker's family doctor
The staff who perform the supervisor function
The list of workers who are union members
Question 10 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
A shift leader has no written appointment, but in practice directs and controls the team. Do the supervisor's obligations apply to them?
Yes: the safety duties of a role also apply to whoever in practice exercises its powers
Only if the company has more than 50 employees
Only if they are registered with a professional body
No: without a written appointment they have no obligations
Question 11 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Which of these is a supervisor's task under art. 19?
Carrying out periodic medical examinations
Appointing the RSPP (head of the prevention and protection service)
Checking that only adequately instructed workers enter areas with a serious and specific risk
Drawing up the risk assessment document
Question 12 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
In the event of serious, immediate and unavoidable danger, what must the supervisor do?
Call INAIL before having people evacuate
Give instructions for workers to leave the workplace or the dangerous area
Ask workers to stay until the end of the shift
Wait for written authorisation from the employer
Question 13 · Multiple choice · 45s · 1 pt
Which of these are the supervisor's obligations under art. 19? (2 answers)
Attending the appropriate training courses
Appointing the occupational physician
Preparing the DUVRI (interference risk assessment document) for contracts
Promptly reporting to the employer or manager any deficiencies in equipment and machinery
Question 14 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
A worker hired three days ago, not trained on the forklift, offers to move pallets with it. What does the supervisor do?
Stops them: the forklift may only be driven by someone with specific training and a licence
Allows it, if the warehouse is empty
Allows it, if a colleague explains the controls
Allows it, at reduced speed
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