General training: prevention roles, rights and duties
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For workers attending the general training course (4 hours): employer, head of the prevention and protection service (RSPP), occupational physician, workers' safety representative (RLS), the duties under art. 20 and the supervisory bodies. 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, 9, 17, 25, 35; D.P.R. 1124/1965; L. 215/2021 · Reviewed 21/10/2026 · Training support, not a certification.
The holder of the employment relationship or, in any case, the person responsible for the organisation, with decision-making and spending powers
The longest-serving worker in the department
The external consultant who draws up the DVR (risk assessment document)
The head of the prevention and protection service
Question 2 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Which employer obligations can NOT be delegated?
Risk assessment with preparation of the DVR and the appointment of the RSPP
The appointment of the occupational physician and the organisation of medical examinations
Worker training and equipment maintenance
The supply of PPE and the appointment of fire-safety officers
Question 3 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Who appoints the head of the prevention and protection service (RSPP)?
The workers' assembly
The employer
The workers' safety representative
The ASL (local health authority) responsible for the area
Question 4 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Who carries out workers' health surveillance?
The RSPP (head of the prevention and protection service)
The first aid officer
The worker's family doctor
The occupational physician
Question 5 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
In a company with 10 workers, how is the workers' safety representative (RLS) identified?
They are elected directly by the workers from among themselves, or the territorial RLS is used
By law they are the same person as the RSPP
They are appointed by the ASL (local health authority)
They are appointed by the employer from among the supervisors (preposti)
Question 6 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
According to art. 20 of D.Lgs. 81/08, every worker must take care…
of their own health and safety and that of other people affected by their actions or omissions
only of their own health: others are the supervisor's responsibility
of visitors' safety only if they are a manager (dirigente)
of the equipment, while health is the occupational physician's task
Question 7 · Multiple choice · 45s · 1 pt
Which of these are worker obligations under art. 20? (2 answers)
Buying the necessary PPE at their own expense
Undergoing the required medical checks
Taking part in the training programmes organised by the employer
Drawing up the risk assessment document
Question 8 · True / False · 20s · 1 pt
A worker who leaves the workplace because of a serious, immediate and unavoidable danger can be penalised for abandoning their post.
True
False
Question 9 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
During your shift you notice that a machine guard slows down the work. What does the law provide?
You may remove it if the supervisor is absent
You may modify it, as long as you refit it at the end of the shift
You may not remove or modify it without authorisation; if it hinders the work, report it to the supervisor
You may remove it if you then pay close attention
Question 10 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Which bodies carry out general supervision of the application of safety rules in workplaces?
The ASL (local health authority) and the National Labour Inspectorate (INL)
The municipality
INAIL
The Chamber of Commerce and INPS
Question 11 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
What is the main task of INAIL?
Issuing the fire prevention certificate
Drawing up the DVR of small businesses
Insuring workers against accidents at work and occupational diseases
Appointing companies' occupational physicians
Question 12 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
Within what time must a new company prepare the risk assessment document?
Within 90 days of starting activity
Within 30 days of starting activity
Within one year of starting activity
Only at the first ASL inspection
Question 13 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
In which case must the DVR be revised?
Every time a new worker is hired
After significant changes to the production process, significant accidents, or when health surveillance shows the need
Only every ten years, at a fixed deadline
Only when the RSPP changes
Question 14 · Single choice · 30s · 1 pt
What is the periodic meeting provided for in art. 35 D.Lgs. 81/08?
The five-yearly refresher course for workers
A meeting at least once a year between the employer, the RSPP, the occupational physician and the RLS in companies with more than 15 workers
The monthly trade union assembly
The annual inspection visit by the ASL
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