Managing health and safety at work

Duration of Course - 2 Days

Unit Aims

To develop knowledge and understanding of health and safety at work as required by a practising or potential manager.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand health and safety at work
• Understand risk assessment and accident prevention in the workplace
• Understand the organisation's environmental responsibility

Course Outline

• General legal background – statute law, common law negligence and their effects on the workplace
• Approved Codes of Practice and Guidance Literature as relevant to own organisation
• Experts available to help and advise
• HSWA 1974 and Regulations and Fire Precautions Act 1971
• Levels of statutory duty and legal obligations to provide Health and Safety information, instruction and training
• Consultation with employees duties inc. Safety Representatives and role of Safety Committees
• Recording and reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences
• Importance of creating a safety culture at work and taking account of health and safety in all decision-making
• Definition of accident and incident
• Simple accident theory – the types and causes of accidents, especially in own organisation
• Methods for managing safety in the workplace
• Risk assessment procedures and associated documentation
• Practical accident prevention in own workplace
• Handling and lifting techniques as appropriate
• Reacting to and coping with accidents at work
• The importance of environmental protection to the organisation
• The manager’s responsibility to implement environmental protection policies and procedures