Target Group
Line & Departmental Managers.
Aim
To ensure that safety requirements are appreciated by people employed as line managers and to enable them to review their own department systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to make the department work more safely.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course the candidate will be able to:
- Explain the principles of ‘working safely'
- Explain the component parts of a recognised safety management system and appreciate the role of risk assessment within the system
- Identify the data and techniques required to produce an adequate record of an incident and demonstrate the procedure for an accident investigation, recognising the human factors involved
- Describe statutory requirements for reporting and procedures for checking for non-reporting
- Describe methods of basic trend and epidemiological analysis for reactive monitoring data
- Define hazards and risks and describe the legal requirements for risk assessment
- Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitative risk assessment technique and the data required for records
- Describe workplace precaution hierarchies Prepare and use active monitoring checklists and implement schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing records
- Outline the main provisions of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at work Regulations 1999
- Outline relevant Health & Safety legislation, codes of practice guidance notes and information sources such as the Health & Safety Executive
- Describe procedures and techniques used in management reviews
- Distinguish specific hazards both generally and from an organisational perspective
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