Health and Safety Best Practices in the Workplace

Introduction:

Healthy and safe working environments equip managers and supervisors with the essential knowledge and understanding needed to address critical safety issues. Participants will learn how to effectively apply safety management systems to reduce costs and increase profitability through proper safety measures.

Becoming a workplace safety professional requires more than just knowledge of planning policies and managing health and safety technologies and procedures. This Health and Safety Best Practices in the Workplace course takes a holistic approach to improving workplace safety and health conditions.

The course covers key aspects of workplace health and safety, including safety management, building a safety culture, identifying equipment hazards, managing hazardous agents, and staying up-to-date with current legislation.

Objectives:

At the end of this Health and Safety Best Practices in the Workplace, participants will be able to:

• Consult on general issues related to workplace health and safety management.
• Assess organizational needs concerning health and safety training.
• Identify relevant legal requirements for specific activities.
• Incorporate appropriate procedures for managing construction risks within the organization.
• Recommend improvements using risk assessment techniques.

Training Methodology:

• Interactive presentations
• Group discussions
• Case study analysis
• Role play
• Risk assessment exercises
• Incident investigation scenarios
• Peer evaluations and feedback

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Legislation

• Duties and responsibilities.
• Safety law in the UK and EU.
• Role and authority of enforcing agencies.
• Consequences of breaching rules and laws.

Unit 2: Health and Safety Management

• Components of a safety management system.
• Health and safety procedures.
• Safe work systems.
• Inspections and reviews.

Unit 3: Safety Management and Culture

• Accidents and incidents.
• Concept of a safety culture.
• Promoting positive safety culture changes.
• Communication and safety committees.

Unit 4: Work and Work Environment

• Welfare provisions.
• First aid.
• Risk control for work equipment.
• Safe use of electricity.
• Emergency provisions.

Unit 5: Hazardous Agents

• Occupational health regulations.
• Chemical Time Weight Average (TWA) control.
• Physical hazards: noise, vibration, radiation, and manual handling.
• Psychological hazards: stress.