Managing Workplace Safety

Course Content

• Equip delegates to conduct "in depth" safety audits of their entire site.
• Enable delegates to plan for health, safety and welfare using a systematic risk assessment.
• Emphasise to delegates the main causes of accidents at work and ideas for preventing them.
• Help delegates to understand their legal responsibilities and the meaning of the legal term "reasonably practicable".
• Help members of management and/or safety committees to improve their contribution to the continuous improvement of health, safety and welfare standards.

Learning Outcomes

• Be equipped to conduct an "in-depth" safety audit of their own area of responsibility.
• Be able to plan an achievable programme for improving safety standards within their own areas of responsibility, using a formal risk assessment approach.
• Be aware of the main sources of accidents at work and their chief causes.
• Understand the duties imposed by the law, regulations and codes of practice as they translate into practicable measures.

Delegate numbers: Maximum of 12 delegates