Basic Health & Safety - CIEH Certified

Course Syllabus

• The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

• Terms ‘reasonably practicable’
• Exemptions to the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
• General duties of employers i.e. safety policy, safety representatives and committees, etc.
• Powers granted to H.M. Inspectors of factories
• Improvement and prohibition notices
• Summary and indictable offenses committed under the Act
• Civil liability
• The employment medical advisory service

• Overview of Other Health & Safety Responsibilities Under Legislation
• The management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992
• Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) regulations 1992
• Provision & use of work equipment regulations 1992
• Health & safety (display screen equipment) regulations 1998
• Noise at work (ACOP)
  

Training Aids - Use will be made of lecture notes, audio-visual presentation and discussion.

Assessment - There is an option of undertaking the CIEH examination.