FETAC Level 6 Safety Management

Course details

This module aims to enable the learner to:

• Appreciate the importance of a good safety culture in the workplace.
• Understand the role and function of management in providing a safe place to work.
• Understand the nature of risk management in the workplace.
• Develop a wide range of skills required to implement a safe place of work.

The specific learning outcomes are grouped into 4 units:

• Unit 1 Accident Causation
• Unit 2 Safety / Work Culture
• Unit 3 Risk Management
• Unit 4 Training and Education

After completing the programme the learner will be able to:

Accident Causation

• Analyse accidents to determine causes;
• Specify the legal requirements associated with 'duty of care' in the workplace;
• Describe measures to minimise the risk of legal challenge through tort of negligence.
• Identify the General Duties of the employee at their place of work as per the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005
• Describe the role of the manufacturers and designers in relation to produce used at work, as outlined in the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005;
• Evaluate the role of a supervisor in relation to providing a safe place of work;
• Design a system for recording and reporting incidents and accidents in the work place.
• Design a procedure for identifying the various factors that contribute to the causes of accidents and incidents.

Safety / Work Culture

• Describe the term ‘safety culture’.
• Explain the legal issues surrounding ‘safety /work culture’.
• Quantify they general aims of a safe work culture as currently written.
• Describe the term ‘behavioural modification’.
• Describe the means by which behaviour can be reinforced.
• Analyse the relationship between a good safety culture and job satisfaction.
• Explain the relationship between culture and work practice.
• Evaluate the benefits of a good safety culture to the strategic management of a company.
• Design a procedure for recording a weekly ‘behavioural’ safety audit.
• Design a system for providing feedback on behaviour performance.
• Organise a review of the findings of a ‘behavioural’ observation study/safety audit with staff inviting them to suggest improvements.
• Define ‘Terms of Reference’ for worksite ergonomics.
• Specify who within a specific workplace type ‘Duty of Care’ in relation to ‘Safety /Work culture’ resides with.

Risk Management

• Explain the terms ‘hazard’, ‘risk’, ‘risk management’
• Evaluate the contribution that risk management can make to the overall effective management of the workplace.
• Design a hazard analysis sheet for an area of work.
• Evaluate the use of risk controls:
• Explain the conditions under which health surveillance should be carried out at work, as outlined in 2005 and General Application Regulation 2007
• Design a system of reporting to ensure that relevant health surveillance is carried out routinely.
• Describe the purpose of a safety statement.
• Describe the role of the supervisor in relation to the effective implementation of the safety statement.
• Evaluate the contribution that employees can make in compiling a site-specific safety statement.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of treating/controlling- identified risks.

Training and Education

• Describe the role of the employer in relation to the provision of information, training and consultation as per the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.
• Explain the advantages of training and education in providing a safe place of work.
• Carry out a training needs analysis on front line staff in relation to safety training completed and safety training required.
• List some of the methods of training available.
• Describe the role of the employer and employee from a selected normal operating procedure in relation to providing and using personal protective equipment at work;
• Design and deliver a short training programme on the use of personal protective equipment;
• Evaluate the benefits of effective use of personal protective equipment.
• Present a short training programme on coding and the use of signs at work as per Safety Health and Welfare at Work, (General Application) Regulations, 2007.
• Analyse the content of an induction-training programme for new staff in relation to safety awareness at work