Course details
This course is designed to create a better understanding of Health and Safety. The emphasis is on making the employee safe for him/herself, safe for others and capable of identifying potential hazards. “Health and Safety” takes as its starting point the fact that most accidents are attributable to a lack of knowledge or carelessness and that the key to improvement is increased awareness on everybody’s part.
Summary of Outcomes:
To achieve this qualification a candidate will be able to:
Define terms and systems relating to Health and Safety, by being able to:
- Outline the importance of Health and Safety to employers and employees
- Explain the role of personnel and systems in Health and Safety.
- Review legislation relating to Health and Safety
- Review legislation in relation to the role of a Safety Rep & Safety Committee.
Identify hazards in the workplace and state their possible effects, by being able to:
- Identify a range of hazards relating to environmental conditions
- Recognise hazards associated with use of equipment and machinery
- State the hazards and effects due to fire and electricity.
- Deliver a Risk Assessment.
Outline methods for creating a safe working environment and dealing with incidents, by being able to:
- Describe procedures for creating a safe working environment
- Outline methods for dealing with incidents in the workplace.
- Identify Safety management system structures in the workplace
- Identify Training needs of a company in relation to H&S.
Course Location
About Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet
We_They was established in January 1999 by a number of Senior Managers in organisations in the Carlow Kilkenny area. Initial discussions showed that the organisations shared common training problems, namely,
- Access to information on courses / training, and new technologies available for training purposes
- Sourcing training programmes
- Finding courses that were relevant to the specific needs of each organisation
- The location of available courses
By working together, these organisations have developed new, low cost, customised, and locally based solutions for their management and staff.
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