Safety Representatives Training

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.