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A Practical Guide to Health and Safety in Colleges

The aims of the course:
  • to introduce participants to the relationship between the working environment and the individual
  • to consider the requirements of a safe and healthy workplace
  • to explore occupational health risks
  • to understand the principles of accident prevention
  • to understand the issues surrounding risk assessment and the mitigation of risk
  • to examine key health and safety legislation
Programme
-- Maximum Group Size : 30 --
9.30 Registration and coffee

10.00 Introduction and aims

10.15 What is a safe and healthy workplace?

  • General health and safety
  • A safe and healthy atmosphere
  • Occupational health

11.15 Coffee

11.30 Accident prevention

  • Common types of occupational accidents
  • Prevention strategies
  • Reporting
  • Manual handling
12.30 Lunch

13.30 Risk assessment

  • In and out of the classroom
  • Work equipment
  • Fire safety
  • Electrical safety

14.30 Tea

14.45 Legislation

  • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
  • Management of health and safety at work
  • COSHH

15.30 Next steps, summary and close

15.45 Depart

 
Reasons to attend.
Litigation is fast becoming the preferred step for many people involved in accidents or incidents affecting their health. Lecturers, managers and senior staff in colleges constantly face the risk of accusations of negligence. This course is designed to raise awareness of dangers and suggest common sense approaches to dealing with health and safety.
   
Cost and Reservation

This course is offered on an in-house basis
 
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