Health & Safety

Who's Responsible?

Make no mistake, managing corporate risk is a key issue for all directors and senior managers to address. It may well be worth remembering that the effective management of health and safety risks adds value to the business by maximising the well-being and productivity of employees, thereby helping to prevent illness and injury. This invariably has long term and positive effects on turnover and profitability. In addition, worker involvement in health and safety supports a positive health and safety culture.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires employers to be responsible for ensuring the health and safety of workers and for reducing risks to others affected by work activities.

Health and safety functions should be delegated and health and safety risk management legally requires the active participation of the company’s workers. However, the legal responsibility for health and safety rests with the employer.

Employers need to prepare, and make sure their workers are aware of, the company’s health and safety policy and the arrangements in place to put it into effect.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

These regulations include requirements for employers to:

• Assess the work-related risks faced by employees, and by people not in their employment
• Have effective arrangements in place for planning, organising, controlling, monitoring and reviewing preventive and protective measures
• Appoint one or more competent persons to help in undertaking the measures needed to comply with health and safety law
• Provide employees with comprehensible and relevant information on the risks they face and the preventive and protective measures that control those risks.

Health & Safety Courses

NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Safety and Health

NVQ Level 3 Occupational Safety and Health

NVQ Level 4 Occupational Safety and Health

CIEH Certificate in Risk Assessment Principles and Practice

CIEH Certificate in Manual Handling

CIEH Foundation Certificate in Health and Safety

SPA Safety Contractors’ Safety Passport Core + Quarry Sector

IOSH Managing Safely

SPA Safety Contractors’ Safety Passport Core + Food Industry Sector

Contractors’ Safety Passport Scheme (ECITB/CCNSG)

CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

CIEH Principles of COSHH

First Aid at Work Training

First Aid at Work Refresher Training

First Aid Appointed Person (Emergency Aid)

Paediatric Emergency Aid

Abrasive Wheel Safety

NEBOSH Construction Certificate Level 3

IEMA Environmental Management Associate Certificate

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