Member price – £100.00 + VAT
Non-member price – £130.00 + VAT

Duration – 1 Day

Course Information:
Employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy workplace conditions as well as the right systems and methods for safe activities. Nevertheless, employees also have a vital part to play in the equations. They need the right knowledge and the right attitude which demands correct training in the basics of health and safety, as well as specific training for individual tasks.

Course Objectives:

• Understanding the principles of health and safety and accident prevention
• Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
• Understand the importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
• Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and employees
• Understand the hazard, risk and main cause of harm to workers. – manual handling, hazardous substances, exposure to noise and vibration
• Understand the importance of following systems, procedures and rules
• Understand how individual action can reduce risks to health and safety