If you want to risk assess the HSE's way go to:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/examples.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Thursday 29 November 2007
onsite training
SAVE MONEY: conduct your safety or environmental training at your site
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Tuesday 13 November 2007
First Class Training!
For first class IOSH Safety Training and CIEH Train the Trainer :
Lansdale Health and Safety Services
http://www.lansdalehs.co.uk/Training.htm
For first class fire training :
Safety Solutions (East Midlands) Ltd
http://www.safetysol.co.uk
For first class first aid training :
Ashgrove Health
http://www.ashgrovehealth.co.uk/health/firstaid.html
For first class manual and mechanical handling training :
Safer Training
http://www.safertrainingandconsultancy.co.uk/
For first class environmental awareness training :
safetyadviser.co.uk
http://www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Lansdale Health and Safety Services
http://www.lansdalehs.co.uk/Training.htm
For first class fire training :
Safety Solutions (East Midlands) Ltd
http://www.safetysol.co.uk
For first class first aid training :
Ashgrove Health
http://www.ashgrovehealth.co.uk/health/firstaid.html
For first class manual and mechanical handling training :
Safer Training
http://www.safertrainingandconsultancy.co.uk/
For first class environmental awareness training :
safetyadviser.co.uk
http://www.safetyadviser.co.uk
CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate Training
Only a few more places left for this course:
The CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate Training is an ideal course for those wanting to progress environmental management systems
Location: Innovation Centre, Wellingborough
Date: Wednesday 28th November
Time: 10:00am till 17:00
Price: £115 per person (including buffet lunch)
Book Now!
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
The CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate Training is an ideal course for those wanting to progress environmental management systems
Location: Innovation Centre, Wellingborough
Date: Wednesday 28th November
Time: 10:00am till 17:00
Price: £115 per person (including buffet lunch)
Book Now!
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Construction Infonet e-Bulletin
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safe environment november 07
In This Issue
Risk Management
Training Top Tips
Myth of the month
Sensible Risk Management
Help promote a sensible approach to Health and Safety
The HSE believe that risk management should be about practical steps to protect people from real harm and suffering - not bureaucratic back covering. If you believe some of the stories you hear, health and safety is all about stopping any activity that might possibly lead to harm. This is not the HSE's vision of sensible health and safety - they want to save lives, not stop them. It's approach is to seek a balance between the unachievable aim of absolute safety and the kind of poor management of risk that damages lives and the economy. Read more at:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/principles.htm
TrainingTop Ten Tips Safety + Environmental Training
Providing safety and environmental training helps: to ensure your employees are not injured or made ill by the work they do; to develop positive safety and environmental cultures, to make safe and environmental conscious working becomes second nature to everyone; to find out how you could manage safety and the environmental better; and helps meet your legal duty to protect the health and safety of your employees and the wider environment. Here are safetyadviser.co.uk's top ten tips on providing good training.
1.Understand what training means. Training means helping people to learn how to do something, not just telling people what they should or should not do, or simply giving them information. Training isn’t just about formal ‘classroom’ courses. Training can come in many forms. Training can be as simple as “on the job” instruction.
2.Plan your training, know your training needs; all employees need to be instructed to carry out their duties safely, with minimum of risk to the health and safety of themselves and others. Find out what those duties are. Create a simple training matrix. Look at your risk assessments, do they highlight training needs. The first step towards ensuring a safe working and clean environment is to make sure everyone working is properly trained to do their job.
3.Take into account the existing capabilities, training, knowledge and experience of workers; and ensure that the demands of the job do not exceed their ability to carry out their work without risk to themselves and others. If you think the job is to demanding or you are unsure training is required.
4.Basic training starts at induction, new recruits need basic induction training into how to work safely, including arrangements for first aid, fire and evacuation. Highlight your policies on safety and don’t forget to add a section on the environment!
5.Arrange, as considered appropriate, additional awareness information, instruction and training. This can be in the form of short “toolbox talks”, conducted monthly on the topic of the moment. Information and Instruction should be like a “dripping tap”, constant.
6.Repeat, repeat, repeat, tell them what you’re going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you told them. Repeat the message to help it sink in.
7.Specific attention needs to be given to those considered to be at higher risk i.e. young and inexperienced workers (highlighted in risk assessment). Tailor training to suit. Risk assessment should also highlight the need for specialist safety instruction and training. Refresher training will need to be given, as considered appropriate. For example First Aiders will need to be trained and will have refresher training every three years.
8.Get feedback on the training. Did the “student” enjoy the training; did it highlight any further needs?
9.Monitor the effectiveness of training. Conduct random inspections on working practices to see if the training is being use.
10.Get signatures, ensure all information, instruction and training is signed for!
HSE's Myth of the month
Workers are banned from putting up Christmas decorations...
The reality... Bah Humbug! Each year we hear of companies banning their workers from putting up Christmas decorations in their offices for ‘health and safety’ reasons, or requiring the work to be done by a ‘qualified’ person.
Most organisations including HSE and local councils manage to put up their decorations, celebrating the spirit of Christmas without a fuss. They just sensibly provide their staff with suitable step ladders to put up decorations rather than expecting staff to balance on wheelie chairs.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/nov07.htm
Kevin Jones
kevin.jones@safetyadviser.co.uk
Taking the pain out of Health + Safety at www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Risk Management
Training Top Tips
Myth of the month
Sensible Risk Management
Help promote a sensible approach to Health and Safety
The HSE believe that risk management should be about practical steps to protect people from real harm and suffering - not bureaucratic back covering. If you believe some of the stories you hear, health and safety is all about stopping any activity that might possibly lead to harm. This is not the HSE's vision of sensible health and safety - they want to save lives, not stop them. It's approach is to seek a balance between the unachievable aim of absolute safety and the kind of poor management of risk that damages lives and the economy. Read more at:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/principles.htm
TrainingTop Ten Tips Safety + Environmental Training
Providing safety and environmental training helps: to ensure your employees are not injured or made ill by the work they do; to develop positive safety and environmental cultures, to make safe and environmental conscious working becomes second nature to everyone; to find out how you could manage safety and the environmental better; and helps meet your legal duty to protect the health and safety of your employees and the wider environment. Here are safetyadviser.co.uk's top ten tips on providing good training.
1.Understand what training means. Training means helping people to learn how to do something, not just telling people what they should or should not do, or simply giving them information. Training isn’t just about formal ‘classroom’ courses. Training can come in many forms. Training can be as simple as “on the job” instruction.
2.Plan your training, know your training needs; all employees need to be instructed to carry out their duties safely, with minimum of risk to the health and safety of themselves and others. Find out what those duties are. Create a simple training matrix. Look at your risk assessments, do they highlight training needs. The first step towards ensuring a safe working and clean environment is to make sure everyone working is properly trained to do their job.
3.Take into account the existing capabilities, training, knowledge and experience of workers; and ensure that the demands of the job do not exceed their ability to carry out their work without risk to themselves and others. If you think the job is to demanding or you are unsure training is required.
4.Basic training starts at induction, new recruits need basic induction training into how to work safely, including arrangements for first aid, fire and evacuation. Highlight your policies on safety and don’t forget to add a section on the environment!
5.Arrange, as considered appropriate, additional awareness information, instruction and training. This can be in the form of short “toolbox talks”, conducted monthly on the topic of the moment. Information and Instruction should be like a “dripping tap”, constant.
6.Repeat, repeat, repeat, tell them what you’re going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you told them. Repeat the message to help it sink in.
7.Specific attention needs to be given to those considered to be at higher risk i.e. young and inexperienced workers (highlighted in risk assessment). Tailor training to suit. Risk assessment should also highlight the need for specialist safety instruction and training. Refresher training will need to be given, as considered appropriate. For example First Aiders will need to be trained and will have refresher training every three years.
8.Get feedback on the training. Did the “student” enjoy the training; did it highlight any further needs?
9.Monitor the effectiveness of training. Conduct random inspections on working practices to see if the training is being use.
10.Get signatures, ensure all information, instruction and training is signed for!
HSE's Myth of the month
Workers are banned from putting up Christmas decorations...
The reality... Bah Humbug! Each year we hear of companies banning their workers from putting up Christmas decorations in their offices for ‘health and safety’ reasons, or requiring the work to be done by a ‘qualified’ person.
Most organisations including HSE and local councils manage to put up their decorations, celebrating the spirit of Christmas without a fuss. They just sensibly provide their staff with suitable step ladders to put up decorations rather than expecting staff to balance on wheelie chairs.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/nov07.htm
Kevin Jones
kevin.jones@safetyadviser.co.uk
Taking the pain out of Health + Safety at www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Saturday 10 November 2007
HSE's myth of the month - November
Myth: Workers are banned from putting up Christmas decorations in the office
http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/nov07.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/nov07.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
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