At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• How to effectively manage health and safety
• How to identify and control common workplace hazards
• How to measure if you’ve been successful
• Relevant key international standards
• Investigate accidents and recommend preventative measures
• Explain human and organizational influences on health and safety

CONTENT:

Why We Should Manage Workplace Health and Safety

• Welcome introduction
• Introduction to health & safety / key terms
• The moral, financial, and legal reasons for managing health and safety in the workplace
• Explain how health and safety are regulated and the consequences of non-compliance
• Summarise the main health and safety duties of different groups of people at work
• Explain how contractors should be selected, monitored, and managed

How Health and Safety Management Systems Work and What They Look LikeDefining ‘Volatility’ in the VUCA framework

• Safety management systems -What they are and the benefits they bring
• What does a good health and safety management system look like?
• Plan – do – check – act
• Responsibilities
• Practical arrangements

Managing Risk – Understanding People and Processes

• Health and safety culture
• Improving health and safety culture
• How human factors influence behavior positively or negatively
• Assessing risk
• Management of change
• Safe systems of work for general work activities
• Permit-to-work systems
• Emergency procedures

Health and Safety Monitoring and Measuring

• Active and reactive monitoring
• Investigating incidents
• Health and safety auditing
• Review of health and safety performance

Physical and Psychological Health

• Noise
• Vibration
• Radiation
• Mental ill-health
• Violence at work
• Substance abuse at work

Musculoskeletal Health

• Work-related upper limb disorders
• Manual handling
• Load-handling equipment

Chemical and Biological Agents

• Hazardous substances
• Assessment of health risks
• Occupational exposure limits
• Control measures
• Specific agents

General Workplace Issues  

• Health, welfare and work environment
• Working at height
• Safe working in confined spaces
• Lone working
• Slips and trips
• Safe movement of people and vehicles in the workplace
• Work-related driving

Work Equipment 

• General requirements
• Hand-held tools
• Machinery hazards
• Control measures for machinery

Fire 

• Fire principles
• Preventing fire and fire spread
• Fire alarms and fire-fighting
• Fire evacuation

Electricity  

• Hazards and risks
• Control measures

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

This course is available in the following locations:

Nigeria - $3000
Ghana - $6500
Rwanda - $7500
UK - $8500
USA - $8500