Learners who successfully complete this course will:
- Understand the importance and role of health and safety legislation
- Identify Employee responsibilities
- Identify the role and purpose of Safety statements and risk assessments
- Understand the importance of the safety representative
- The rights of the safety representative
- Employee representation
- Effective means of communication
- Safety representatives and safety committees
- Understand the importance and methods of hazard identification
- Understand the term “hazard” and list typical hazards
- Participate in discussions about hazard identification methods
- Recognize hazard signage in the workplace
- Develop an awareness of the essential role of health and safety procedures in the workplace
- Emergency Procedures (Fire / Evacuation /Accident Procedures)
- Safe Manual Handling Procedures
- Hygiene practices
- Protective Clothing & Equipment Procedures
- Safe Working Procedures
- Acquire skills to participate in their workplace accident procedures
- Accident procedures, accident reporting and accident prevention