Introduction to Health and Safety Legislation

Getting the business benefits

This one day course explains what organisations need to do to comply with the health and safety legislation that is relevant to all employers. It provides an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and how to manage the commonest health and safety risks at work. Ensuring that your organisation manages risks successfully will help to reduce sickness and absenteeism, reduce costs such as healthcare, insurance premiums and compensation claims and minimise the risk of litigation. The in-house course can be tailored to use your organisation's own systems, policies and procedures, making all the information immediately relevant and applicable to the participants own work situation.

Who should attend?

Anyone who has recently acquired responsibility for health and safety, including personnel and human resources professionals, facilities and office service managers and professional advisors and policy makers.

What skills and information will they learn?

After completing this course, participants will:

• Be aware of the legal requirements
• Be aware of directors' and managers' responsibilities for health and safety
• Know how to formulate and implement a health and safety policy for their organisation
• Recognise potential problem areas in their own company and how to manage them

Course content

A comprehensive manual is provided. The key elements of the course are:

• Introduction to Health and Safety at Work
• Directors' Responsibilities for Health and Safety
• Health and Safety Law
• Health and Safety Policies
• Management of Health and Safety at Work
• Specific Hazards and the Relevant Legislation: Display Screen Equipment; Manual Handling; Workplace Issues; Hazardous Substances; Electricity, etc.
• Accidents and Emergencies

Course information and how to book

This one day course is offered both in-house and as a public course. The in-house course costs £1,500 + VAT for up to 20 participants, a cost of £75 + VAT per head for a full course. Customisation starts from £350 per course.

Public courses are managed by BIFM and details can be found on their website http://www.bifm-training.co.uk/facilities-management-training/health-safety/courses33-45.htm#37

If you need any further details, please call us on +44 (0)20 7240 3388 or email contact us

What did previous participants think?

"The speaker was extremely clear and precise and quite obviously an expert in this field. My gain from this course is irreplaceable."

"A very informative and professionally presented course that gave me a very comprehensive background to health and safety."

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