This course will introduce delegates to all the health and safety responsibilities and prepare them to complete a Risk Assessment project relating to their own company, plus an overall course assessment test. Both of these are moderated by the Institution.

This session will cover:

– Safety management systems, the role of risk assessment and how safety management links with other aspects of management, legal requirements and the social environment

– Reactive monitoring, including which incidents have to be reported, checking that reports are being made, recorded reported incidents, conducting investigations, recording results and analysing records

– Risk assessment and risk control, including making an inventory of sources of hazards, identifying hazards associated with each source, rating risks, selecting workplace precautions and recording results of risk assessment and reviews

– Preparing and using active monitoring checklists, implementing schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing records

– Safety policy, organising and conducting a management review of the safety management system and preparing for a health and safety audit

– Identifying relevant legislation and obtaining advice and advice on compliance

– Managing the sources of hazards