Background to the course
‘Safety is everyone’s business,’ is a well worn cliché, but nevertheless it’s true. Managers and supervisors cannot maintain a safe workplace and improve safety performance on their own or with only the help of systems and equipment. The entire workforce needs to be committed. This course will help get them started. The course is aimed at operatives and will provide them with a basic in workplace health and safety issues and focuses on those areas where they can have an impact, including safety performance reduction of accidents and the building of a positive safety culture.
Who Should Attend?
Suitable for operatives, technicians and staff with little or no health and safety knowledge. This course can be customised to incorporate company-specific issues and priorities when run in–house.
Course Objectives
To give course members an understanding of the main issues regarding health and safety in the workplace and to explain their role in preventing accidents and contributing to the maintenance of a safe workplace for everyone
Course Content
- Principles of accident prevention
- Accident statistics
- An overview of basic health and safety law
- Importance of incident reporting
- Near miss reporting
- Understanding how accidents are caused
- Unsafe behaviours
- Hazard spotting – unsafe conditions
- Risk assessment awareness
- Risk control and risk control measures
Course Structure and Delivery Methods
A one-day course comprising short lectures, group discussion and a hazard spotting exercise. Course members receive the MPQC Certificate of Training.
Course details
For further details telephone MPQC on 01727 869008, or email your enquiry to info@ MPQC ltd.co.uk