Health & Safety for Managers & Supervisors

Our Health and Safety Training for Managers and Supervisors is an easy-to-follow, easy-to-understand guide for employers and managers who have a responsibility for health and safety. Leads through necessary steps and informs about different laws and legislation. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Learn about and show commitment to UK H&S legislation, including The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Learn about many of the common Health & Safety myths
• Understand how you can make a safer and healthier workplace, whilst reducing absenteeism

SECTION 1

This section outlines the 10 things that all businesses must do, including setting up a health and safety policy, assessing risks in the workplace, providing training and information and ensuring there is adequate first aid cover.

SECTION 2

Here we go through the various relevant pieces of legislation, starting with the 3 general pieces of legislation The HASAWA, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations & The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations. We then move onto specific safety areas – from fire safety law and first aid requirements to noise, vibration and electricity and many other in between.

SECTION 3

In this section, we discuss the common health and safety myths that people fall victim to. Including, “Slips trips and falls are unavoidable” and “Employees aren’t responsible”.

We focus on the importance to remind people to focus on the REAL risks that can seriously damage people’s health at work.