Description
Course Content
Legislation
- Common Law Duty of Care
- Implications of the 2005 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act
- General Application Regulations
- Additional relevant legislation
Systems for Managing Health and Safety
- Hazard Identification
- Risk Assessment
- Control Measures (syndicate exercise to be used)
Accident Investigation and Reporting
- Root and Contributory Causes of Accidents
- Investigation Procedures
- Preventing recurrence
Effective Safety Committee
- Role and Function of the Committee
- Safety Representation
- Terms of reference
- Members duties
- Communicating the health and safety message
Training Issues Relating to Health and Safety
- Definition of Competence
- Site Specific Training Requirements
- Importance of Records, Assessments and Evaluation
