5 Day Course
This course covers all the aspects of occupational safety and health. It is designed to provide learners with the skills and knowledge to promote and maintain safety and health in their working environments.
This course will provide the learner with the modern approaches on how to include health and safety into management systems as well as how to manage and control common hazards and risk management.
Learners will gain in-depth knowledge of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and associated regulations.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for all personnel.
Training Methods:
Classroom based, highly interactive training with role-playing and practical exercises to reinforce understanding and learning.
Candidate Requirements:
Participants should wear comfortable clothing for practical activities.
Additional Information
A maximum of 10 participants per course.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this course participants will receive a certificate in health and safety at work.
Course Content:
- Health and safety legislation in Ireland.
- Safety management.
- Safety statement.
- Safety consultation.
- Hazard identification, risk assessment and control measures.
- Accidents in the workplace and reporting.
- Occupational hygiene.
- Electricity.
- Fire safety and emergency planning.
- First aid.
- Work equipment and machinery.
- Movement of people and vehicles.
- Working at height.
- Health hazards associated with construction.
- Ergonomics.
- Manual and materials handling.
- VDU.
- Housekeeping.
- Personal protective equipment.
- Safety signage.
- Occupational health.
- Psychological health hazards.
- Health promotion.
- Course review.
- Project brief.
- Exam preparation.
Learning Outcomes
Learners will be able to apply the principles and procedures of health and safety, through an understanding of hazard identification and risk assessment process.
Upon successful completion of this course participants will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to:
- Identify and have an understanding of the role the legal system plays in health and safety.
- Be able to identify the main requirements of the legislation and apply it to the workplace.
- Be familiar with core legislation in the area of safety, health and welfare.
- Understand the concept of safety and health.
- Recognise the factors that influence health, safety and welfare.
- Apply principles and procedures of health and safety to the workplace.
- Assist in the preparation, implementation and regular review of an organisation’s safety statement and safety management system.
- Understand the importance of hazard identification, corresponding controls and risk assessment, likely to be present in the workplace.
- Promote safe working practices and procedures in their place of work.
- Communicate effectively on health and safety issues, both verbally and in writing.