Description
Benefits of IOSH Working Safely:
- IOSH Working Safely ensures employees can recognise hazards and manage risks in the workplace.
- It is an internationally recognised qualification from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and supports compliance with employee training requirements under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
This course is delivered by Praxis42 Limited, IOSH approved training provider 900.
Course overview:
1. Introducing working safely
- How an employee’s actions in the workplace contribute to safety and health, including legal and moral responsibilities.
2. Defining hazard and risk
- Recognising hazards and hazard groups.
- Understanding how the risk assessment process works, and how inspections identify risk controls that are working and those that require improvement.
3. Physical & verbal abuse, bullying & harassment
- Identifying bullying, harassment, and workplace violence by looking at examples.
- Recognising the symptoms, signs and clues that abuse is taking place. Understanding what action to take when abuse is suspected and following an incident.
4. Asbestos Awareness
- Looking at what asbestos is, where it is found and the health effects.
- How to reduce the risk of asbestos exposure, and what to do in an emergency.
5. Terrorist threat
- Identifying different types of threat and understanding evacuation and violent threat procedures.
6. Chemicals and hazardous substances
- Recognising different types of hazardous substances, including biological hazards and UV light.
- Understanding the risks of different hazardous substances and how to reduce risks and report problems.
7. Display screen equipment
- Looking at health issues caused by the incorrect use of display screen equipment.
- How to adjust chair, screen, and work environment and how to use laptops and other mobile devices safely.
8. Confined spaces and enclosed spaces
- Understanding the biological, physical, and atmospheric hazards associated with confined and enclosed spaces.
- Recognising what to do to eliminate or reduce risks.
9. Drug and alcohol awareness
- Recognising the dangers and signs of drug and alcohol misuse. Knowing how to reduce risks and where to find help.
- Looking at an example of an employer’s drug and alcohol policy.
10. Electricity
- Identifying electrical hazards and the effect of electric shock on the human body.
- Considering the electric shock risk when evacuating, and how to avoid electric shocks.
11. Fire and emergencies
- Understanding the fire triangle and the causes of fire.
- What to do on discovering a fire, and what action to take when the fire alarm sounds.
12. Getting in and out
- Recognising the dangers of getting in and out of buildings and how to minimise risks by separating vehicles and pedestrians and controlling access, for example.
13. Working at height
- Recognising high risk working at height tasks and selecting the right equipment for a job.
- Knowing how to use different types of ladders and mobile elevated platforms correctly.
14. Housekeeping and storage
- Understanding how poor housekeeping compromises health and safety.
- How to identify hazards and reduce risks including fire risks and slips, trips and falls.
15. Lighting
- Looking at the hazards caused by too much and too little light in the workplace and what to do.
16. Manual Handling
- Identifying high risk tasks and recognising when manual handling can be avoided.
- How to lift and move loads safely, what equipment can be used and what other measures can be taken to reduce safety risks.
17. Noise and vibration awareness
- Understanding the effects of noise and vibrations on the human body.
- How to minimise the risks of noise and vibrations and recognise symptoms of health issues.
18. Personal hygiene
- Practical ways to ensure personal hygiene when working indoors, outdoors and in different workplace environments.
19. Work equipment
- Understanding work equipment regulations and an employer’s and employee’s safety responsibilities.
- Recognising the dangers of different types of work equipment and how to mitigate the risks by following safe systems of work and ensuring regular maintenance and repair.
20. Slips, trips and falls
- Identifying the causes of slips, trips and falls in the workplace.
- How to reduce the risks through safe behaviour and working practices, considering factors like obstacles, footwear, cleaning, flooring, and contamination.
21. Health and stress awareness
- How stress effects the human body. How to recognise and manage pressure and stress and where to find help.
22. Temperature
- Understanding the law and ‘reasonable’ temperature in the workplace. The effects of extremes of temperature on the human body, and how employers and employees can reduce health risks at work.
23. Driving whilst working
- How to reduce safety risks when driving at work.
- This module covers driver fatigue, using mobile devices, how to check a vehicle is roadworthy before setting off and the importance of planning a journey.
24. Welfare facilities
- Recognising what welfare facilities employees should have access to, whether they are working in a building, on-site or in the field.
25. Vehicles and transport
- Identifying the hazards and dangers of working in or near vehicles and other transport, particularly when reversing, manoeuvring, parking, and unloading.
- What steps to take to reduce the risks to pedestrians, drivers, and workers.
26. Improving safety performance
- How employees can improve an organisation’s safety performance.
- Identifying and reporting accidents, incidents and near-misses
- Safe behaviours
- Understanding first aid and emergency procedures
- The importance of using personal protective equipment (PPE) provided.
Assessment
At the end of the IOSH Working Safely course there are two assessments; the first is a multiple-choice assessment which consists of 30 questions and the second is a hazard spotting exercise.
Certificate
On successful completion participants will receive an IOSH Working Safely certificate.
Course aims:
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Appreciate the importance of safe behaviours and understand how a positive health and safety culture affects an organisation’s performance.
- Understand their responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace and how to apply this knowledge in practice.
- Improve the safety performance of the organisation by recognising hazards and risks and knowing what to do.
- Report accidents and incidents by following the correct procedures.
- Help find solutions to prevent the re-occurrence of an incident.
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