Representative of Employee Safety in the Workplace

Objectives

To ensure recently elected or nominated Representatives of Employee Safety are fully aware of their functions.  Deliver appreciation of their new; role; responsibilities; parameters of influence; and provide sufficient knowledge and information enabling successful implementation of the representative function.

Contents

• Understanding Representatives of Employee Safety roles and limitations
• • Representation / training / HSE or LA Inspectors
  • Communication / Safety Committees
• Health & safety legislative framework and understanding (including but not limited to):
• • Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  • The Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996
  • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
  • The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
  • Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences 2013
  • Sources of information / risk assessment
  • Researching sources of information

• Health and safety consequences of new technology
• Researching regulations / information
• Written course assessment

Course Duration

1 Day

Course Reference  EV01/27