Why is health and safety training important?
Over 200 people are killed each year in accidents at work and over one million people are injured. Over two million suffer illnesses caused by, or made worse by, their work. Preventing accidents and ill health caused by work is a key priority for everyone at work. As the owner or manager of a business you know that competent employees are valuable. Providing health and safety information and training helps you to:
- Ensure your employees are not injured or made ill by the work they do
- Develop a positive Health & Safety culture, where safe and healthy working becomes second nature to everyone
- Find out how you could manage Health & Safety better
- Meet your legal duty to protect the Health & Safety of your employees
Effective training:
- Will contribute towards making your employees competent in health and safety;
- Can help your business avoid the distress that accidents and ill health cause;
- Can help you avoid the financial costs of accidents and occupational ill health. Don’t forget that your insurance doesn’t cover all costs, damaged products, lost production and de-motivated staff can all result.
The law requires that you provide whatever information,
Who needs health and safety training?
You do! Whether you are an employer or self-employed, are you sure that you’re up to date with how to identify the hazards and control the risks from your work? Do you know what you have to do about consulting your employees, or their representatives on health and safety issues? If not, you would probably benefit from some training.
Your managers and supervisors do! If you employ managers or supervisors they will certainly need some training. They need to know what you expect from them in terms of health and safety, and how you expect them to deliver. They need to understand your health and safety policy, where they fit in, and how you want health and safety managed. They may also need training in the specific hazards of your processes and how you expect the risks to be controlled.
Your employees do! Everyone who works for you, including self-employed people, needs to know how to work safely and without risks to health. Like your supervisors, they need to know about your health and safety policy, your arrangements for implementing it, and the part they play. They also need to know how they can raise any health and safety concerns with you.
Everyone who works for you, including self-employed people, needs to know how to work safely and without risks to health. Like your supervisors, they need to know about your health and safety policy, your arrangements for implementing it, and the part they play. They also need to know how they can raise any health and safety concerns with you.We offer a large range of Health & Safety courses, they include:
- Health & Safety Induction
- Manual Handling
- Risk Assessments
- DSE Assessments
- Fire Safety Awareness
- Working At Height
- Asbestos Awareness
- Control of Substances Hazadous to Health (COSHH)
- Infection Control
- HACCP
- Food Hygiene
Should you want to hear more about the Health and Safety training courses please contact Hayley Dewar on 01534 887088 or 01481 727155 or hayley.dewar@lawatworkci.com