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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:
1. Ensure your employees are not injured or made ill by the work they do;
2. Develop a positive health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working
becomes second nature to everyone;
3.Find out how you could manage health and safety better;
4.Meet your legal duty to protect the health and safety of your employees.
Effective training:
1. Will contribute towards making your employees competent in health and safety;
2. Can help your business avoid the distress that accidents and ill health cause;
3. Can help you avoid the financial costs of accidents and occupational ill health:
4. Don’t forget that your insurance doesn’t cover all these costs. Damaged products,
lost production and demotivated staff can all result.
The law requires that you provide whatever information, instruction and training
is needed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety
of your employees (see ‘The Law’ for more details).
What is training?
Training means helping people to learn how to do something, telling people what
they should or should not do, or simply giving them information. Training isn’t
just about formal ‘classroom’ courses.
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?
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.
You Should:
Take into account the capabilities, training, knowledge and experience of workers
and ensure that the demands of the job do not exceed their ability to carry out
their work without risk to themselves and others.
Some employees may have particular training needs, for example:
1. New recruits need basic induction training into how to work safely, including
arrangements for first aid, fire and evacuation;
2. People changing jobs or taking on extra responsibilities need to know about any
new health and safety implications;
3. Young employees are particularly vulnerable to accidents and you need to pay
particular attention to their needs, so their training should be a priority. It
is also important that new, inexperienced or young employees are adequately supervised;
Some people’s skills may need updating by refresher training.
Your risk assessment should identify any further specific training needs.
How Can I do It?
Firstly, you should show your commitment so the people being trained recognise that
the training is important. Providing training needn’t be a great burden, but you
do need to think ahead and prioritise. H A S Consultants Ltd can help remove this
burden by offering the relevant training you require. Browse our list of training
courses and please contact us if we can help in anyway. Even if a course isn’t listed
I’m sure one of our representatives will be able to point you in the right direction.
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