Health and Safety in the Workplace

Health and Safety has to be managed with the same degree of expertise and to the same standards as other core business activities because of the high cost of failure, legislation requiring employees to assess and manage risks; this workshop provides the best practice on how to manage health and safety in the workplace.

CONTENT

*Policy and Safety Culture

- Organization for Health and Safety

 - Human Factors

 - Organization Factors

 - Safety Culture

*Planning and Implementation

- Risk Assessment

 - Hazard Communication

 - Management Arrangements

 - Risk Control Systems

- ABC Analysis-Antecedents behaviors and Consequences

 - First Aid

*Hazard Identification

- Hazard Control

- Safety Analysis

- Examples of Major Disasters     

*Accidents Investigation, Reporting and Prevention

 - Accidents and Injuries

 - Causes of Accidents

 - Effects and Costs of Accidents

 - Reporting

 - Prevention

*Behavioral Safety

 - Natural Realties and Consequences

 - Identifying Critical Behaviors

FOR WHOM:

Head of Departments, Team Leaders, Supervisors, Human Resource Managers, Safety and Security Officers, Labor and Union Leaders, Lawyers, Admin Officers and others who perform related functions in the public and private sectors.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.