Course Objectives
When you have completed
this workbook you will be better able to:
- identify the most important laws related to health and safety
- find out more about laws that are especially relevant to the work
you do
- explain to your team how the law affects them, and the duties
imposed by the law on everyone at work
- play your part in implementing and maintaining safe systems of
work
- identify hazards in your workplace, and take effective precautions
against them
- take part in risk assessment
- identify some important points of health and safety law
- cope with, report on and investigate accidents at work
Assessment Criteria
Health and safety at work
1.1 Identify two pieces of legislation relating to health, safety
and welfare at work
1.2 Explain two duties statute law imposes on both the manager and
the team
1.3 Outline the manager’s responsibilities contained within the
organization’s Health and Safety Policy
1.4 Explain the meaning of ‘a competent person’
1.5 Identify two ways to provide Health and Safety information,
instruction and training to the team
1.6 Identify expertise available in the organization to help and
advise the manager on health and safety issues
Risk assessment and
accident prevention in the workplace
2.1 Conduct a simple risk assessment in the workplace
2.2 Explain one practical accident prevention and control measure
that could be implemented in the workplace
The organization’s
environmental responsibility
3.1 Explain the importance of environmental responsibility for your
organization
3.2 Describe what action the First Line Manager could take to enable
the organization to fulfill its environmental responsibility
International
Curriculum
Unit 3.23 - Official ILM
Curriculum, Institute of Leadership & Management
Course Outline
Workbook introduction
1 ILM Super Series study links
2 Links to ILM qualifications
3 Links to S/NVQs in management
4 Workbook objectives
5 Activity planner
Session A - BACKGROUND TO HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION
1 Introduction
- The Health & Safety At Work, etc. Act 1941
2 Introduction to Health and Safety Legislation
- Sources of law
- Civil law and criminal law (Activity 1)
- European law
- Approved codes of
practice guidance notes
3 The Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (HSWA)
- Health and Safety Commission (HSC)
- Health and Safety Executive
(HSE)
- Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS)
- The
employer's overall duties under HSWA (Activity 3)
- Health and Safety Policy
Statement (Activity 4)
- The employee's duties under HSWA
(Activity 5)
(Activity 6, 7)
4 Levels of Statutory Duty
- The duty to act in a ' reasonably practicable ' manner (Activity
8)
- '
Practicable ' requirements
- ' Absolute ' requirements
5 Fire Precautions Act 1971
6 Enforcing the Law (Activity 9)
7 Safety Representatives and Committees
- The safety representative (Activity 10, 11)
- Safety committees
(Activity 12)
Self Assessment, Summary
Session B - THE ORGANIZATION'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH, SAFETY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1 Introduction
- Your liability under the law
2 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR)
- Main provisions of MHSWR
- Malicious assaults on staff and
equipment (Activity 13, 14, 15)
3 Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (WHSWR)
(Activity 16)
4 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR)
(Activity 17)
5 Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
(Activity 18)
6 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPEWR)
(Activity 19)
7 Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
(Activity 20)
8 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 (COSHH)
(Activity 21, 22)
- Employers' duties under COSHH
- Your job and COSHH (Activity 23,
24)
9 Environmental Responsibilities
- Air pollution
- Energy
- Hazardous substances
- Land
- Packaging
- Permits and
licenses
- Business efficiency (Activity 25)
Self Assessment, Summary
Session C - ACCIDENTS AND THEIR CAUSES
1 Introduction
2 Definition of an Accident (Activity 26, 27)
3 What Kind of Accidents
4 What Causes Accidents (Activity 28)
- Who's responsible (Activity 29)
- What went wrong (Activity 30)
5 Policies for
Safety
- The health and safety policy statement (Activity 31)
6 The Team Leader’s Role
(Activity 32)
Self Assessment,
Summary
Session D - THE MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY
1 Introduction
2 The Cost of Accidents (Activity 33, 34)
3 Management Strategies for Safety
- The human factors approach
- Making workplaces safe
- Making
people safe (Activity 35)
- Training (Activity 36)
4 Accident
Prevention and the Law
5 Risk Assessment
- Calculating the risk (Activity 37)
- Taking action (Activity
38)
6 People with a Special Role to Play
- The safety officer
- The safety representative (Activity 39,
40)
- Safety
committees (Activity 41)
Self Assessment,
Summary
Session E - PRACTICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION
1 Introduction
2 Equipment Safety (Activity 42, 43)
- Prescribed dangerous machines
3 Preventing Falls
- Falls at the same height (Activity 44, 45)
- Falls from one level to another
(Activity 46)
-
Ladder safety
- Working on roofs
- Falling objects (Activity 47)
4 Electrical
Hazards
(Activity 48)
- Dealing with electric shock
- Static electricity
- Working
outdoors
5 Maintenance Work (Activity 49, 50)
6 Manual Handling
- Handling techniques
- Risk assessment of
manual handling (Activity 51)
7 Fire Hazards (Activity 52)
8 Protective Equipment (Activity 53, 54)
9 Day-To-Day Tasks
- Housekeeping (Activity 55)
- Stress
(Activity 56, 57)
Self Assessment, Summary
Session F - COPING WITH ACCIDENTS
1 Introduction
2 Dealing with Accidents and Abnormal Occurrences (Activity 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
3 Reporting Accidents (Activity 65)
4 Investigating an Accident
- Who investigates (Activity 66)
- What do they do
- What happens next
Self Assessment,
Summary
Performance checks
1 Quick quiz
2 Workbook assessment
3 Work-based assignment
Reflect and review
1 Reflect and review
2 Action plan
3 Extensions
4 Answers to self-assessment questions
5 Answers to the quick quiz
6 Certificate