Those who have worked in a large company, within a retail industry, health sector or in vicinity that requires close contact with children will most certainly have gain health and safety training. It is a legal requirement for all employers to be offered training and to have in place a copy of the regulation and laws behind health and safety, so people can freely read this at their convenience. The idea of having these procedures in place is to prevent you as the employee from getting hurt or falling ill from work.
The employer has a duty to decide the precautions and steps to take to prevent any harm happening to you when at work. This is known as a risk assessment and requires plenty of time to formulate. This entails an assessment of every aspect of the place you work, from using company equipment to walking in various parts of the building, any risks involved will need to be noted and highlighted to the staff. Taking extra precaution is good practise for avoiding situations that can lead to legal proceedings against the company.
Employers must always explain the risks and harm involved with any given work, including ways in which the risk is or can be controlled and stating clearly who has been made responsible for this. All procedures should be explained clearly, however the employee can help by asking questions on any health and safety procedure that they are not clear about. These can be conducted effectively during training; usually these training take a day to complete and are normally free of charge and paid for by the company.
Health and safety equipment should also be made available to employees who include things like protective clothing, cleaning equipment and self hygiene equipment. Any cleaning solutions used should always have a COSHH symbol and instructions, so that in the event of an incident involving harm or direct contact to the skin, people are aware of what they should do to treat the affected area. In any case the employer should have in place insurance covering individuals in case they are hurt at work or fall ill through work. A copy of the current insurance certificate would normally be given electronically as well as a hard copy.
Along with the equipment, employers will need to have adequate first aid kits and equipment available, this meaning that everything within the first aid box should be up-to-date. First Aid procedures change regularly throughout the year and therefore the boxes should be updated and checked regularly as well.
The employees can help make these regulations easier to put into place by attending all health and safety training sessions, taking note of any new information, keeping a record of any incidences and information management as soon as possible, and informing management of any inaccurate information on any precautions taken.
Author Resource:-
Anna Stenning has completed a number of health and safety training with various companies and knows the legal requirements of these training courses.
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