109 Employees courses in Glasgow

This Health & Safety in the Care Sector Course works alongside, and helps, learners understand Standard 13 of the Care Certificate. This Standard touches on the legislation, policies & responsibilities relating to Health & Safety in the care sector, as well as looking at accidents and sudden illnesses.

Manage Abrasive Workplace Behaviour with Backbone: What’s one of the toughest jobs managers face? Managing abrasive employee behaviour is no easy task, and doing it poorly or failing to do it altogether can have disastrous consequences for your organization, your team, and you. You know what you should do (intervene early, be specific, develop a corrective action plan), but why is it so terribly hard to do it? What can you do to manage unacceptable employee behavior calmly, confidently, and compassionately?

The CIEH Foundation Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety supports businesses in their legal obligations to ensure employees are protected from harm. This course is ideal for those who want to develop their knowledge of health and safety issues in the workplace and of the regulations for maintaining a healthy and safe working environment. This course will focus on common hazards and how to control them. It will help you work more safely and be more aware of how your own actions can affect the health and safety of others.

This practical course gives participants a brief overview of a range of legal aspects and also incorporates a topical perspective of health and safety matters in the workplace today. The programme will help elected staff safety representatives to grasp in more detail how to comply with the law in practice. 1 THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR) * Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations * Representatives' functions * H&S Consultation with Employees Regulation * HSG 263 2 'THE SIX PACK' * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR) * Display Screen Equipment Regulation (DSE) * Manual Handling * Health, Safety and Welfare * Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulation * Personal Protective Equipment Regulation 3 ACCIDENT REPORTING AND PROCEDURES * Reporting Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR) * Accident investigation guidance

Some 60% of injuries at work are caused by lifting heavy objects. This powerful, practical programme is designed to help stop any of your staff from becoming the next statistic. 1 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES 2 OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION AND HSE INJURY STATISTICS * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR) 1992 * MHSWR 1999 specific duties to risk assess * Manual Handling Operations Regulations (MHOR) 1992 * Breakdown of injury statistics and costs of poor manual handling 3 THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXPLAINED * Prevention and ill-health * Ergonomics * RSI * The spine in detail 4 RISK ASSESSMENT * General principles * The TILE method * Employees' duties * Workplace scenarios

Being a Mentor in the Early Years

The QA Level 2 Award in Fire Safety (RQF) qualification is ideal for businesses that have assigned personnel with specific fire safety responsibilities such as fire wardens or fire marshals in the workplace.

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 Emergency First Aid at Work

A cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Every second matters and this course will give you the confidence to act quickly and effectively. Most importantly, the course will also teach defibrillator operators how to perform effective CPR.

Health and safety awareness training is mandatory for staff at all levels of an organisation. This is the ideal course to satisfy that requirement - a stimulating 'entry-level' programme explaining how health and safety should be managed in any working environment. The course outlines the basics of health and safety law and how organisations and individuals can become liable for health and safety offences. Roles and responsibilities for health and safety are discussed by reference to the key legislation and the expert trainer will explore with the delegates how these responsibilities are managed in practice in different types of organisation. The principles of risk assessment will be considered and their practical implementation discussed in relation to the management of the various hazards that are likely to be present in a typical workplace. This course will give staff: * An understanding of health and safety law, liability and enforcement * An explanation of the principles of health and safety management in the workplace and an understanding of who should be responsible for different aspects of health and safety * A practical explanation of risk assessment and what constitutes a suitable and sufficient assessment * A broad knowledge of the typical hazards in a workplace and how these should be managed 1 OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW * Statute and civil law * Liability and enforcement * Statutory duties * Contract law 2 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK * The workplace - extent of responsibility / shared responsibility * Relevant legislation 3 MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY * Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 * Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 * Accident Reporting (RIDDOR) * Consultation with Employees and Safety Committees 4 RISK MANAGEMENT WITHIN YOUR ORGANISATION * Business risk management * Health and safety risk management * The principles of risk assessment * Transferring the risk to contractors and third parties 5 RISK ASSESSMENT EXERCISE - 'CHALLENGE ANNEKA' 6 MANAGING THE HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE * Work equipment * Lifting equipment * Display screens * Manual handling * Fire * Chemicals (COSHH) * Personal protective equipment (PPE) 7 PRACTICAL EXERCISE - WORKPLACE INSPECTION 8 QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND REVIEW