Health and Safety for Office Personnel

Health and Safety for Office Personnel course is an e-learning course, if you require the course via distance learning please contact us on 01291 624451.

This course has been developed by ACI Training and Consultancy Ltd to give personnel that work in office environments a broad understanding of health and safety legislation and employer and employee responsibilities. It can be used on induction and thereafter as refresher training.

It includes information on all aspects of health and safety and the key learning outcomes are:

• To have an understanding of The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 the duty
  on the employer and employee.
• To be introduced to The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, The Provision and Use of Work
  Equipment Regulations 1998, Manual Handling Operations and Regulations 1992, Personal Protective Equipment at Work 1992, Lone working guidance, Display Screen Equipment Regulations etc., and how they apply in the work place
• To understand the meaning of hazard, risk and risk assessment
• To be familiar with COSHH and RIDDOR and the employee’s responsibility
• To be able to recognise the common work place hazards e.g. slips, trips and falls
• To understand the importance of health and safety concerns e.g. stress,conflict
• To know how to raise health and safety concerns
• To be familiar with the Working Time Directive
• To be aware of the Whistleblowing Policy
• To understand the employee’s individual responsibility in reporting incidents, ill health and near misses.