Health & Safety for Managers - Face to Face

10/04/2025 in Shire Hall Enquire about Course

Duration: 6 hours

Time: 09:30 - 16:00

10 places available

Price: £125

Address: Market Square, Warwick. CV34 4RL

Course description

About This Course

WCC Schools are advised to contact WES Health and Safety on weshealthandsafety@warwickshire.gov.uk prior to booking onto this course.

Health and Safety for Managers Course - Face to Face

Aim: To provide an understanding of the main concepts of health and safety and promote a positive health and safety culture.

Suitable for all members of school leadership or management teams; this assessed course has 3 modules.

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

 Module 1 - Health and Safety Law and Enforcement

• Outline health and safety responsibilities and accountability within a school setting;
• Have a simple understanding of the Health and Safety At Work Act and employers and employees responsibilities.
• Understand key health and safety regulation requirements for a number of relevant areas, and identify measures that should be implemented to ensure compliance.
• Understand the law and enforcement/legal action that can be taken for non-compliance.

Module 2 - Accidents and Incidents

• Differentiate between an accident, incident or near miss;
• Clarify the Incident management process. Accident, Near Miss, Investigating and reporting
• Determine whether ‘incidents’ require reporting under RIDDOR for employees and pupils
• Have a simple understanding of how to undertake an investigation and evaluate accident causation.

 Module 3 - Proactive Health and Safety

• Understand how to implement an effective health and safety management system within their establishment and what this entails. Plan, Do, Check, Act.
• Define the management of risk through Risk Assessment.
• Understand the need to review and monitor your Health and Safety record.
• recognise common failures in Health and Safety Management

This course has a closed book assessment at the end of the training; delegates must achieve a pass mark of >80% to successfully complete the course. Whilst there is no formal qualification, the assessment is designed to confirm delegates have understood the course content.

Contact weshealthandsafety@warwickshire.gov.uk for more details.