Who needs
health and safety training?

You do!

Whether you are an employer or self employed, are you sure that you’re up to date with how to identify the hazards and control the risks from your work? Do you know what you have to do about consulting your employees or their representatives, on health and safety issues? If not, you would probably benefit from some training.

Your managers and supervisors do!

If you employ managers or supervisors they will certainly need some training. They need to know what you expect from them in terms of health and safety, and how you expect them to deliver. They need to understand your health and safety policy, where they fit in, and how you want health and safety managed. They may also need training in the specific hazards of your processes and how you expect the risks to be controlled.

Your employees do!

Everyone who works for you, including self employed people, needs to know how to work safely and without risks to health. Like your supervisors, they need to know about your health and safety policy, your arrangements for implementing it, and the part they play. They also need to know how they can raise any health and safety concerns with you.

You should:

• take into account the capabilities, training, knowledge and experience of workers
  
  
• ensure that the demands of the job do not exceed their ability to carry out their work without risk to themselves and others.  
  
  
• Some employees may have particular training needs, for example:
  
  
• new recruits need basic induction training into how to work safely, including arrangements for first aid, fire and evacuation;
  
  
• people changing jobs or taking on extra responsibilities need to know about any new Health and Safety implications;
  
  
• young employees are particularly vulnerable to accidents and you need to pay particular attention to their needs, so their training should be a priority. It is also important that new, inexperienced or young employees are adequately supervised;
  
  
• some people’s skills may need updating by refresher training.
  

You can:

• Protect workers from suffering caused by accidents and ill health
• Reduce absenses and sick leave
• Retain staff
• Maintain organisations reputation
• Boost productivity and profits
• Reduce your insurance premiums and legal costs