Overview
Although not obvious, the office breeds its own selection of hazards and risks, such as work related upper limb disorders (WRULDs), sick building syndrome and stress from work pressure. With health and safety law affecting all areas of work practices in the office, measures must now be taken to ensure your company complies with its legal obligations.
Risk assessment is also at the heart of current health and safety law, and this seminar will discuss both the general risk assessment approach and how it specifically relates to some office based problems, such as display screen equipment.
In addition, this seminar will cover the recent Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations and the new requirements placed on employers. We will also address the HSE's updated guidance in relation to the Display Screen Equipment Regulations.
This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.
Audience
- Office managers
- Facilities managers
- Personnel managers
- Health and safety officers
- Risk assessors
Skills Gained
This programme will help you to:
- Use best practice to improve efficiency
- Reduce exposure to risks of personal injury litigation
- Ensure compliance with current health and safety regulations and best practice
- Anticipate and plan for problems that might arise in the workplace
- Analyse work activities to identify potential risk situations
- Succeed in reducing health and safety risk, and in improving work efficiency
Above all, this programme will help you to have confidence in the knowledge that you are aware of your responsibilities and have up-to-date information to enable you to take action.
Course Outline
Course introduction
- Ergonomics
- Health, safety and productivity
- Ergonomic job design principles (+ video)
Health and Safety Law and the office
- Common Law Duty of Care
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Enforcement authorities
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
- Risk assessments
Legal Aspects of DSE use (DSE Regulations)
Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Back pain and upper limb disorders
Parallel sessions - risk assessment syndicate work:
- General risk assessment
- DSE risk assessment
Manual handling in the office - ergonomics principles and legal requirements
Topical issues with DSE office work
- Laptops and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
- Working in vehicles
- Non-keyboard input devices (e.g. the mouse, graphics tablet etc.)
- Disability Discrimination Act
- Email and social website policies
Further legislation and policy
- What should be in a Health and Safety Policy
- Fire reform order
- Regulation affecting smoking at work
- Workplace and Welfare Regulations
- First aid at work
- Electricity at work regulations and RIDDOR
- COSHH
- Stress and fatigue
- Homeworking (+ video) and call centres
Parallel sessions - risk assessment syndicate work:
- DSE risk assessment
- General risk assessment
Resolution and management of Health and Safety problems
Syndicate work - action points and summing up
The training course outline shown above is a standardised version representing all
the dates shown and may vary from the course you attend. You will be sent the actual
course outline when you enquire about a specific date.