Failure to put SMART health, safety and environmental policies and procedures in place could be an expensive mistake.  The illnesses and accidents risked as a result could bring a range of costs, including:

• The wages of the person who is injured or ill
• The costs of covering their job
• Lost productivity caused by inexperienced replacements and disruption to business
• Damage to products, equipment or premises
• Costs of investigating and correcting the problem
• Fines and legal costs if there is a prosecution
• Cost of revamping damaged corporate image

Course Contents

DAY ONE

• Introduction to safety at work
• Risk assessment
• Accident concepts
• Implementation of health and safety in projects
• Accident investigation and reporting
• HSE Management System (including OHSAS 18001:2007) and its implementation
• Hazard identification and control
• Application of job hazard analysis
• First Aid and CPR
• Fire Safety Management

DAY TWO

• Implementing OSH management system for success
• Injuries: a matter of probabilities
• HSE calculations
• HSE performance indicators
• Loss Time Injury Frequency (LTIF)
• Understanding workplace ergonomics
• Workplace interactions
• Ergonomic risk factors
• MSDs and other common problems
• Ergonomics of computer usage
• Techniques of Lifting of weights

Registration: 8.30 - 9.00 a.m. Class Session: 9.00 - 4.00 p.m.