Competent Person Health & Safety Course
Our Competent Person training course (can also be known as a Responsible Person training course) runs for one day.
This 'Health & Safety Competent Person' course is ideal for classes of between two and eight staff and is delivered at your place of work or ours by experienced trainers.
This course can be customised to suit your needs. We can take into account specific features of your premises or nature of business undertaken.
We usually ask you for a copy of your emergency plan and integrate this into the training materials.
Health & Safety Competent Person Course (First Aid Training not included)
To meet your legal obligations, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Regulation 7) requires employers appoint one or more competent person(s)in health and safety. Ideally an internally appointed staff member.
However, the Approved Code of Practice and Guidance does specify the level of training or qualifications required to fulfil this role.
Our one day course has been designed for the office based H&S competent person and will provide you with the basic knowledge and documentation to operate as the competent person in your company. The course includes comprehensive coverage on Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005.
Course aims and objectives
Aims - to enable staff to meet Regulation 7 of The Management Of Health & Safety At Work therefore enabling your company to have a Competent Person on the team.
Objectives - to provide a basic knowledge, understanding and guidance to operate as 'Competent Person' within the company which will enable candidates to identify and deal with basic Health & Safety issues in the workplace. In addition, the course provides skills to underpin their ability to safely assist during any fire emergency by implementing the workplace emergency plan.
Course Modules are designed to provide an overview on each topic such as:
- The Health & Safety At Work Act pertaining to the role and responsibility of the Competent Person.
- Appointing Responsible Persons (Fire Wardens,Evacuation Co-ordinator, First Aiders etc.).
- Annual Safety checks: What & When.
- Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005.
- Fire Safety & Emergency Procedures.
- Identifying Hazards & Risks At The Workplace.
- How to complete a basic Risk Assessment.
- RIDDOR Accident book.
- Manual Handling briefing and handout sheet.
- Workstation DSE Assessment briefing and handout sheet.
- Home Worker and Lone Worker policy briefing and handout sheet.
- Slips Trips & Falls briefing and handout sheet.
- Review of other template documents in your training pack.
- Questions.
A comprehensive booklet is provided to all candidates to support the 'H&S Competent Person Course' syllabus and is particularly useful as an individual H&S Competent Person reference book.
Certificates of attendance are issued two weeks after course attendance and completion.
For your peace of mind, all our trainers highly experienced and each with many years of service in the Health & Safety field. Their experience allows them to go 'off script' where necessary to deal with questions relating to issues specific to your workplace.
Who Should Attend:
This outstanding course is aimed at Directors, Facilities Managers, Estates Managers, Office Managers, Project Managers and Supervisors who hold responsibility for devising policy or contractor procedures and or for day-to-day control of a contractor's activity at their place of business.
Requirements under these Regulations
Employers have a general duty under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees at work. People in control of non-domestic premises have a duty (under section 4 of the Act) towards people who are not their employees but use their premises. The Regulations expand on these duties and are intended to protect the health and safety of everyone in the workplace, and ensure that adequate welfare facilities are provided for people at work.
These Regulations aim to ensure that workplaces meet the health, safety and welfare needs of all members of a workforce, including people with disabilities. Several of the Regulations require things to be ‘suitable’. Regulation 2(3) makes it clear that things should be suitable for anyone. This includes people with disabilities. Where necessary, parts of the workplace, including in particular doors, passageways, stairs, showers, washbasins, lavatories and workstations, should be made accessible for disabled people.
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About Worksafe UK
As you may already know, Worksafe UK is one of the largest Health & Safety Training companies in the UK today including Workstation DSE Risk Assessor Training, Manual Handling Training and Fire Warden Training and Competent Person Training to name a few.
For your peace of mind, all our trainers highly experienced and each with many years of service in the Health & Safety field. Their experience allows them to go 'off script' where necessary to deal with questions relating to issues specific to your workplace.
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