Health and Safety and the role of Directors and Senior Managers

Course Programme

09.00 Registration and Coffee

09.30 Introduction

  • Why manage health and safety risk
  • Moral, economic and legal drivers
  • Business Risk
  • Turnbull and Corporate Governance

09.45 Overview of Health and Safety Law and Liabilities

  • Statute and Common Law
  • Liability and Enforcement
  • Statutory Duties

 10.15 Review of Principal Legislation

  • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
  • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999
  • Other key legislation (current and future)
  • Corporate Manslaughter/Corporate killing

11.00 Coffee

11.15 Review of Principal Legislation (cont’d) 

11.45 Risk Management Principles and Practice

  • Loss Prevention
  • Hazard Management and Risk Assessment Principles
  • Risk Management in Practice
  • Does it need to be recorded?

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Accident Reporting & Investigation

  • Definitions
  • Principles

14.15 People – Your most valuable asset

  • Behaviour
  • Staff selection
  • Training
  • Involving the workforce 

14.45 Tea Break

15.00 Management Systems

  • HSG65 and Accredited Systems
  • Key Components

15.45 Making it work – Continuous Improvement

16.00 Questions and Discussion

16.15 Close

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