Training

IOSH is considered one of the market leaders for health and safety training, with its courses internationally recognised and accepted.

Managing Safely is a four-day course for managers and supervisors, which focuses on the practical actions needed to manage health and safety in their teams.

The course will demonstrate how health and safety considerations are an essential part of a management or supervisory role.

IOSH is considered one of the market leaders for health and safety training, with its courses internationally recognised and accepted.

Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002, regulation 12 states that ‘every employer who undertakes work which is liable to expose an employee to a substance hazardous to health shall provide that employee with suitable and sufficient information, instruction and training.’

Hazardous substances can affect anyone within the workplace, not just those who handle them regularly. This COSHH training course is designed to give workers knowledge of the risks surrounding working with hazardous substances, including how to begin a COSHH assessment by identifying the risks and the control measures needed. The course enables the University to comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.

Who Should Take This COSHH Training Course?

This COSHH training course provides suitable training for employees who carry out COSHH Risk Assessments or may come into contact with, hazardous substances in the workplace. All employees must have the necessary knowledge to be competent and do the job properly. This includes, but is not limited to people who work in professions such as:
• Catering
• Cleaning
• Engineering
• Vehicle repair and painting
• Welding
• Printing
• Woodworking
• Agriculture
• Lab Technicians

Do You Comply With the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002?

Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002, regulation 12 states that ‘every employer who undertakes work which is liable to expose an employee to a substance hazardous to health shall provide that employee with suitable and sufficient information, instruction and training.’ Employees also have a legal responsibility to co-operate fully with their employer in order to enable them to meet their legal obligations.

By providing effective COSHH training, employers can help to ensure that everyone in the workplace is competent to carry out their work safely. Managers, supervisors and other members of staff should be able to recognise the hazards posed by their work, be able to take action to reduce or eliminate the risks and understand how to follow procedures.

Aims of the COSHH Training

By the end of this course learners will:

• Know how to identify hazardous substances in the workplace.
• Understand the ill-health effects that hazardous substances can cause.
• Understand COSHH legal regulations, including the responsibilities of employers and employees.
• Know what to consider for a COSHH risk assessment.
• Understand the importance of health surveillance for employees who work with hazardous substances.

Duration

It will take approximately 2.5 hours to complete the course in full which will also include 2 exercises, 1 COSHH test, and a fun quiz!

This Risk Assessment course has been designed to help the University comply with the Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 by providing sufficient information to be able to carry out a suitable risk assessment in the workplace. Risk assessments are an important step in protecting employees from harm and will ensure that we comply with the law by reducing risks to as far as is reasonably practicable.

The course explains each of the stages in carrying out a sufficient risk assessment and provides a blank risk assessment template for you to download and use in your own workplace and where you may find examples on the Aberystwyth University webpage.

Who Should Take This Risk Assessment Training Course?

This course is suitable for all workers involved in developing a risk assessment and/or enforcing procedures in the workplace. This applies to all managers and supervisors, regardless of the Institute and / or Department or environment that they work in.

Do You Comply With Health and Safety Regulations?

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 states that it is the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. This should be done using risk assessment that identifies, controls and manages the potential risks.

The Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 require employers to assess the risks to the health and safety of employees and ensure the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of the preventive and protective measures put in place.

This Risk Assessment course aids you to comply with these Regulations by providing you with the information need to be able to carry out a sufficient risk assessment, implement appropriate control measures and monitor and review the assessment’s findings.

Aims of the Risk Assessment Training

By the end of this course learners will:
• Understand how to undertake a sufficient and effective risk assessment.
• Understand the legal duties in regards to undertaking a risk assessment.
• Have knowledge of what is involved at each stage of the risk assessment process.
• Know how to rate risks according to their likelihood and severity to ensure suitable control measures are put in place

This two hour Fire WardenTraining course covers the role of the fire warden. You will learn about preventing fires and learn about the different types of fire extinguisher and how to use them correctly.

The objective of each course is to give delegates all round knowledge of what to do in the event of a fire including:
•Action on discovering a fire
•Common causes of fire
•Fire drills and evacuation (including PEEP)
•Fire safety legislation
•Fire safety precautions
•The chemistry of fire
•The role of fire warden
•Using fire extinguishers

The incident investigation training course is intended for colleagues who may be required to undertake incident investigations within their Faculty or Professional Service Department. Colleagues will be required to complete the incident investigation training before they will be able to access the incident investigation element of the system.

The incident investigation training course will provide colleagues with an overview of the principles and primary techniques for undertaking incident investigations alongside an introduction to the new online incident reporting system.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to ensure that all employees are trained and competent in manual handling.

Manual handling accidents account for more than a third of all accidents reported each year to the enforcing authorities. It is estimated that in excess of 500,000 people in Great Britain suffer from a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck that was caused, or made worse, by their current or past work.
This Manual Handling Training Course provides the necessary information and training to understand more about the risks associated with manual handling, how to undergo a risk assessment and how to ensure appropriate control measures are put in place.

Who Should Take This Manual Handling Training Course?
The manual handling course is aimed at all levels of employees who may undertake manual handling operations, including the transporting of a load of items by lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof by hand or by bodily force. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:
• Carpenters, Electricians, Plumbers, Painters / Decorators, etc.
• Ground Keepers
• Heavy manual labourers
• Office workers
• Delivery drivers
• Farmhands

Aims of the Manual Handling Training
By the end of this course learners will:
• Be able to define manual handling and explain the common causes of injury.
• Understand the legal responsibilities and the duties placed on employers and employees.
• Be able to recognise manual handling hazards.
• Understand the types of injury that can be caused by poor manual handling practice.
• Be able to undertake an effective manual handling risk assessment.
• Understand the control measures that can be put in place to reduce the risk of harm.
• Understand and practise the best way to handle loads to maintain a safe working environment

Introduction
Biological hazards pose a risk not only to staff who handle them, but others within the workplace, friends and family, and to the wider population. This course is an introduction to the principles of safe handling of biological hazards, with a focus on the use of containment facilities and equipment.

The Legislation
The key piece of legislation relevant to handling biological hazards is the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations. These regulations form the basis for safe handling of biohazardous materials, provide detail on how to perform suitable and sufficient risk assessments, and place obligations on employers to provide information, instruction and training to anybody who may be exposed to a biologically hazardous substance.

Content
This course is designed to give delegates some knowledge of the requirements to contain biological hazards. This is broken down into sections covering the why, what, and where of containment, as well as some specific examples of how containment works.

Aims/Objectives
By the end of this course learners will:
• Understand the legislative requirements when handling biohazardous materials
• Recognise the consequences of not containing biologically hazardous materials
• Have experience of classifying unknown infectious agents
• Have a clear grasp on the concept of control at source
• Understand the importance of health surveillance for employees who work with hazardous substances
• Gained detailed knowledge on key methods to support primary containment

Who Should Attend
This course is suitable all people who work directly with biologically hazardous materials, particularly those working at Containment Level 2 or above. Biologically hazardous materials could be microorganisms, human or animal blood and blood-derived products, mammalian cell cultures, and other potentially infectious biological materials.

Duration/Additional Info
The course is booked for 1 working day. Breaks are provided throughout the day.