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This Customised Award covers legal obligations, risk assessments, safe equipment use, and hazard mitigation techniques to promote a culture of safety and compliance. 

The finer details

Course Sessions include:

 

Session 1: Introduction to Workplace Safety

  • Overview of health and safety in the workplace
  • Employer and employee responsibilities
  • Key legislation:

- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974- PUWER 1998- COSHH 2003

 

Session 2: Risk Assessment and Management

  • Understanding hazards and risks
  • Steps in conducting a risk assessment
  • The hierarchy of controls:

- Eliminate, substitute, engineer, administrate, and PPE

  • Recording, reviewing, and updating risk assessments
  • Definition and importance of near-miss reporting
  • Procedures for reporting and investigating incidents
  • Understanding RIDDOR and legal reporting requirements

 

Session 3: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Importance of PPE and legal obligations
  • Types of PPE for workshop tasks
  • Proper usage, maintenance, and consequences of non-compliance

 

Session 4: Machinery-Specific Safety

  • Safe operation, hazards, and maintenance for:
- Drills (hand, magnetic, pillar)
- Combination metal working machines
- Horizontal band saws
- Abrasive wheels
  • LOTOTO (Lockout/Tagout) procedures.
  • Identifying and mitigating:
- Noise, vibration, and dust hazards
- Compressed air and air tools
- Fire risks, including lithium battery safety

Delivery method

Classroom

Recognised by

Lantra Awards

Course description:

Workshop Safety Awareness Training Download PDF

Who should attend?

Workshop operatives
Workshop managers
Workshop supervisors

What will be covered?

By the end of this course you will:

  • Understand the importance of safety in the workplace, as well as the responsibilities of both employers and employees.
  • Be aware of the different types of PPE, their proper uses and the risks of non-compliance.
  • Understand the steps to conduct a risk assessment (including identifying hazards, evaluating and controlling risks, recording findings ad reviewing/updating assessments).
  • Understand the hazards, safe use and maintenance of specific equipment including: - Drills (Hand, Magnetic, Pillar)- Combination Metal Working Machine- Horizontal Band Saw- Abrasive Wheels- Impact Guns- Compressed air- Tube bending press
  • Understand safety procedures including good housekeeping and organisation, accident and near-miss reporting, COSHH compliance and LOTOTO procedures.
  • Understand specific precautions including:- Noise, vibration and dust hazards- Fire risks and thermal runaway in lithium batteries- Electrocution and manual handling

 

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