Health and Safety involves reducing the risks of accidents and ill health associated with work activities.

Accidents and illness can result in permanent disability or death as well as short term incapacity for work. The supervisor is in an ideal position where employees can be influenced, monitored and trained to provide a better health and safety standard.

A supervisor has a legal and moral responsibility to look after the health and safety of employees, but needs to have the knowledge and skill to be able to do this effectively. This training programme provides an opportunity to look more deeply into general health and safety from a supervisory perspective, and successful candidates will be able to help their organisation whatever the size or activity by improving the health and safety culture.

This course is delivered over three days with a one day break in-between days two and three. The course is a taught practical session, which concludes with a sixty question multiple choice examination.

Successful Completion of the course and examination will enable candidates to:

• Provide understanding of the main concepts of health and safety
• Promote the benefits of health and safety culture
• Clarify the roles and responsibility of individuals, supervisors and management in health and safety
• Provide an understanding of health and safety control and improvement strategies available to supervisors