Why Attend
Who is responsible for health and safety in your organization? Who should be held accountable to meet legal obligations in safety requirements? Through this course, it will be apparent that workplace safety is the responsibility of everyone in the organization. Moreover, a thorough review of common hazards, as well as root causes of accidents and incidents, will allow participants to be armed with various tools to help them create, follow, and more importantly, implement the standards of health and safety.
By being aware of hazards surrounding them, participants will be able to identify and anticipate such hazards. Moreover, the instructions on investigation techniques and processes delivered in this course will enable participants to better plan for upcoming tasks.
Course Methodology
This workshop is designed to be interactive and participatory, and includes various pedagogical tools to enable the participants to operate effectively and efficiently in a multifunctional environment. This course is built on four pedagogical pillars: concept learning (lectures and presentations), role playing (group exercises), experience sharing (round table discussions) and exposure to real world safety and health matters.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Identify the sources of harmful acts
Explain how safety is everybody's responsibility
Recognize that accidental injuries are caused by unsafe acts, behaviors and conditions
Prepare a job safety analysis and give job safety instructions
Conduct an accident investigation and complete a meaningful accident report
Respond to various work accidents and emergencies
Plan and conduct a safety audit
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors and safety professionals who wish to improve their skills and competencies in order to be able to assume their safety responsibilities and effectively carry out their tasks safely in their organization.
Target Competencies
Verbal and non-verbal communication
Planning, organizing and leading
Building rapport
Providing and receiving feedback
Analyzing and evaluating
Course Outline
Definitions and overview
Various definitions of accident, safety, health
World Health Organization (WHO) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Reaching threshold limit values
The 6 Es in safety
Industrial hygiene
Types of hazards in the workplace
The four categories of hazards
Control methods used in a safe environment
Accident costs and reporting
Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and safety audit
JSA uses
Benefits of JSA
Procedures to follow for an effective JSA
How to keep accurate recordings
Importance of an audit
Safety audit tools
Benefits of a safety audit
Consequences after the audit
Accidents investigation, reporting and prevention
Identifying causes of accidents
Contributing causes of accidents
Immediate causes of accidents
Effects and costs of accidents
Reporting requirements
Importance of prevention
Management of health and safety
Organizing to ensure accomplishment
Leading to inspire action
Controlling performance
Concerns for management: safe and sound
Proper behavior in case of an accident
First aid basics and their needs
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in an emergency
Calling for help when you need it
Ergonomics and good posture
Negative effects of bad ergonomics
Correction of bad habits
INFORMATECH is the region’s leading provider of in-house custom-designed courses. We have been tailoring in-house solutions for our clients aimed at helping them achieve short term training wins or long term strategic requirements. In addition to being significantly cost effective, these courses are constantly in demand because they:
If you did not find the appropriate date or venue suitable for you, or you would like to join the course online, you can request a custom course from the link below.
We offer group and corporate discounts on many courses. These discounts are available for clients who want to maximize their return on investment.
We offer individual discounts on many courses for people who are self-sponsored and make their payment in full and upfront at the time of registration.
Nominations to our public courses are to be processed by the client’s HR/Training department except for self-nominations which are to be paid in advance using the “payment by self” option on the online registration form. A refund will be issued back to the client in the event of course cancellation or seat unavailability. Registration confirmation is subject to INFORMATECH's review of registration request and seat availability.
Clients are responsible for any type of tax levied in their country.
If you are interested in having a course custom-designed for your organization, please submit a request using the link below. Once we receive your duly completed request, one of our business development professionals or consultants will get in touch with you to understand your requirements with more detail and answer any relevant questions you may have. After all pertinent information has been exchanged, we will work on the custom-designed request and send you the proposal you require and work with you to identify the ideal period and place for delivering the custom-designed solution.