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Billy Feghali
Pradeep Nair
Karthik Namadevan
Gurwinder Singh
Dave Christian Castillon

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Version 2.0 October 2019

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UNIT IG 1

ELEMENT 1: WHY WE SHOULD MANAGE WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY

1.1 MORALS AND MONEY

1. Moral Expectations of Good Standards of Health and Safety

2. The Financial Cost of Incidents:

1.2 REGULATING HEALTH AND SAFETY

1. Role of Enforcement Agencies

2. Role of International Standards: ISO 45001
3. The International Labour Organisation (ILO)
4. Employers Responsibilities
5. Worker’s Responsibilities and Rights
6. Sources of Information on National and International Standards

1.3 WHO DOES WHAT IN ORGANISATION

1. Roles and Responsibilities of Top and Middle Management

2. Demonstrating visible commitment:
3. Joint Occupiers of Premises
4. Contractor Management

1.4 REFERENCES

ELEMENT 2: HOW HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WORK AND WHAT
THEY LOOK LIKE

2.1 WHAT THEY ARE AND THE BENEFITS THEY BRING

2.2 WHAT GOOD HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LOOK LIKE

1. General Statement of Intent2-8

2. Organisation Section (Responsibilities)11
3. Arrangements Section (Practical Arrangements for Making it Work)2-13

2.3 REFERENCES
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ELEMENT 3: MANAGING RISK – UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE AND PROCESSES

3.1 HEALTH AND SAFETY CULTURE

1. Meaning
2. Health and Safety Culture and Performance
3. Safety Culture Indicators
4. Influence of Peers

3.2 IMPROVING HEALTH AND SAFETY CULTURE

1. Management Commitment
2. Promoting Health and Safety Standards
3. Competence
4. Keeping up to date of Legal Requirements
5. Effective Communication within the Organisation
6. Cooperation and Consultation with Employees
7. Training

3.3 HOW HUMAN FACTORS INFLUENCE BEHAVIOUR POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY

1. Organisational Factors
2. Job Factors
3. Individual Factors
4. Link between the factors

3.4 ASSESSING RISK

1. Meaning and Definitions of Terms

2. Objectives of Risk Assessments
3. Accident Ratios and Accident Prevention
4. Risk Assessors
5. Suitable and Sufficient Risk Assessment
6. Steps of Risk Assessment
7. Special Case Applications of Risk Assessment

3.5 MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE

1. Managing the Impact of Change:

3.6 SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK FOR GENERAL WORK ACTIVITIES

1. Employer’s Roles and Responsibility to Provide SSOW

2. Role of Competent Persons in SSOW
3. Worker Involvement in SSOW
4. Importance and Relevance of Written Procedures
5. Technical, Procedural and Behavioural Control
6. Developing Safe System of Work
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3.7 PERMIT-TO-WORK SYSTEMS

1. Role and Function

2. Operation and Application
3. Specific Use

3.8 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

1. Need for Emergency Preparedness

2. Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
3. Provision of Suitable Emergency Equipment
4. Arrangement to Contacting Emergency Services
5. Responsible Staffs
6. Communication
7. Importance of Drills and Exercises
8. First Aid Requirements

3.9 REFERENCES

ELEMENT 4: HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING AND MEASURING

4.1 ACTIVE AND REACTIVE MONITORING

1. Active Monitoring Methods

2. Safety Sampling, Survey, Tour and Inspections
3. Reactive Monitoring Methods

4.2 INVESTIGATING INCIDENTS

1. Role and Need for Investigating

2. Basic Incident Investigation Steps
3. Recording and Reporting of Occupational Accidents and Diseases

4.3 HEALTH AND SAFETY AUDITING

1. Meaning of Auditing
2. Why Health and Safety Management System should be Audited
3. Differences between Audit and Inspections
4. Advantages and Disadvantages of External and Internal Audits
5. Auditing Stages
6. Responsibility for the Audit
7. Actions taken following Audit

4.4 REVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE

1. Why Health and Safety Performance should be reviewed

2. What the Review Should Consider
3. Scheduling Reviews
4. Managing Change and Continual Improvement
5. Role of Boards, Chief Executive/Managing Director and Senior Managers

4.5 REFERENCES
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UNIT IG 2
ELEMENT 5: PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH

5.1 NOISE

1. Anatomy of Ear
2. Health Effects of Noise
3. Noise Related Terms
4. Assessment of Exposure
5. Basic Noise Control Measures
6. Hearing Protection:
7. Role of Health Surveillance

5.2 VIBRATION

1. EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO VIBRATION

2. Vibration Assessment
3. Vibration Action and Limit Values
4. Control Measures of Vibration
5. Role Of Health Surveillance

5.3 RADIATION

1. Types of Radiation
2. Ionising Radiation – Effects and Controls
3. Non-Ionising Radiations – Effects and Controls
4. Health Surveillance

5.4 MENTAL ILL-HEALTH

1. Frequency and Extent of Mental Ill-health at Work

2. Cause of Work-related Mental Ill-Health
3. Control Measures of Work-related Mental Ill-Health

5.5 VIOLENCE AT WORK

1. Meaning and Definition

2. Control Measures for Violence

5.6 SUBSTANCES ABUSE AT WORK

1. The Extent of the Problem

2. Control Measures for Substance Misuse:

5.7 REFERENCES
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ELEMENT 6: MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH

6.1 WORK- RELATED UPPER LIMB DISORDERS

1. Meaning and Scope of WRULD:

2. Factors Increasing the Risk to Ill-Health Condition:
3. Control Measures (Precautions)
4. Display Screen Equipment
5. Control Measures

6.2 MANUAL HANDLING

1. Manual Handling Risk Assessment

2. Manual Handling Precautions / Controls
3. Manual Handling Techniques

6.3 LOAD HANDLING EQUIPMENT

1. Common Types – Hazards and Controls

1. Hoists
2. Conveyors
3. Cranes

6.4 REFERENCES

ELEMENT 7: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

7.1 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

1. Forms of Substances
2. Biological Agents
3. Classification of Chemical Substance
4. Health Effects

7.2 ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RISKS

1. Routes of Entry
2. Defence Mechanisms
3. Factors to Consider when Assessing Health Risks
4. Sources of Information

7.3 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS

1. Purpose of Workplace Exposure Limits

2. Applications of relevant limits
3. Limitations of Exposure Limits
1. Prevention and Control
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7.4 CONTROL MEASURES

2. Principles of Good Practice

3. Respiratory Protective Equipment
4. Other Personal Protective Equipment:

7.5 SPECIFIC AGENTS

1. Asbestos
2. Risks and Controls Associated with Other Specific Agents

7.6 REFERENCES

ELEMENT 8: GENERAL WORKPLACE ISSUES

8.1 HEALTH, WELFARE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

1. Welfare Requirements
2. Working Environment
3. Effects of Extremes of Temperatures

8.2 WORKING AT HEIGHT

1. Hazards and Risk Factors

2. Control Measures for Working at Height
3. Emergency Rescue
4. Equipment, Training, Instruction
5. Safe Working Practices for Common Forms of Access Equipment

8.3 SAFE WORKING IN CONFINED SPACES

1. What is a Confined Space?

2. Confined-Space Control Measures

8.4 LONE WORKING

8.5 SLIPS AND TRIPS

1. Slips and Trips

2. Main Control Measures for Slips and Trips

8.6 SAFE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES IN THE WORKPLACE

1. Hazards to Pedestrians
2. Hazard From Workplace Transport Operations
3. Control Measures to Manage Workplace Transport
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8.7 Work-Related Driving
1. Managing Work Related Road Safety
2. Work-Related Driving Control Measures
3. Hazard Associated with the Use of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

8.8 REFERENCES

ELEMENT 9: WORK EQUIPMENT

9.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK EQUIPMENT

1. Types of Work Equipment

2. Selection and Suitability of Equipment
3. Extent of Information, Instruction and Training
4. Maintenance
5. User’s Responsibilities

9.2 HAND-HELD TOOLS AND PORTABLE POWER TOOLS

1. Hand held Non-power Tools

2. Portable Power Tools

9.3 MACHINERY HAZARDS

1. Mechanical Hazards
2. Non-Mechanical Hazards
3. Hazards of Different Range of Equipment

9.4 CONTROL MEASURES FOR MACHINERY

1. The Safeguarding
2. Application of Safeguard

9.5 REFERENCES
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ELEMENT 10: WORK EQUIPMENT

10.1 FIRE INITIATION, CLASSIFICATION AND SPREAD

1. Principles of Fire
2. Sources of the Elements of Fire
3. Classes of Fire
4. Fire Terminology
5. Spreading of Fire
6. Common Causes and Consequences of Fire

10.2 FIRE PREVENTION AND PREVENTION OF SPREAD

1. Control Measures
2. Preventing Fire Spread

10.3 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AND FIRE FIGHTING ARRANGEMENTS

1. Common Fire Detection and Fire Warning systems

2. Access for Fire and Rescue Service Vehicles

10.4 FIRE EVACUATION

1. Means and Provisions for Escape

2. Emergency Evacuation Procedures

10.5 REFERENCES

ELEMENT 11: ELECTRICAL

11.1 PRINCIPLES, HAZARDS AND RISKS OF ELECTRICITY

1. Principles of Electricity
2. Hazards and Effects of Electricity
3. Use of Unsuitable, Poorly Maintained or Defective Electrical Equipment

11.2 CONTROL MEASURES FOR ELECTRICAL SAFETY

1. Control Measures
2. Use of Competent Persons
3. Use of Safe Systems of Work
4. Inspections, Testing and Maintenance

11.3 REFERENCES