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In
many accidents at work, it can be safely said that human factors played a part in
the accident happening. Taking this a step further, one of the most
common causes (if not the most common), is the lack of training e.g. a person carrying out a given task, has never
been given formal safety training, to enable him/her to carry out the task in a safe manner.
Human
factors come into play almost immediately, for example: -
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Management
assume the person knows how to carry out the work, or use equipment; |
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Management
know full well the person has never done this task before, but he/she
has done "something similar" and it should not be too hard
to "pick it up", so they tell the person to, "just get
on and do it"; |
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Management
instead of organizing formal safety training, asks an employee who does the
same work (and may also, never had formal safety training) to, "just show him/her how it is done". The
person then picks up the other persons bad habits; |
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The
person carrying out the task, does not want to look silly by telling
management he does not know how to do the work; |
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Friends
at work keep telling him/her "not to be silly"
"just get on with it" he/she "will soon pick it up,
it's easy". |
However
all of these are unacceptable in today's working environment, health and
safety legislation requires employers to provide employees with
appropriate formal safety training to ensure their competency to carry out the
work.
S.H.E.A.T.
provides
businesses with Safety Training courses in the following: -
 General Health
and Safety;
Managing Safely;
Managing Contractors;
Construction Safety;
Work at
Heights;
Safe use
of Ladders,
Stepladders, Scaffolds etc;
Asbestos at Work;
Electrical Safety;
Office Safety;
Control of Substances
Hazardous to Health (COSHH);
Fire Safety;
Manual Handling;
Risk Assessment;
Safety Audits
Safety
Inspections;
Accident
Investigation;
Provision
and Use of
Work Equipment (PUWER);
Lifting Operations
and Lifting Equipment (LOLER);
Diving Safety.
These
are only a sample of courses which can be provided, courses can be
tailored to suit individual businesses, refresher training can also be
provided, for contact details or for further info, please go to the
Contact
Details page.
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