We are now offering a range of our training courses in Manchester,
a list of courses currently planned is shown below. We can also
offer in house training for your company so please contact us
if you have an individual or bespoke training need. For
further information call us on +44 (0)203 028 3704 or
email training@hsl.gsi.gov.uk
Calendar for upcoming courses in Manchester
Courses Run in Manchester
Not all risks can be engineered out of the work environment.
Even with the best plans, procedures and systems in place,
individuals at work still take short cuts and make mistakes.
Sometimes risk-taking behaviour is intentional, for whatever
reason. In other cases, risks may be taken due to a lack of
understanding about a particular hazard, associated controls or
inadequate training. To individual workers, such risk-taking can
result in injury, ill-health and fatalities. To the
organisation, some of the many costs can include lost time, damage
to machinery, litigation, and prosecution. If unchecked, these
costs can escalate. This course, delivered by HSL psychologists,
will provide you with an understanding of the many factors that
influence both workers' and managers' behaviour. It will also
highlight the strengths and weaknesses of traditional behaviour
modification strategies for correcting unsafe and unhealthy
behaviour, highlighting why such approaches may have limited
impact. The course adopts a holistic approach to health
and safety cultural improvement using behaviour change
techniques (incorporating HSL's ASCENT - Achieving Safety
Culture Excellence Now and Tomorrow programme) to help reduce the
likelihood of risk taking behaviour for health and safety. It
differs from other courses on this topic by demonstrating how
behaviour change, leadership and worker engagement can be
incorporated into the wider health and safety management system to
ensure an integrated, and therefore more effective approach to risk
management. In doing so, both the immediate and underlying causes
of risk-taking can be tackled head on. These strategies apply as
much to manager behaviour as they do to operational staff.
This workshop will be delivered by a senior HSE inspector with more
than 25 years of experience, and is a rare opportunity to
understand your regulator by seeing the world through an
inspector's eyes. You will learn: how HSE examines and
uses employers' risk assessments; the common errors that HSE finds
in the risk assessment process; and how to use this information to
manage risks more effectively and avoid enforcement
action.
Manual handling is one of the main causes of musculoskeletal
disorders (MSD), which are the second most common occupational
injuries within the UK and make up nearly half of all work-related
ill health seen by general practitioners (GPs) are MSD related. The
most recent HSE statistics on MSDs show a 20% increase in MSDs
with 184,000 new cases (2013/14), around 80
per cent of which are attributable to work
conditions. Prevention and control of work-related
musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) is a major priority and as such HSE
have published a simple but effective risk assessment method
called the MAC tool. This enables risk identification of key
manual handling risk factors so that these can be eliminated or
managed in the most cost effective way. This course
will equip you with the knowledge to help recognise, assess and
reduce manual handling risks in your organisation. It is suited to
employers and employee representatives who intend to begin the
process of manual handling risk assessment and control within their
companies. It will also benefit those already involved in manual
handling risk reduction who require more formal or in-depth
training in this subject, including training in the use of specific
manual handling assessment tools.
This qualification is specifically aimed at individuals
currently in a position of senior leadership, e.g. Board Director,
H&S Director, Operations Director, HR Director, Finance
Director, as well as others in senior leadership positions, or
those who are aspiring to become a senior leader. The course covers
financial and legal reasons for good health and safety leadership
and also focuses on how leaders can become better advocates and
influencers in relation to health and safety.
A
one-day event to reflect upon, re-evaluate and refine your current
approach
Tackling workplace stress is becoming an important business topic,
with many organisations realising that good mental health is just
as important as good physical health. Many pioneering organisations
are incorporating the topic within their wellbeing initiatives,
helping to raise awareness of the issues as well as break down
stigma. In the last few years initiatives such as mental
health first aid, mindfulness and resilience training have become
very commonplace interventions. And while such interventions are
widely adopted, you also need to add a big dose of prevention into
the mix. How effective is your current approach to
managing stress in your workplace? Do you know whether it contains
the right mix of primary, secondary and tertiary interventions to
truly be effective? Our event will help you to
understand the essential components you need to develop a
successful strategy, recognise the features, benefits and
limitations of popular interventions, critique your current
approach to ensure it contains the right ingredients and help you
refine your strategy to set you on the road to success.
We'll also bring you up to speed with the latest thinking
from HSE specialist inspectors who will explain how their
enforcement approach is evolving.
Venues to be announced if not stated on the course
webpage.
For further details, costs and booking please
click on the link to the course page above.