Module 5 - Health & Safety for Drivers
Maximun 20 Delegates
Session 1
20 Minutes
Introduction to course, aims and objectives.
Session 2
25 Minutes
Basic principles and responsibilities under H&SAW Act (Sections 2, 3, 7 & 8), Management of Health & Safety at Work (Section 14). Health & Safety cases affecting drivers.
- Talk about the H&S act 1974 and why it was written
- Difference between Sect 2 & 3
- Difference between Sect 7 & 8
- What is Employee responsibility
- What is Employer responsibility
Go through case studies with group and ask what section of legislation is relevant under the act.
Session 3
30 Minutes
Safety on Sites, your own site, the customers site and when checking the vehicle at the roadside.
- What are the causes of accidents in the workplace
- How to prevent accidents in the workplace
- Risk assessing the work place
- 3rd Party and offsite risk assessing
- Vigilant all the time
- Show videos and Slides of potential accident situations.
Session 4
30 Minutes
Safe manoeuvring of vehicles, the use of trained banksmen and workplace transport safety.
- Why is reversing a H&S black hole!!
- How can reversing be minimised
- How can best practices make reversing safer
- Audible warning signs.
- Law & Legislation regarding blind reversing
- Usage of a banksman and what the signals are
Break 15 Minutes
Session 5
30 Minutes
The dangers of working at height, slips, trips and fall from height.
- Law regarding working at heights.
- Reasonable precautions to take when working at heights.
- Clean and tidy work environment
- Show video footage of accidents that have arose from working at heights
- What PPE should be worn when in the workplace.
Session 6
45 Minutes
Manual handling regulations and basic principles.
- What is manual handling
- How can manual handling be avoided / minimised
- MHE that can be used.
- Planning of all types of manual handling exercises
- Carrying out risk assessments for manual handling.
- How to lift correctly
- Discuss the Anatomy of the back
Session 7
15 Minutes
The issue and use of Personal Protective Equipment. How to look after it and store it safely.
- What is the correct PPE for the given task.
- Law regarding usage
- Who should supply PPE
- The effects of not using PPE
Session 8
15 Minutes
Course Evaluation and Feedback
