Note: All our Courses are fully compliant with the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act, 2005, which came into force September 2005.

A 2-day certified in-company Safety Auditing Training Programme, based on your own Safety Statement-Risk Assessment documentation, ideal for both for prospective Auditors and for Managers and Supervisors interested in a fuller understanding of Safety Auditing and the practical aspects of updating Risk Assessments.

AIM & OBJECTIVES

You will learn through discussion, exercises, examples and case studies an understanding of Safety Auditing and of associated tools and techniques.

WHOSHOULD ATTEND?

The programme is intended for those who will participate in or lead Safety Audits of Management Systems. 

PROGRAMME

As we are always pleased to customise the Programmes, the specific course content will depend on you particular needs and requirements. The standard programme includes...

Day 1:  Health & Safety and Safety Auditing

• Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act, 2005 & associated Regulations

• The Employer’s responsibilities

• The Employee’s responsibilities

• A Safe Place to Work

• The Safe Use of Equipment

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Manual Handling

• Visual Display Units (VDUs)

• The Use of Electricity

• First Aid

• Notification of Accidents & Dangerous Occurrences

• Health & Safety – an Employer’s Viewpoint

• Health and Safety in the Office

• Health and Safety in Industry

• Lifting and Carrying

• Fire and Fire Precautions

• Accident & First Aid Procedures

• Personal Safety

• Emergency Plans

• Safety Statements – Structures & format

• Hazard Identification

• Risk Assessment

• Supervision & Monitoring

• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & the Safety Statement

• Designing Safety Standards

• Generating Competence

• Risk Assessment thru. Safety Audits…

• Planning

• Execution

• Reporting

• Follow-Up

• Auditing for Improvement

  • Understand why you need Safety Audits,

  • Who does Safety Audits and,

  • The areas covered by a Safety Audit.

Day 2: Practice: Based on your own Safety Management System

• Preparation for Supervised Auditing

• Supervised Audit (By Trainer)

• Feedback & Discussion of Supervised Audit

• Preparation for an Individual Audit

• An Individual Audit (By 2-person team)

• Feedback & Discussion of Individual Audit

Copious notes and course material are provided and participants work through both simulated and actual situations in the planning, performance and reporting of Audits.