OAKE Associates

“ Health & Safety at Work”

Based in Manchester UK (2 offices)

• Midlands• North East• South West

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Management Services Vocational Training Social Research IT Bespoke

Company Profile

UK Legislation

“ Health & Safety Act 1974”(amended)

The Law

• The Act lays down general principles for the management of health and safety at work, through regulations enacted as Statutory Instruments or through codes of practice.

• The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH),

• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, • The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Work Regulations 1992 • Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 • European Health and Safety Framework Directive 89/391/EEC and

changes with respect of articles and substances used at work, were made by the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in order to implement the Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC

• Health Safety law is inbuilt into UK life, whether an employer, employee or a member of the public everyone has a duty of care in relation to Health & Safety, and Food Safety

• The UK Government Department responsible is The Health & Safety Executive

• “As an employer, you must appoint someone competent to help you meet your health and safety duties. A competent person is someone with the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to manage health and safety.”

• It will also be part of an organisations Insurance needs.

Health & Safety in the UK Statistics

Key Annual Figures 2011/2012

Injury Triangle

Regional Variations

Types of work – related ill health/injuries

Education

• Health & Safety Training in the UK is post 16 yrs only.• Non mainstream subject

• Post 16 considered as a vocational qualification• Countable as a module within the National Vocational

Qualification framework

• Until 2007 Food Safety & Health & Safety were considered as level 1 qualifications in their own right and government funded applied that level has now been dropped from the LAD

• Safety Training to employers now starts at €30 to €50 depending on level (elementary, intermediate, advanced)

Health & Safety training

Education through InnovationUsing tablet PCs

• The UK has a very strict code on H&S. and all organisations (charitable, educational, public, private) have to have completed a Risk Assessment and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH).

• One of our biggest responsibilities involve staff and visitors. Staff - we are obliged to know

• where staff are, • who are they seeing, • how are they travelling• what their timings are• Have we as an organisation acted with a duty of care

Codes of Practice

• OAKE Risk Assessments• Office (visitors and staff)

• Equipment (electronic and physical)• Training environment (students well being)

• Environment, general safety, • Tutor

• Safe working environment (student/tutor) environment• Lone working

• Home workers (staff) access to equipment, working conditions• Exhibitions and seminars

• COSHH • COHMA

Employer/Organisations Role

• Kenny – Ex UK Food Safety Manager Royal Society of Health• Len – Health & Safety Expert• Tony – Food Inspector with Meat Hygiene Service• Marco – E-Learning specialist (hospitality & care sectors)• Al & Richard - web and bespoke e-learning• Tina – Disability and disengaged (educationalist)• Associated companies (overcapacity)

• Annually 800 courses (60% FS; 25% H+S); 15% other)

What experience does OAKE bring?

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