Health and Safety Training Courses – Employees Responsibilities

It can be very difficult running a business, there are lots of pressures, not just financially but also involving the safety of your employees.  This is where health and safety training courses can help.  

 

Many employees don't realise that they actually have their own responsibilities when it comes to health and safety.  The main responsibility that employees have to adhere to is co-operating with their employer to ensure that health and safety standards at work are met.  This means making sure that the employer has given the correct health and safety training required as well as learning the companies health and safety policies.  

 

Employees also have the responsibility of taking care of their own personal safety.  For example, if they have long hair then they should ensure it's tied up when operating machinery.  Similarly, employees are responsible for ensuring any jewellery worn or loose clothing doesn't affect their operation of machinery.  

 

Employees should always ensure they are not putting other people at risk, whether it be other colleagues or the general public.  This can mean ensuring that any broken machinery, spillages or electrical faults are reported.  Employees should also make sure they don't tamper with, or damage any machinery which may cause injury to other people.  However there is a lot more employees need to consider which is covered in a health and safety training course.  

 

There are a number of health and safety training courses your employees can attend.  Perhaps the most popular is the IOSH Working Safely course.  This is designed for anyone in any industry, and gives delegates the basic knowledge they need to know about health and safety.

 

If the industrie is construction the the SMSTS and SSSTS courses are very popular

 

The NEBOSH General Certificate is also aimed at those with no prior health and safety knowledge.  This course looks at the management of health and safety in the workplace and teaches delegates the groundings of health and safety.

 

If all of your employees require health and safety training we understand it can be difficult and expensive to pay for them to all attend a training course which may not be in your area.  This is why, at Easybook Training, we offer in house training for many of our courses.  This means the trainer will come to your work to train your employees at a time convenient to you.  

 

Health and safety is vital to keeping a safe workplace, so enrol your employees onto a health and safety training course today.