Health & Safety in Schools Training

Health & Safety in Schools Training - Course Details

Course intro:

This schools training course brings awareness to your teaching and support faculty, around health and safety hazards and risks that present in education environments. The HSA (Health and Safety Authority) have excellent guidance, documents and resources and this courses integrated these, to ensure everybody is safe. This course looks at the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and supporting regulations as they effect the school or education environment.

We offer, Schools Training in Heath and Safety and various compliance options including Safety Statement review and development.

Course content

• Introduction & Course Objectives
• Hazards and Risks in Education (Section 19 and 20)
• Legislation and Local Policy (Health and Safety Authority)
• Board of Management, Principal and Deputy Principal duties
• Caretaker duties, Teacher duties, SNA duties, administration staff duties
• Contractor Management and control
• Chemicals Awareness
• Working at Height
• Managing safety in school including all routine and non-routine events
• HSA Guidance documents
• Emergency planning
• Learning outcome review

Section 19 Risk Assessment steps:

Identify the hazard

Who can be harmed

Carry out a risk assessment

What controls are required

Record the findings

Intended audience

This courses would suit all teaching and support faculty staff to raise their awareness around Hazards and Risks in their school.