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  • Hazards and Controls Associated with the Work Equipment - Health and Safety 4

    This will help you to identify the general health and safety requirements for work equipment, and the main hazards and controls for work equipment.


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     Sector: Chemicals, Composites, Downstream Petroleum, Explosives, Industrial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Nuclear, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Signmaking
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    This Course is Aimed at

    Anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job. The typical people who would benefit from this course include: Team Leaders and Supervisors, HR Professionals, Facilities Managers, those working with young people in a training environment.

    Overview

    This course is a stand-alone elearning module and forms part of a 10 module set that make up the Health and Safety at Work Suite. It will help you to identify the general health and safety requirements for work equipment, and the main hazards and controls for work equipment.


    The modules are:

    Health and Safety 1 - Foundations of Health and Safety

    Health and Safety 2 - Responsibility for Health and Safety

    Health and Safety 3 - Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Control

    Health and Safety 4 - Hazards and Controls Associated with the Work Equipment

    Health and Safety 5 - Transport Safety

    Health and Safety 6 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Working with Electricity

    Health and Safety 7 - Fire Safety

    Health and Safety 8 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Manual Handling and Repetitive Movement 

    Health and Safety 9 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Hazardous Substances   

    Health and Safety 10 - Hazards and Controls Associated with the Working Environment

    Programme Content and Key Areas

    • The scope of work equipment: hand tools, power tools, machinery and access equipment
    • The provision of work equipment including its selection and suitability
    • The importance of operating the work equipment safely; emergency controls; stability; lighting; markings and warnings; clear unobstructed workspace
    • The general requirement for equipment to be adequately maintained and maintenance to be conducted safely
    • The extent of information, instruction and training to be provided in relation to specific risks and persons at risk (e.g. users, maintenance staff and managers)
    • Safe use


    Work equipment hazards and controls:

    • The hazards and misuse of hand tools (e.g. knives); portable power tools (e.g. portable drill); machinery (e.g. paper shredder) and equipment for working at height (i.e. ladders)
    The main controls in the use of work equipment listed above to include guarding where appropriate and the general requirements detailed above.

    Learning Outcomes

    On completion of this module, participants should be able to demonstrate understanding of the content through the application of knowledge to familiar and unfamiliar situations. In particular they should be able to:

    • Outline the scope and nature of workplace health and safety
    • Identify the reasons for practicing good standards of health and safety
    • Identify the key internal and external sources of health and safety information


    Technical Requirements

    CategorySpecification
    KreateIT version4.9
    Minimum screen resolution1024x768
    Supported operating systemsWindows XP, Vista and Windows 7,OSx10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
    Supported Windows Browsers on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7IE 7, 8, 9
    Chrome 17.0
    Firefox 11
    Safari 5.1.2
    Supported Browsers on Mac OS x 10.6.8. (Snow Leopard) onlyFirefox 11
    Safari 5.1.2
    Adobe FlashVersion 8 and upwards
    Other software requirementsAdobe Acrobat Reader
    Browser set up requirementsBrowsers need to be set up to support JavaScriptand have plug-ins enabled

       

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