Safety Training - Developing People

Safety & Skills Training

The main reason for providing training is to enable people to do their jobs and carry out their responsibilities safely and without risk to health. Skills training is specific to the role and task. Safety training is universal. Both types of training are generally required to comply with legislation.

The Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974 places a duty on employers, so far as is reasonably practicable, to provide such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure the health and safety at work of employees.

More specifically, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employees to be provided with adequate health and safety training on being:

• Recruited to the employer’s undertaking
• Exposed to new or increased risks because of a change of job, work equipment, system of work, etc.New paragraph