Using Health & Safety Training Packs

Using Health & Safety Training Packs Manager’s Reference

Introduction The Safety Section has developed Safety Training Packs on a variety of topics in order to help you to provide basic health and safety training for your staff (see Safety website for full list of topics available). The concept is that you administer the pack to your own staff through existing channels, as and when it is convenient for the running of your service. Each pack contains information and exercises designed to help the individual relate the topic to their work situation and enable learning to take place. At the back of each pack is a checklist to help you satisfy yourself that they have worked through the pack properly and understand the content.

Managing the Process You can administer the packs through team meetings, training sessions, supervision sessions or some other method that fits in with your operational needs. Not all staff will need to do every safety pack that is available. You will need to identify which packs individual staff need to do. You should also give them the opportunity to refresh the training periodically, to keep the content fresh in their minds. The training pack enables staff to:- • be trained without having to attend a training course away from work • learn at their own pace • be trained using less time away from the job with minimal disruption to normal operations • use it as a future reference

Implementation of the Packs To implement the safety training packs, you need to:- • Identify which of your staff need to do each pack and decide on a programme of implementation • Give each member of staff their first pack to work through • Release the individual from their duties (as you would for a training course) for an amount of time that is reasonable, to allow them to complete the pack (this may vary from individual to individual) • Check that staff have completed the pack and arrange to discuss it with them, eg individually during supervision sessions or as a group at team meetings or specific training session. (These are only examples; the method you use depends on what best suits your operational needs)

Implementation of the Packs • Work through the checklist at the back of the pack to check that the staff member has completed the process properly and understands the content of the pack • Where the individual can demonstrate that they understand, you can tick off the tick box on the checklist • Where they cannot demonstrate that they understand, they may need to go back and review some the content again • Before you can confidently sign off the checklist for the individual, you must make sure that they satisfy all of the performance statements listed • When the checklist is complete, both you and the individual need to sign it • The staff member keeps the original checklist with the pack • You should keep a copy of the checklist on file to prove the training has taken place

Using Health & Safety Training Packs