Health and safety training for local authorities

Project

Health and Safety training.

Background

Local Authority organisations own or manage a wide variety of properties including libraries, offices, educational establishments, housing units, community centres to leisure facilities. Managers at these locations need to be aware of their responsibilities for ensuring that the building is properly maintained, specifically in relation to statutory inspections and the requirements of Health and Safety legislation.

Brief

The Learning and Development Service (i-Learn) was asked to deliver Health and Safety training to the Leadership group, Officers, Head Teachers and their deputies, Front Line Management and where appropriate their frontline staff with particular responsibilities for buildings management within the authority.

Results

The Learning and Development Service successfully delivered this training to 882 members of staff between August and November 2007.

The training session covered the following topics:

  • Management of Asbestos.
  • Legionnella and Water safety.
  • Fire Safety/Prevention.
  • Permit to work systems.
  • Control of Contractors.

Managers responsible for individual properties were made aware of their responsibilities and as a result the authority can ensure that they take appropriate steps to protect their employees and others from avoidable accidents or illness.

Testimonial

"I have thanked all involved in the provision of the training programme which was achieved within budget and within tight time constraints. The very nature of the project required a high level of flexibility and i-Learn coped well in meeting the demands of both those being trained and the overall objective. I am now looking at the provision of further training through i-Learn to maintain and build upon this foundation using both traditional and the latest IT based training courses."

Steve Wilkins, Strategic Risk Manager