All Occupational Health and Safety Service courses

An annual event for Departmental Safety Officers. More details to follow...

This course will benefit anyone in a work environment and is designed to provide candidates with an understanding of health and safety requirements placed on employers and employees. If you require training before the next planned course please contact the course leader as it may be possible to arrange some training earlier if there is enough demand. There will be a nominal fee (20 ukp) for certification with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health if you are a member of the University. If the University is not your employer, please contact the course leader for details and fee. Please note candidates must bring their University Card or another form of photo ID with them on the day in order to be able to attend the course.

Managing Safely is ideally suited to managers, research supervisors, administrators with safety responsibilities and Departmental Safety Officers across all sectors of the University. It leads to a nationally recognised and accredited training certificate. Please contact the course organiser, Will Hudson (wjh29@admin.cam.ac.uk) for further details before booking on the course.

It is an interactive course that includes state-of-the-art animation in the PowerPoint presentation, work books, DVDs, board games and quizzes, assessments, and a risk assessment project.

This course is an essential component of training for new laser users, which should be backed up by practical training in departments. It will provide you with an introduction to laser safety and the relevant regulations and standards that apply to laser use.

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An overview of the Risk Assessment process