THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENTS Healthy and Safety is basically a term that covers the whole protection of wellbeing of a worker and it is supposed to do a lot of things‚ including preventing workers from leaving their jobs because of a health and safety issue. This includes their social‚ physical and psychological states. Social well-being of a worker may be affected by other people gossiping about them‚ or working by themselves in a small room all the time and physical
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RISK ASSESSMENT: What are the hazards? | Who might be harmed and how? | What are you already doing? | Do you need to do anything else to manage the risk? | Action by whom? | Fire | -Visitors and staff. | -Carry out fire procedures every month – fire exits‚ fire blankets‚ fire extinguishers. | -Put more signs up and make sure everyone’s aware. | -Fire marshal and all staff. | Lifting heavy objects | -Staff may hurt their backs. | -Teach employees the best way to lift heavy objects and displaying
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Hazards And Risks in a nursery setting Unit 3 Assessment 1 P1 Introduction; Workers in childcare facilities educate and care for infants‚ toddlers and preschool age children. Childcare may not seem like a hazardous occupation‚ but every workplace has hazards and risks. Childcare workers should pay attention to their own safety while they nurture children. 1. Electrical Hazard; Staff and children can get electrical shocks or burns from using faulty electrical equipment. Over
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3/ 3.5 Explain how to minimise risks through the planning process Learning Outcome 3 – Understand how to plan assessment 3.5 Explain how to minimise risks through the planning process As discussed in 3.4‚ health‚ safety‚ and the learners welfare are of paramount concern when planning assessment. In addition to this there are other risks that are involved in my subject specialist area. I work with both an Internal Verifier and an External Verifier to confirm that my assessments are academically
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Hazards‚ risks‚ outcomes The terminology used in OSH varies between states‚ but generally speaking: • A hazard is something that can cause harm if not controlled. • The outcome is the harm that results from an uncontrolled hazard. • A risk is a combination of the probability that a particular outcome will occur and the severity of the harm involved. “Hazard”‚ “risk”‚ and “outcome” are used in other fields to describe e.g. environmental damage‚ or damage to equipment. However‚ in
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|(Name of company) | |Overall and final responsibility for health and safety is that of: | | |
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Support children and young people’s health and safety. Outcome 1 Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety 1.1- Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. A schools Health and safety policy should conform to the requirements contained in the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Specifically the policy should contain :- a) a General Statement of commitment to H&S‚ signed by Head/Chair of Governors
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CU2939 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies‚ Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings. Legislative frameworks for Health and Safety and risk management within our work setting include: The Health and Safety at work Act 1974. This is in place to ensure that all people are kept safe at work or entering a workplace. We have the Health and Safety policy in place to protect all people. The staff are given a copy and this is reviewed
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Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety This essay will provide knowledge and understanding of supporting children and young people ’s health and safety. In my placement there are many policies regarding health and safety when working with children. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 require all schools to have policies and procedures to ensure the safety of staff and children. If the policies and procedures are not in
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952502362200Abigail Webb Unit 3 Health‚ Safety and Security P1 Danae Copley 20050608 Abigail Webb Unit 3 Health‚ Safety and Security P1 Danae Copley 20050608 P1 In this assignment I will be explaining the potential health‚ security and safety hazards within a nursery setting. Health Hazards There can be a number of health hazards within a nursery one major hazard being solid nappies which obviously occurs in nurseries because young children attend and most don’t become potty trained
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