Laser Lessons - Lesson

ST3BA2-4

Watch ‘Workplace safety – What are you accountable for?’ produced by Learning Dimensions Network. Watch the video and make notes of the things that you can utilise in your role.

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

'Your workplace’ from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
There are a number of useful resources by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Click below to read these two pieces of health and safety information.
'Employer's responsibilities’
'Your health, your safety: A brief guide for workers’
'Introduction to data protection’ from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Your rights under the Equality Act 2010’ from the Equality and Human Rights Commission
'5 consequences of failing to comply with legislation’ from the Xenon Group.
'Compliance: guidelines for compliant corporate behaviour’ from Ionos

Presentation

Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on 'Legislation in an administrative role'
Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Assess, manage, and monitor risk’.
Click to launch this lesson’s third presentation on ‘Employer and employee responsibilities’.
Click to launch this lesson’s fourth presentation on ‘Managing health and safety’.

Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

This section of the ACAS website covers ‘Equality and discrimination’.
The IT Governance website contains information about the penalties and fines for data breaches.
This HSE article on ‘Legislation’ includes details of the consequences of failing to comply with health and safety law. You may also wish to read the link to ‘Benefits and Cost’ in the left-hand menu.
Click to read ‘Health and Safety in the Workplace: Part 1’ from the Company Wizard website, and then read part 2.

Think And Challenge

Consider your current health and safety arrangements at your organisation and ask yourself:
- What are your organisational procedures for the health and safety induction of new staff?
- How robust are the health and safety monitoring procedures in your workplace?
- How often is everyone informed of changes to legislation/regulation relating to health and safety?
- What improvements could you implement?
In regards to your organisational risk assessments:
- When were they last updated?
- What evidence is there that the entire workforce has been made aware of the policies and reporting procedures?
Evaluate the effectiveness of the systems in place:
- How can you make them more effective?
It is rare that there is just one way to respond to a scenario or situation, so do not consider that the responses you have to the above scenario will be judged as right or wrong. Share your scenario with a work colleague or friend and ask them to tell you whether they think you have responded appropriately. Ask them to challenge your response if necessary. You do not need to submit this task for assessment unless asked to do so by your assessor.