Health And Safety
Every working day in Great Britain at least one person is killed and over 6000 are injured at work. Every year three-quarters of a million people take time off work because of what they regard as work-related illness. Employers need to ensure that they have appropriate procedures in place to manage Health and Safety. Without safeguarding the welfare of your workforce you are leaving yourself open to a claim for negligence and the potential for civil action.
As part of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 an employer has a duty of care to employees and must:
» Provide and maintain equipment and work systems which are safe and healthy
» Provide a health and safety policy
» Provide information, instruction, training and supervision
» Must ensure that workplace activities do not put visitors, members of the public and others at unnecessary risk
An employee also has obligations to:
» Take care of your own health and safety at work
» Co-operate with the employer
» Take care of the health and safety of others
» Not misuse or interfere with anything provided for health and safety purposes
As a cycle training scheme provider you have a duty of care to both your employees and those participating on the course to ensure risk is properly controlled. Many organisations will have a generic Health and Safety Policy for either the whole organisation or their particular department. For the delivery of cycle training however it is appropriate to have a more specific policy. Some examples are provided.
Download 4.1 Health and Safety Herts CC
Download 4.2 Health and Safety York Road Safety Training Guide
Risk Assessment
Risk assessments need to be carried out to ensure that risk is properly controlled. Each organisation has their own way for conducting risk assessments, for example if you are from a large organisation you may have a corporate template developed by the Health and Safety Team which you use. In the case of cycle training, general and specific risk assessment procedures must be clearly evident as must the process for recording and reviewing.
Download the example risk assessment procedures below to help you develop or enhance your own.
Download 4.3 Generic Activity Risk Assessment Form
Download 4.4 CTUK Risk Assessment for Cycle Training Activities
Download 4.5 Herts CC Cycle Training Risk Assessment
Emergency Procedures
Should an emergency occur it is important to ensure that a process is established that the instructor is able to follow with a clear chain of reporting in place. Two example emergency procedure polices can be downloaded below.
Download 4.6 Herts CC Emergency Procedure Policy
Download 4.7 CTUK Incident Report Form
