allowed to carry out certain tasks relating to Health and Safety. Here are a few examples: • Moving and handling • Administering medication • Emergency first aid • Giving injections • Peg feeding • Colostomy • Fighting fire If you are unsure about what you can and cannot do‚ you must discuss this with your supervisor / manager. Where and from whom additional support and information relating to Health and Safety can be accessed? • The Health and Safety at Work Act requires employers to ensure
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and learning in schools Unit 2 safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Task 1 Any individual that comes into contact with children or young people should establish and maintain a safe environment and have the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare. Child protection policies and procedures are set to safeguard‚ detect and prevent child abuse and neglect. This also includes helping children and young people to protect themselves from abuse and dealing with bullying. Currently there
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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CLINICAL LABORITORIES Health and safety at work act (1974) show that it is a duty of every employer to ensure as far as reasonably practice to health safety and welfare at work of all of its employees. Risks assessments must be carried out when more than 5 people are employed and implement changes as necessary. Risk assessment is a carefully recorded examination of what might cause harm and accidents to people in work places e.g. staff‚ visitors‚ patients‚ clients and contractors
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Health and Safety act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974‚ also referred to as HASAW or HSW‚ is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in the United Kingdom. The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment. Covers: • safe plant and systems of work; • safe methods for the use‚ handling‚ storage and transport of articles and substances;
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September 2011 Examiners’ Report NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (NGC2) Examiners’ Report NEBOSH NATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY UNIT NGC2: CONTROLLING WORKPLACE HAZARDS SEPTEMBER 2011 CONTENTS Introduction 2 General comments 3 Comments on individual questions 4 2011 NEBOSH‚ Dominus Way‚ Meridian Business Park‚ Leicester LE19 1QW tel: 0116 263 4700 fax: 0116 282 4000 email: info@nebosh
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Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) This act sets out core principles of health and safety within the work place. The main way it does this is by defining the health and safety responsibilities of both the employer and employee while they’re at work. The responsibilities they have could be to lift and carry something‚ you should receive some kind of training how to lift something safely‚ you may have to move some machines‚ e.g. in the gym. They are also responsible for things like; regular and appropriate
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Cohabitation among young people: for or against? In recent years‚ there are great changes in family structure. In some countries‚ there is a new trend of family structure called cohabitation. It means two people fall in love with each other and live together without getting married. According to the latest Census report‚ the number of cohabiting couples escalated from 6.7 million in 2009 to 7.5 million just one year later in 2010‚ with nearly 50 percent of young adults in twenties cohabiting
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This discussion is on three significant practices that promote health and safety in early childhood centres. I will explain the role of an early childhood teacher identifying and implementing health and safety in the centre according to the Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood and Care Centre 2008. “When parents enroll their children in a program‚ they expect them to be safe” (Marotz‚ Cross & Rush‚ 2005‚ p 193). The early years of children comprise of major growth changes‚ these changes will
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commonplace in this country; for example‚ in 1907 over 3‚200 people were killed in mining accidents. At this time legislation and public opinion all favored management. There were few protections for the worker’s safety. Today’s industrial employees are better off than their colleagues in the past. Their chances of being killed in an industrial accident are less than half of that of their predecessors of 60 years ago. According to National safety Council (NSC)‚ the current death rate from work-related
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devices emit pulsing microwave radiation from their base station (even when the phone is not being used)‚ and are frequently placed by the bedhead or on the work desk • ireless home entertainment systems and game w consoles (also known to emit microwaves even when switched off) • ome wireless security/alarm systems s • wireless interactive whiteboards and paging systems. Consumer Health and Safety Advice What should I do to reduce my exposure? Due to the increasing concerns over the
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