Task 1 – Health & Safety Policy Booklet Health and safety at work act The Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) 1974 secures the health and safety of people at work. This Act imposes a responsibility to the employer to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all their employees. The employee has a duty to work according to the legislation and provide systems of work that are safe and without risk to health. Control of Substances Hazardous To Health Regulations 1988
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1. Give a definition of stress (refer to your Health Book or use research on the internet to give a full definition). In 1936‚ Hans Selye invented the term ‘stress’ and defined it as ‘the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.’ Stress is a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our usual physical‚ mental or emotional state. Stressful events are an inevitable aspect of life and they initiate the ‘fight or flight’ response‚ which produces hormones and physical reactions as preparation
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Describe the requirements for a health and safe workplace in terms of the physical environment and the equipment at a selected work organisation. Physical Environment. .Potential for falling objects – The employer or employee must make sure that all items of equipment‚ materials and tools that are not in use must be stored/stacked correctly and securely. Otherwise‚ there is a potential that the item/item may fall and injure a person. .Sharp edges and trailing leads – Sharp edges
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Occupational Health and Safety Act | | | | | | Act changes health‚ safety responsibility Donato‚ Katherine. Northern Ontario Business18. 11 (Oct 01‚ 1998): 18. Employers will have to put their best efforts into getting injured workers back to work and off compensation as soon as possible because of a new law on the books. Bill 99‚ the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act is "putting responsibility into the hands of those who can effect change‚" namely the workplace parties
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under the framework of the “Work Health and Safety Act” (2011). This Act outlines how to protect and balance the health‚ safety and welfare of all workers at the resort or workplace. The WHS Act also provides protection for the community so that their health and safety is not placed at any risk by work undertakings. At this resort as an employer‚ our responsibility is to make a risk assessment and to put in place the measures that are necessary for the health and safety for all employees and others
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Ltd‚ Ms. Amanda Hosein‚ The President of the Principal’s Association‚ Ms. Shirley Persad‚ The President of the National Teachers’ Association‚ Mrs. April Lalla‚ and last but by no means least‚ Child Psychologist‚ Mrs. Juliana Oyaide. Welcome. I thank you for taking the time to be part of our panel. Today we will be looking at the impact that the physical environment has on the well-being of our Nation’s children. I quote from an article by Marx and Wooley 1999. A school’s environment is the thread
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Support children and young people’s health and safety. Criteria 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/3.1/3.2 There are a number of factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor environments and services. The first thing you need to consider is the age needs and ability’s of the children. For example there will be different risks to a toddler with hearing difficulty then the risk to a toddler with out. That dose not mean they should not play with the same toys just how we asses and
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Unit 009 Health and Safety Activity Find out what your settings policy and procedure is on health and safety and where it is kept. Write down your understanding of this policy and procedure. At Highfield children’s centre copies of the health and safety policies and procedures are kept in the main office‚ in the head teacher’s office and in the family support office. Highfield children’s centre has a family support team linked to the nursery. The health and safety policy and procedure is set
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The health and safety act was enforced in 1974‚ the act was placed to ensure that the work place maintains high standards of health and safety. The act has a wide range of duties that is laid out for the employer; the employer has to protect the health and safety welfare of the employees at work. By Law the college have to ensure that they safeguard their students to make sure that they’re working in a safe environment‚ also to make sure that the students feel safe when they go to college. In general
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3: Health‚ safety and hygiene For this assessor visit‚ you will need to carry out a snack or mealtime routine in your placement. You will need to talk to your placement supervisor about this. Do this at least a week ahead of your assessor visit. Purpose: This visit will focus on your understanding of the Health and Safety and Food Management policies and procedures in your placement. You should be able to give your assessor a tour of the placement pointing out the relevant aspects. You also
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