QQI Health & Safety Representative Course

• Appreciate who the key duty holders are as defined within the legislation and how they fulfil their roles.
• Understand the role and legal responsibilities of the PSCS.
• Understand the requirements for preparing and contributing to the Safety File.
• Recognise the need for measuring performance and understand the principles for active and reactive monitoring.
• Apply risk controls, reduction and the principles of prevention.
• Be able to complete a risk assessment and make recommendations for risk controls and safe systems of work.
• Identify and mitigate construction specific hazards.
• Understand the need for and contents of a construction safety plan.

Assessment
Participants complete a written exam.

• Health & Safety Legislation: Common Law Duty of Care / 2005 Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act / 2007 General Applications Regulations / other relevant areas of legislation.
• Role and Function of the Safety Representative and Safety Consultation.
• A detailed review of Section 25 of the 2005 Act.
• The role of the Safety Representative in Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment at work.
• Accident Investigation and Reporting.
• The role of the Safety Representative in completing accident investigations. As well as implementing preventative strategies, along with Case Studies.
• Active and Reactive Monitoring.
• Communication Skills.
• Assessment Test and Course De-Brief.