Posted By garyh A suggestion - try the following as an agenda for your training - emergency management & preparation (fire, other emergency eg Terrorist attack etc etc). Include roles eg whose in charge, who does the head count, who dials 999. Emergency plan. Fire drills. Fire risk assessment - fire - awareness. Fire triangle. Fire fighting equipment (you don't want people to be firefighetrs but you have to train people to recognise types of extinguishers and how to use them). Emergency exits and what to do in an emergency - office safety (manual handling, slips trips and falls) - office personnel safety re security - VDU (yes out there I know it's now called DSE) risk assessments You did say you had a full day or two didn't you?!

Posted By Kieran J Duignan Mark You enquire about what to focus on within a 'people manager' training context. As a good 'people manager' training programme dwells on motivational issues, I'd suggest that you explore ways of relating your safety agenda to the motivational model used in the rest of the training. If you find that difficult, the Situational Leadership model is one that can be easily adapted to incorporate safety. The framework is the standard 2 x 2, with one dimension about level of motivation of staff (followers) and the other dimension about their level of understanding; so you can relate the safety material to four categories of groups: low motivation + low knowledge; high motivation + low knowledge; low motivation + high knowledge; and high motivation + high knowledge. That framework covers most possibilities in most organisations all the time. And relates safety to what it is really about - contributing value to the business, rather than simply dwelling on legal compliance