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Posted By steve g
could anyone advise me on the mandatory
training required for the accounts department in our office
they occupy one office within 2 storey building,an appointed first aider is present in an adjacent office.
at present they would undertake fire training only
many thanks
steve
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Posted By Swis
most appropriate would be manual handling. I'm not gonna say anything like papercut, using machinery (photocopier, faxes etc) safely.
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Posted By Raymond Rapp
Steve
Fire training and evacuation, plus any other hazards that may be inherent in the job, such as the use of chemicals or machinery. Not many 'mandatory' training requirements in a low-risk environment.
Ray
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Posted By Andy Brazier
I don't believe there is any mandatory training in this case. In fact there is very little training specifically required by H&S legislation. Instead it comes from your risk assessment, and I would say you should be thinking about competence instead of training.
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Posted By Adams777
What about H&S Induction Training and H&S General Awareness Training as a minimum.
Adam
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Posted By Swis
Adam,
'Induction' & 'Training' are two different terms hence debatable.
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Posted By Lee Mac
Steve
Have a wee look at the following:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg345.pdf
Swis, reference made to induction training in this document, Adam was correct unless I am mistaken.
Lee
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Posted By Swis
Lee,
It’s the induction which is mandatory and induction entails all the basic info including policies and procedures. However, when a safety personnel talks about ‘training’ then we are talking about something different. Some people classify induction as ‘information’ rather than training. Hence debatable.
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Posted By Edward Shyer
Swiss,
what separates induction training and general awareness training therefore making it debatable.
regards
Ted
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Posted By Swis
Ted,
I never compared induction training and general awareness training.
Personally, I would not use the term ‘induction training’. Induction is informative and not necessarily indicates ‘competence’ to the attendees. ‘Training’ on the other have potential to indicate attendees ‘competence’.
For example, I provide ‘induction’ to new staff about chemicals presents on site. This means that employee who do not have sufficient training are not allowed to handle chemicals.
Hope that makes sense.
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Posted By Lee Mac
@ Steve g-
make sure you conduct the induction training as it is an extremely important part of ensure everyone is aware of the site/office specific rules/procedures/controls etc. etc.
@Swis
From HSE publication:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg345.pdf
training is explained as
"Training means helping people to learn how to do something, telling people what
they should or should not do, or simply giving them information. Training isn’t just
about formal ‘classroom’ courses."
I think this describes training pretty well.
Hope this helps.
Lee
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Posted By Ron Hunter
DSE information, instruction and training surely?
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Posted By Phil Rose
.... and because it is now Friday, can I suggest arithmetic? :-)
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Posted By CS Chen
Not sure what mandatory training required in UK. I would rather suggest you orgainze JSA to see inherent risk and action required and then develop training plan.
I have seen a accountant is suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome due to frequent typing by clicking number button.
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Posted By Jay Joshi
I tend to differentiate between provision of information, instructions and training.
Providing information is simply what it says--no instructions on how, what, when, why etc
Providing instructions is simply communicating by various means on how, what, when, why etc. but not verifying whether the recipient has actually understood it
Providing training is communicating effectively by various means on how, what, when, why etc. and also verifying whether the recipient has actually understood it by some form of an assessment, be it a test, exam, requiring someone to correctly repeat what was demonstrated in a training session.
Training may include provision of information and instructions, but not vice versa
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Posted By lewes
I always adopted the common sense approach to office activities and really just looked at DSE assessment and storage of files etc
That was until one lady in our accounts dept. moved a portable gas heater (main heating was playing up) and ended up doing her back in.
I then put together some brief training on office safety but tried to keep it in the real world. Our insurers also liked the idea
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