Posted By Darren (Daz) Fraser Esther I presume from your post that the organisation if based in the UK, employs more than 5, therefore get hold of the policy and organisational part of the safety management system (if in place) and use that as the bare bones of a managers induction, taking them through their responsibilities. You may want to cover very basic law (no more than 2 or 3 minutes), section 37 of Health & Safety at Work Etc Act 1974. Also you could reference from HSG65 any relevant information. Hope that gives you a start and some ideas.

Posted By Chris Packham Esther You say that at each location the H+S Coordinator does all the risk assessments. Howeever, who decides on a day to day basis how the work is done, makes minor changes and alterations to work practices, etc. If it is the area manager, then that person is really responsible for ensuring that each such change does not alter the validity of the risk assessment. How will they do this? Do they involve the H+S Coordinator each time they want to make a minor change? I take the view that "He who decides how the work is done is the person responsible for the risk assessment". The H+S Coordinator is there to provide professional guidance, advice and help, but the real responsibility lies with the manager. Perhaps this is a new thought for your managers! Chris

Posted By Pat Hannaway Hi Ester, there are lots of Power-Points available to view and download at the following site. They may provide some useful ideas. http://www.web-safety.com/Exchange/index.htm Although they are free it is always a courtesy to acknowledge the author. Regards Pat

Posted By Pete48 "we are a low risk office environment". If you have responsibilities outlined in your arrangements I would simply use that to guide the session and take them through that with examples of how they are expected to undertake and discharge those duties. Use an inclusive approach ( e.g. it says here that you are responsible for x, how do you do that, do you need any further help from me?) Managers are managers, they like things to be simple and do-able. Don't for goodness sake flood them with paragraphs and sub paragraphs of legislation, legal duties, cost implications. Have the answers in case you are asked but that level of detailed knowledge stuff is your domain. (especially at the induction stage) Think about how they are "trained" to do other aspects of their jobs and try to match that approach for H&S. And remember "we are a low risk office environment" but that doesn't mean no risk. So they will always have something to do to prevent it drifting higher. At the induction stage, it is probably more about "this is the way we do it around here" than it is about selling safety or providing skills that they may not have when first into their new job. Good luck.