Health and Safety for Facilities Managers
This two-day course provides Facilities Managers with a complete comprehensive overview of the health and safety implications of their business. The sessions are delivered by expert speakers who all have practical knowledge and experience of their specialist fields.
Course programme
CDM
- CDM overview, defining ‘notifiable’ and ‘non-notifiable’ projects.
- The role and responsibilities of key duty-holders (Client, CDM Coordinator, Designer, Principal Contractor and Contractor).
- Assessing and managing contractors.
- Statutory inspection schedules for buildings.
Permits to work
- What is a permit-to-work?
- The need for a permit-to-work.
- The content of a permit-to-work.
- The responsibilities of the issuer and receiver.
- Potential difficulties with the procedure.
Fire safety
- The real implications of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order for Facilities Managers.
- Fire Risk Assessment process and controls.
- BS 9999 overview.
Building Regulations update
- The role of the Facilities Manager in the regulatory process.
- The increasingly important issue of competent persons.
- Part L Conservation of fuel and power.
- Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates.
- Current interpretations of the laws and Codes of Practice.
Means of escape
- Planning for office accommodation.
- Design for escape routes to include numbers of people within a room. Ventilation
- Use of windows and mechanical ventilation.
Why train with Workplace Law?
Workplace Law is a corporate member of the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM). We are also the specialist advisor to the BIFM on employment law, health and safety, and premises management. Workplace Law has over ten years' experience in providing expert training, support and advice for the facilities management sector. We currently work with a number of organisations in the FM sector including Emprise, Incentive FM and Bite Catering.
- All our trainers have hands-on, practical experience of managing people, projects and premises, and the real-life problems involved.
- We have over 50,000 managers who rely on us for legal advice and training every year.
- We offer competitive rates on a wide range of legal and practical issues to do with managing people and the workplace. We provide national coverage, with first rate service backed by your own personal account manager.
- This course can be specifically tailored to meet the individual needs of your business.
- Course materials can be developed to include specific requirements with practical guidance.
