This training course provides participants with an understanding of why incident investigations are carried out and how human and organisational factors contribute to incidents.

The course provides the practical skills required for anyone who is, or may be involved, in accident or near-miss incident investigation, including Managers, Supervisors, Department/School Safety Co-ordinators and Trade Union Safety Representatives.

After completing this course participants should:

1. Understand what accidents and incidents are (including near-misses) and how they are caused.

2. Understand the reasons for reporting and investigating accidents and incidents.

3. Be able to carry out an accident investigation at work and recommend improvements to help prevent it happening again.

This seminar begins with general safety while working in a laboratory using biological agents. It covers legislation, classification of pathogens, controls, containment laboratories, safety cabinets, sharps, BioCOSHH risk assessment, Schedule 3 microorganisms, cell cultures and waste. The second part of the seminar deals with genetic modification and covers definitions, legislation, classification, GM risk assessment, environmental risks, oncogenesis, vector hazards and GM project approval procedures.

This Hand Arm Vibration (HAV) training course raises awareness of the dangers associated with hand arm vibration.

This course is designed for new and existing research students and staff who are required to work with lasers in the course of their work and provides refresher training for existing Departmental Laser Safety Supervisors. This course aims primarily to provide awareness of the risks associated with laser systems and processes involving laser systems and to provide advice on the assessment and control of those risks. It will cover laser systems, classification of lasers, risk assessment of laser systems, eye and skin protection, and choice of laser safety eye-wear.

The course is aimed at staff who may be exposed to noise in the course of their work with the aim of raising awareness of the risks to health associated with exposure to elevated levels of noise. The course will explore control of Noise at Work (NI) Regs 2006, risk-assessment and measurements, action and limit values, control measures, personal protective equipment and ear protection.

Designed for Managers, Supervisors and Technical Staff in a supervisory role with the aim to provide management with an understanding of the machinery related legislation including the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) and how they relate to the equipment that is used in the University. The course will cover an introduction to PUWER and the law on work equipment, suitability of work equipment, and maintenance and inspection of work equipment, protection against specified hazards, mobile work equipment.

This course is aimed at staff who are working with or responsible for equipment which generates x-rays. Staff will learn about x-rays; their nature and properties and the effects of ionising radiation on the body, recognise the hazards of working with x-rays and why it is important to keep exposures ‘as low as reasonably practicable’ and learn good working practices such as the use of radiation monitors, dealing with emergencies etc.

This course is designed for staff who have responsibility for organising and managing field work and field trips, and aims to outline the requirements of the Universities sector guidance and to enable Schools to develop risk assessments and health and safety management systems for field work and field trips. Course covers management planning and preparation, field work risk assessment, emergency planning and procedures, assessment and review.

This course is catered for health and safety coordinators and senior management involved in managing health and safety. The aim of the course is to enable management to develop strategic health and safety risk registers and risk management plans for the management of health and safety within Schools and Directorates. The course covers Strategic Risk Assessment, Health and Safety Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, Assessment of Risk Control and Review of Risk-Management.

This course will provide staff with the skills and knowledge required to correctly prepare shipments of Class 6.2 materials for transport by air. The aim of the course is to ensure that staff can locate key information from all sections of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, classification of Category A, Category B infectious substances, patient specimens and exempt shipments and correctly package, mark and label a consignment in compliance with the IATA Regulations.

The aim of the training presentation is to help staff reduce risks, accidents and incidents from working at height as well as assist the Schools and Directorate demonstrate compliance with legal requirements.  The training considers:

• What the Work at Height Regulations require,
• Risks of working at height,
• Selection of suitable equipment,
• Inspection of equipment,
• Safe use of Ladders and Stepladders.

 On completion of training course, participants will be able to follow the hierarchy for managing risks from working at height, taking steps to avoid, or reduce risks, and have an understanding of the correct equipment for working at height.