Safe in Waste
Overview
Working in waste and resource management comes with unique health and safety challenges that don't exist in other sectors. Whether you're handling materials, managing operations, or supervising teams, understanding these specific risks could literally save lives. This course goes beyond generic safety training to address the real hazards faced in our sector every day. This isn't just about compliance, it's about ensuring everyone goes home safe at the end of each working day.
What's in it for me?
- Apply health and safety in context by understanding the specific hazards and controls relevant to waste and resource management operations.
- Learn from real incidents by examining actual health and safety cases from the sector and discovering practical prevention strategies you can implement immediately.
- Understand the bigger picture and appreciate why current health and safety statistics matter and how they relate to your daily work.
- Benefit from an interactive learning experience with exercises and discussions during this 2.5-hour virtual session.
- Develop practical risk management skills to identify potential health and safety issues specific to waste handling and learn proven control measures.
- Earn a certificate and contribute 2.5 hours towards your CPD.
Who should participate?
This course is designed for anyone working in or managing waste and resource operations. It's ideal for new and experienced operatives expanding their expertise in safe working practices, local authority staff and officers responsible for waste management operations, teams requiring safety training tailored to the waste sector's unique challenges, supervisors and managers overseeing waste operations and responsible for team safety, and technical professionals including sales staff and project managers who need sector-specific safety awareness. No prior knowledge of waste and resource management is required to enrol in this course.
Book your place today to strengthen your health and safety knowledge and help protect lives in the waste and resource sector!
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