...Legislation Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) The health and safety at work act applies to all employees, including people who are self employed, volunteers and people on work placements. HASAWA states that employers have to take responsibility for the health and safety of employees and others on their premises, according to HASAWA employers should have a risk assessment that is updated regularly, hire a person who is responsible for health and safety and have a health and safety policy for the work place written out. Employers must also ensure that a record of accidents is kept and that safety equipment and training is provided when needed. According to HASAWA employees must take care of their health and safety and not do anything that would implicate the health and safety of others. The health and safety at work act means that nurses have to make sure they wear PPE such as gloves and aprons that are provided by their employer, they should also have to have training on how to use equipment such as hoists properly, having training will ensure that they don’t injure themselves or the patient when using the hoist. Food Safety Act The food safety act provides the basic rules for all food legislation in Britain, it allows health inspectors to inspect food and ensure it is fit for human consumption. Food safety regulations are in place to try and prevent food poisoning, it does this by setting out rules to follow. The food safety regulation says that the areas where the...
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...Hassan Refaat Hassan Module title: Organization and the Environment Module Leader: Don Entwistle Foundation Degree Sport and Fitness Management Y2 Introduction Leisure industry is one of the major industries both in Britain and worldwide. Many scholars and academics regard leisure industry as the most important industry of the future. We often read in the financial pages of newspapers phrases such as "the leisure explosion" or "the leisure boom" , confirming that the leisure industry constitutes a major areas of the future employment growth in the economy (Chris, 1992). Leisure industry fields include: restaurants, amusement parks, theaters, hotels, gaming places, and sporting arenas. There are also included spas, gyms, and areas where one can conduct sports, like golfing or boating as part of the leisure industry. (Chris, 1992) The one of the leisure industry which I will analyze is the fitness industry as it is more and more becoming the leading subject on environmental and social issues. This project will include a review of Virgin Active and also evaluate the challenges and opportunities faced by Virgin Active and the management style adopted. The topics, included in this project will be: description of the organisation, structure, detailed analysis of internal scan, environmental scan, a SWOT and PEST analysis of Virgin Active and management styles,challenges faced by the organisation. Furthermore, alternative options and...
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...In this assignment I will be explaining how health and safety and hygiene regulations impacts on food retailers. I will be talking about all of the main pieces of legislations that make up the health and safety regulations. I will then be talking about how these regulations have impacted on food retailers and what these food retailers have had to implement and change to meet these regulations. HASAWA 1974 The first legislation I will be talking about is the HASAWA 1974 act which is short for Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. This act is the primary piece of legislation that covers occupational health and safety in the U.K. To simplify things, this act covers what employers must do to keep their work force safe and what steps they must take to ensure that there is maximum safety where their staff operates. One duty of the employer is to provide a safe place to work. This basically means if there is massive structural damage to a building which could mean that people in the building are at risk then it is up to the company that works in the building to move their workers into a temporary safe building which doesn’t pose a risk to their employee’s health. Another duty of an employer is to provide safe equipment for their employees. This To ensure this act is enforced there are local authority health and safety officers and for manufacturing or large construction and industrial sites the health and safety executive carries out inspections. Because of the importance of...
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...M3: Review the need for measures to be taken to ensure personal safety and that of others when fffff attending an emergency incident scenario, with reference to relevant H&S legislation The first emergency service on scene must follow HASAWA, meaning that they must assess and deal with situation without putting themselves, the public or other colleagues at risk of injury or danger. First attending officer must assess the situation to look for hazards, or what could be potential hazards, which could possibly put themselves or any further attending emergency services at risk of danger, therefore further emergency services know what to expect upon arrival. All the emergency services attending the incident must acknowledge the Health and Safety Act, as they don't want cause harm to themselves or anyone near the incident, therefore no more injuries (if any in the first place) or scenes becoming contaminated, which would create more work for the other required specialist units. Health and Safety whilst driving, states that all servicemen/women required to drive to an emergency must undertake an Advanced Driving Course, which ensures that the driver has a better understanding and more skill at driving under pressure at high speeds, in an emergency situation. Another health and safety act that is used when at work is the COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Act 2002). COSHH is a law that requires employers to control any substances that are or can be hazardous...
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...responsibilities for health, safety and welfare on a construction site The employer Employers have a general duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) 1974 to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, your health, safety and welfare at work’. Specific responsibilities Specific responsibilities are listed in the HASAWA 1974 under the general duties to employees and are as follows: The provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of his employees. It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. The provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe, without risks to health, and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work. The provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, as far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health. Arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances. The employee Under the HASAWA, employees have the following general duties: To act with due care for themselves and others, e.g. to walk rather than run down a corridor. To cooperate with the...
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...UNIT 26: PLANNING AND MANAGING FOOD PRODUCTION AND BEVERAGE SERVICE Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand different systems and equipment used for the volume of food production and beverage delivery in different contexts Systems: manufacturing; traditional; sous-vide; cook-chill/freeze; cook-to-order; batch; centralised; pre-prepared; individual; multi-portion; communications; technology; applications; operational/management requirements; reporting procedures Equipment: specialist; volume; equipment specifications; economics; ergonomics; integration; maintenance and ‘down time’ Contexts: types eg contract catering, events catering, conference and banqueting https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5649485182751853952#editor/src=sidebar LO2 Understand purchasing management for materials, commodities, beverages and equipment Supplier: contract; purchasing specification; monitoring; vendor ratings; implications for organisation Factors influencing choice: factors eg capacity, production issues, reliability, transportation and delivery, discounts, technology applications, contingency arrangements Materials, commodities and equipment: branded/non-labelled; customised; quality; availability; delivery LO3 Be able to produce and critically assess food and beverage preparation plans Plans: staffing levels and abilities; resource issues eg physical, financial; planning meeting Methodology: production schedules and methods; consistency...
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...tort liability, and Jake would be unable to receive worker's compensation benefits if he is injured. Acting outside the scope of the job can include actions such as knowingly violating corporate policy. At other times, it can be less clear whether a person is acting within the scope of employment, and a judge or jury will be called upon to make the determination (Cushway, 2002). Explain whether or not Herman is responsible for Jake’s injury. Yes, Herman is responsible for Jake’s injury. An employer has a common law, duty to take reasonable care for the health and safety of his workforce. In addition to their common law duty of care, employers have a statutory duty, under section 2 of the Health & Safety at Work, etc Act 1974 (HASAWA), to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of their employees (Chandler, 2001). One could argue that the excess business created by the newly introduced free oil change offer...
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...Health and Safety in the health and social workplace Name: OLUWOLE. F. OMITOYIN Introduction: This essay intends to demonstrate a clear understanding of health and safety legislation and its implementation in health and social care settings. A review of systems, policies and procedures for communicating information in relation to legislations and individual responsibilities in term of managing health and safety will be considered. While safety priorities and how they are being implemented will be looked into. The use of information from care plan; the importance of risk assessment, the impact of policies on health care practices and how dilemma situation are managed and in addition consequences of non-compliance with law and regulation will be discussed. Lastly, the essay will critically look at how health and safety arrangement are monitored and review and also analyse the effectiveness of positive health and safety culture in health care organisation. In conclusion, my own contribution to health and safety needs will be discussed and recommendation made. Task 1: 1.1 According to oxford English dictionary (2014) “Policy is defined as a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organisation to direct and limit its action in pursuit of a long term goals,” examples smoking policy, manual handling policy. While a procedure on the other hand is an established or official ways of doing things or a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner...
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...Assignment brief Assignment title | Scene Preservation and Health and Safety | Assessor | Paula Gardner / Daniel Holland | Date issued | w/c 7th December 2015 | Hand in deadline | 15th January 2016 | Duration (approx) | 8 hours | | Qualification covered | QCF BTEC Level 3 National in Public Services | Units covered | Unit 14: Responding to Emergency Service Incidents | Learning aims/outcomes covered | 3. Understand the necessity for scene preservation at emergency incidents4. Be able to review health and safety considerations during an emergency response incident scenario | | Scenario | As a new recruit you must submit evidence for your portfolio to pass your probation period. You must complete a report describing the necessity of scene preservation and assessing the health and safety at a given scenario. | | Task 1P5, M2 | Word processed report describing the necessity of scene preservationYou must include a description of the following: * need for accident investigation eg serious and fatal road traffic collisions; * need for fire investigation eg malicious and suspicious ignitions; * role of Health and Safety Executive eg accidents in the workplace; * British Transport Police eg accidents on the railways, trains and the underground network; You must also describe why security for scene preservation including use of cordons is important and how it is carried out.Scene preservation for evidence collection: need for scene preservation...
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...SUNDERLAND UNIVERSITY In conjunction with South Tyneside College Foundation Degree in Health and Safety Management Health and Safety Legislation and Responsibilities –FDA227 Assignment Legislation and Responsibilities This assignment is submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the SUNDERLAND UNIVERSITY Foundation Degree in Health and Safety Management 2010-2011 Introduction The following report aims to explain manual handling issues whilst at the author’s place of work. The author is using fictions to support the assignment rather than real life incidents, as the author’s workplace did not give out such materials in time for the said author to complete the assignment. The main aims are to discuss the employer/employee responsibilities regarding manual handling and the civil and criminal liabilities involved. Give the reader an understanding of what the relevant legislation breach is surrounding manual handling and its interpretation and application, to try to provide a critical analysis of the effectiveness of the legislative provision in manual handling operations. The objectives are that the reader gains full understanding of the aims set out by the author. A general overview of a toy-manufacturing warehouse from the picking/packing point of view regarding manual handling: One of the roles inside a toy warehouse involves picking up toys from a shelf, and placing them onto a trolley for ordering customers, then transporting them to the packing...
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...The roles, responsibilities and relationships of the teacher in lifelong learning. Gravells ( 2012) emphasized that all Teachers must update and maintain their knowledge, attitude, skills as well as a good knowledge of current legislation and regulatory requirements which are often subject to change . These changes are either generic, that is affects all who teach whereas some others are subject or environment specific. According to Brookfield (1985), the role of teachers is to facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge and not to transmit it. Furthermore, NRC (2000) also suggests that the goal of education shift from an emphasis on detailed coverage of subject matter to helping students develop their own intellectual tools and learning strategies. My role as a teacher must confirm to the teaching style which is enumerated in the teaching cycle which is highlighted below; Identification of needs – Means finding out my potential learner needs, carrying out initial assessments and consenting to individual learning plans. Planning – This enables me to prepare my scheme of work, session plans and teaching and learning materials to ensure the requirements of the syllabus are covered. Facilitating learning- That is adopting a variety of teaching and learning approaches. Assessing learning - This entails obtaining feedback from others, evaluating myself in order to make improvements for the future. Quality assurance and continuous Evaluation- Which should...
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...Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Student: PETAGAY CONWAY Lecturer: CATHY MANDAZA Group: 50 Definition of health and safety management is planned work and actions to identify dangers in workplace so you can reduce incidents and dealings to situations and substances that is harmful. As well as training of workers in prevention of accidents, incident responses, readiness for emergency, and use of protecting equipment’s and clothing. (Business dictionary, 2014) My assignment will show an understanding safety legislation how it’s implemented, responsibility and priority in the health and social care industry; outline understanding how health and safety requirements impact on patients and practitioners in the health and social care settings, illustrate kinds of monitoring, reviewing , own contribution in health and safety in the healthcare work settings. 1.1Task facing director at North Staffordshire Combined NHS Trust is ensuring information on H&S is effectively communicated to employees, service users and visitors to premises. The director will therefore need to look at the schemes, legislation’s, policies and procedures currently in place for communicating information, review them to ensure they are working efficiently. (ALDWORTH.2010.pp .101.106) Legislations is a group of laws design to rule or control behaviour. Policy is a document explaining the expected standards of establishment’s, procedures instruct how to carry out a duty to particular...
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...Level 5 Diploma in Primary Care and Health Management 4419-601 Managing Medical Ethics and Legal Requirements in a Primary Care and Health Environment TABLE OF CONTENTS TASK | PAGE | Task 1Managing medical ethics is a fundamental part of a Manager’s role. It is the responsibility of the Manager to understand the guiding principles of medical ethics and apply them within the organisation | | a) Reflect on the journey of medical ethics and interpret how the principles of the Hippocratic Oath are applied within your organisation………………………………….………… | 4 | b) Examine your workplace with reference to its compliance with the legal and ethical requirements of holding, using and accessing data………………………………………….………. | 6 | c) Evaluate your role as a manager in ensuring compliance with the principles of medico-legal ethics in relation to duty of care ………………………………………………………… | 8 | d) Regulatory bodies are used as a means of support in the event of fraud and malpractice. Analyse the route or course of action you would follow if you were to identify evidence of potential fraud or malpractice within your organisation…………… | 9 | Task 2There are a variety of medico-legal requirements affecting healthcare organisations and the Manager is required to understand how these requirements impact not only on the medical profession but on the organisation as a whole. | | a) Review relevant medico-legal requirements relating to consent and capacity, affecting...
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...production, marketing, and quality, etc. In fact, health and safety have an impact on these functions, so it should be managed along with these functions. Everyone has the responsibility for health and safety but individuals holding managerial and supervisory positions have additional responsibilities in regards to health and safety so that the company can show its duty to care for employees and the society as a whole. MANAGERS RESPONSIBLITIES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY IN WORKPLACE Managers and employers handle the management of health and safety according to the law. It is the duty of managers to protect the health and safety of its employees as well as other people who are affected by the business. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA), and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 (MHSWR) lay down some of the main responsibilities and duties of persons at work. It emphasizes and places duties on employees to take precautions of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their “acts or omission”. They should co-operate with their employers and managers so that they can comply with their legal duties. They should not obstruct or misuse anything provided in the interest of health, safety or welfare of others. In addition to the health and safety responsibilities employees hold, managers must do whatever is sensibly real to ensure that both the workplace and the work itself...
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...Unit 2: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS IN LIFELONG LEARNING 1.1. Summarise key aspects of legislation, regulatory requirements and codes of practice related to own role and responsibilities. It is important for all teaching staff and any educational establishment where teaching and training take place keep up to date with all relevant Legislations and Code of practice to ensure they are remaining current with their knowledge and skills, and with any relevant changes or updates that have taken place (Harris 1999). However these will differ depending on the subject, the context and environment within which teaching takes place. These legislations include: • Equality Act (2010) brings disability, sex, race and other grounds of discrimination within one piece of legislation. The Act provides rights for people not to be directly discriminated against or harassed because they have an association with a disabled person or because they are wrongly perceived as disabled. The Act ensures all people are treated equally regardless of their race, sexual orientation, religion and belief, maternity and pregnancy, marriage or civil partnership. • The Data protection Act 1998 is to make provision for the regulation for the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use of disclosure of such information. The Human Right Act 1998 is meant to give people the right and freedom to live the way they choose to be. ...
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