The implications of health, safety and security legislation and regulations for a business in a workplace environment.

An example of a Job role in HRC is the role of a lecturer in Construction. Health and safety rules would affect this job role.
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
“These regulations are concerned with the working environment. They place a duty on employers to make sure that the workplace is safe and suitable for the tasks being carried out there, and that it does not present risks to employees and others.”
Impact on job role:
A construction lecturer is responsible for the welfare of their students and others around that come into the construction site. Walkways must be clear, objects must not be obstructing the entrance. Lecturers should pull students up on the rules such as always having an ID badge and making sure bags are not in the way. Tutors are responsible for telling students what is waste and make students aware of cleaning facilities.
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively:
Students and staff might be harmed. They could slip, trip or fall over. Waste material left out unnecessarily could become an obstruction. It is essential for students and staff to clean up after working in construction so they are not irritated and do not risk others; such as if they handle certain chemicals they must wash themselves off.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
“a duty on all employers "to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work" of all their employees.
Among other provisions, the Act also requires:
• safe operation and maintenance of the working environment, plant and systems
• maintenance of safe access and egress to the workplace
• safe use, handling and storage of dangerous substances
• adequate training of staff to ensure health and safety
• Adequate welfare provisions for staff at work.”

Impact on job role:
Tutors are responsible for the safety of their students. The tutor is responsible for allowing students to use equipment safely. Some equipment is locked away, students need their ID badge to get electrical equipment such as drills and saws out.
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively:
Students and staff can be harmed if the equipment is not handled properly and with care.

Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
“Employees must work safely in accordance with their training and instructions given to them. Employees must also notify the employer or the person responsible for health and safety of any serious or immediate danger to health and safety or any shortcoming in health and safety arrangements.”
Impact on job role:
Tutors are responsible for telling students what risks there are in construction, how they occur and how to prevent them. This includes use of all equipment in construction.
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively
Students and staff can be harmed if the equipment is not handled properly and with care.
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
“Known as RIDDOR, these regulations require employers, the self-employed and people in control of premises, to report work-related deaths, major injuries, work-related diseases and dangerous occurrences.”
Impact on job role:
If a student has an accident or has had a dangerous encounter of any sort: with equipment or from a fall. The tutor is responsible for reporting it. The tutor is also responsible for anyone else in the construction department to do this; with visitor or other staff members.
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively:
If someone is harmed while in construction a report of how the accident happened also helps to carry out a risk assessment and prevent the risk from happening again.
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
“These regulations apply to all aspects of the use of electricity within the workplace from electrical supplies to the use of electrical equipment. They place a duty on employers, employees and the self-employed to:
• have the electrical systems constructed in a way that prevents danger
• maintain their electrical systems as necessary to prevent danger
• Have work on, use of, or closure of, electrical systems carried out in a way that prevents danger.”

Impact on job role:
As electrical equipment is locked away, students need their ID badge to get electrical equipment such as drills and saws out. Tutors are responsible for allowing students to use the equipment. Tutors are responsible for explain to students that the plug sockets for electrical equipment is on a wire which hangs from the ceiling that students can pull down so that they are not on walkways meaning a less chance of tripping over them.
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively:
Students and staff can be harmed if the equipment is not handled properly and with care. They can also be harmed if the plugs are obstructing the walkways or if the wires are broken or if the wires are exposed to water that someone might have been handling previously.
Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992
“These regulations require employers to carry out an analysis and assessment of the work station.
Work stations must meet certain basic requirements that enable them to be appropriately adjusted and used without unacceptable risks to health and safety.
Account must also be taken of daily work routines so that adequate breaks can be incorporated into the working day. This does not necessarily mean a complete break away from work, but a break from the DSE work”

Impact on job role:
Students have their own classroom with computers to do their written work. Therefore, they should all take regular breaks looking away from their screens. Tutors also will be using computers to mark work. Tutors are responsible for allowing students into the room, students cannot be unsupervised in a computer room. They are responsible for taking their own breaks
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively:
Students and tutors eyesight will be effected. It can lead to aches and pains, eye discomfort and can lead to Upper Limb Disorders (ULD’s) and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992
“These Regulations state that employers should adopt a hierarchy of control measures:
1. to avoid hazardous Manual Handling Operations so far as is reasonably practicable
2. to assess any hazardous Manual Handling Operation that cannot be avoided
3. To reduce the risk of injury so far as is reasonably practicable.”

Impact on job role:
Construction requires a lot of manual handling equipment. Tutors are responsible for telling students what risks there are in construction, how they occur and how to prevent them.
Implications if the regulations are not followed effectively:
If they do not know how to use the equipment and be safe, risks are more likely to happen. Students could get severely harmed and need medical attention.