Responsibilities of the Office Manager

The content will be specific to each individual or group attending and their particular requirements but may include elements of the following:

	Overview of the organisation’s legal position and responsibilities
	The important differences between civil and criminal duties
	How to best organise strategies for dealing with information, audit trails and litigation
	Reasons why we need to be proactive about health and safety
	The essential common themes in the health and safety legislation
	The importance of risk assessment
	Statements of Health and Safety policy
	Monitoring the Health and Safety policy
	Video introducing the concepts and importance of monitoring/training/communication
	Interactive workshop on basic risk assessment techniques including blank pro-forma’s for the future
	Introduction and talk-and-walk through (with local examples where possible), of display screen equipment issues and the questionnaires for recording data
	Knowing the limits of your own competence and what to ask?
	Availability of health and safety information and back-up
	Safe systems at work
	Principles of accident prevention
	Accident investigation and reporting procedures
	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
	Competent persons
	Safety monitoring techniques

Personal and Organisational Learning Outcomes

	The principle features of Health and Safety Law
	The duties of employers and others within the organisation
	Effective accident prevention techniques
	Competent use of safety monitoring techniques
	Reduced risk with regard to Health and Safety
	Compliance with the relevant legislation
	Accurate recording of important information