Risk assessment courses
TUC Education short courses for trade union health and safety reps
Risk assessment is the theme for European Health and Safety week 2008. TUC Education has refreshed course materials together with TUC published guidance for safety reps on risk assessment.
TUC Education will be running a number of courses during the autumn term, details are below.
Course aims
This course will help trade union health and safety reps:
- identify the legal requirements concerning risk assessment
- understand the risk assessment process
- relate risk assessment to strategies for improving health and safety at work
Course programme
The course is planned to run over 2 or 3 days. Below is a sample 3-day programme:
Day 1
- introduction and aims
- what is risk assessment?
- the law and risk assessment - regulations
- attitudes to risk assessment
- workplace hazard mapping and priorities
Day 2
- HSE Five Steps to risk assessment
- practising risk assessments
- evaluating different methods of risk assessment
- evaluating risk assessment procedures
- analysing workplace risk assessments
Day 3
- assessing the impact of risk assessment
- policies for risk assessment
- trade union strategy, action planning
- learning opportunities
- course evaluation
Course details
Risk Assessment courses will be held at the following venues during autumn 2008:
Ashington - 4 Wednesdays from 12 November 2008
Trade Union Resource Centre, Northumberland College, College Road, Ashington Northumberland NE63 9RG
Contact: John McCormack, 01670 841200, john.mccormack@northland.ac.uk
Birmingham - 3-day block 8-10 December 2008
Birmingham Trade Union Education Centre South Birmingham College High Street Deritend Digbeth Birmingham B5 5SU
Contact: Bob Anderson, 0121 694 6344, robert.anderson@sbirmc.ac.uk
Cheltenham - 3 Wednesdays from 22 October 2008
Trade Union Studies Unit GLOSCOL Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7SJ
Contact: Dave James, 01242 532037, david.james@gloscol.ac.uk
Derby - 2 days 14 October and 18 November 2008
Derby Trade Union Education Centre Norman House Heritage Gate Friary Street Derby DE1 1JF
Contact: Simon Ferrar, 01332 520166, simon.ferrar@derby-college.ac.uk
Dunstable - 3-day block 27-29 October 2008
Dunstable College Kingsway Dunstable Bedfordshire LU5 4HG
Contact: Mushtaq Arain, 01582 477776, marain@dunstable.ac.uk
Furness - 3 Thursdays from 23 October 2008
Venue to be confirmed
Contact: Chris Thackrah, 07815 841 347, cthackrah@wea.org.uk
All applications should be sent to Chris Thackrah, 2 William Close, Dalton in Furness, Cumbria LA15 8JD
Lewisham - 2 day block 20-21 October 2008
Lewisham College Trade Union Studies Centre Deptford Campus 2 Deptford Church Street London SE8 4RZ
Contact: Rossina Harris. 020 8694 3424, rossina.harris@lewisham.ac.uk
Manchester - 3-day block 20-22 October 2008
The Manchester College Trade Union Education Unit Bridgewater House 58/60 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LT
Contact: Kevin Duffy, 0161 614 8000, kduffy@ccm.ac.uk
Newcastle - 4 Mondays from 17th November 2008
Trade Union Learning Centre*, Newcastle College, 2nd Floor, The Sandyford Building, Sandyford Road, Newcastle NE1 8QE
Contact: Jon Bryan, jon.bryan@ncl-coll.ac.uk, 0191 2004823
Oxford - 2-day block 22-23 October 2008
Ruskin College Trade Union Education Walton Street Oxford OX1 2HE
Contact: Nigel Williams, 01865 517845, nwilliams@ruskin.ac.uk
Putney - 2 Wednesdays 15 & 22 October 2008
South Thames College Trade Union Studies Centre 2nd Floor Carlton House 27A Carlton Drive London SW15 2BS
Contact: Graham Petersen, 020 8918 7383: graham.petersen@south-thames.ac.uk
Southampton - 3-day block 20-22 October 2008
Trade Union Studies Department Southampton City College St Mart Street Southampton SO14 1AR
Contact: Sucha Singh t 02380 577539 sucha.singh@southampton-city.ac.uk
Sunderland - 3 day block 5-7 November 2008
Room 68 Trade Union Learning Centre City of Sunderland College Shiney Row Centre Success Road Philadelphia Houghton le Spring DH4 4TL
Contact: Dot Burnett t 0191 511 6707 dot.burnett@citysun.ac.uk
Download application form
Applications should be sent to the Trade Union Studies centre running the course, not the TUC.
Briefing document (600 words) issued 19 Sep 2008
