Training Courses

Date: 22 February 2012

Venue: Guildford, Surrey

Course Objectives

To enable course members to:

• State the role and responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAW) and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSW)
• Understand the concept of Hazard and Risk Assessment
• Analyse work operations, identify hazards and risks and evaluate the need for a formal risk assessment
• Demonstrate an ability to complete generic and pro-forma risk assessment sheets
• Understand the need for revision and maintenance of existing assessments.

Who is the Course for?

• This course is for anyone who is required to manage or supervise arboricultural work operations and for operators required to comply with provided risk assessments.

Duration/Format

• One day workshop: Classroom based
  Please note: This course is exclusively available through the Arboricultural Association: 01242 522152

NVQ/SVQ Linkage

• This course will contribute towards achievement of NVQ/SVQ Treework Level 2, unit A

Instructor/Trainee Ratio

Max: 1:12   Min: 1:2

Course Content

• Introduction
• Background to Health and Safety legislation
• Principles of Risk Assessment
• Introduction to the Arboricultural Association’s risk assessment package and materials
• Generic and site-specific pro-formas
• Risk assessment exercise
• Completing pro-forma risk assessments
• Roles and responsibilities
• Monitoring and review

Publications included in package

• Arboricultural Association ring binder, plus CD, containing all printed materials and Generic and Site-specific risk assessment pro-formas
• Full set of AFAG safety guides
• ‘A guide to good climbing practice’
• plus information from NPTC, Lantra Awards and HSE
• Certificate Claim form
• Site specific risk assessment form
• Course review form